Archives for October 30, 2012

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Burger King profits down as sales grow

By Arabella Mileham

Burger King (BKW) saw profits fall during the third quarter of 2012, with total revenues down 25.8% to $451.1m as a result of refranchising, the company reported yesterday.

Private label sales hit $98 billion on 6% growth, report says

By Hank Schultz

Sales of private label food and beverage products in the United States topped $98 billion 2011, according to a new report from market research firm Packaged Facts. Products in this category accounted for 17.6% of total retail food and beverage sales, the...

Unilever and FrieslandCampina expand sustainability partnership

By Mark Astley

Unilever and Dutch dairy giant FrieslandCampina have expanded their existing sustainability partnership with a pledge to co-operate on development and innovation while promoting sustainable production, packaging, and logistics.

GPS develops meat export catalogue

By Carina Perkins

UK exporter GPS Food Group has launched a new meat export catalogue to help increase sales in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean.

Russian-Chinese joint project for reindeer venison

By Vladislav Vorotnikov

Russia and China are to create a joint enterprise for reindeer meat processing, which will be the largest in Russia and has the potential to become the largest in the world.

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Supreme Court dithers over GM moratorium

By RJ Whitehead

Will they, won’t they or might they? In spite of a report filed by a panel of Indian agriculture experts calling for the government to impose a moratorium on open field trials of GM crops, the Supreme Court (SC)—which commissioned the report—has refused...