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On the front line: our sector’s food charities fighting…
One of the perks of my job is meeting exceptional individuals who are driving real and lasting change in society. In 2020, in part thanks to our Role Models in Consumer Goods and Grocery report, I had the privilege of...

“Every child deserves a chance to change the world”:…
One of the more eye-opening pieces of work I have done in lockdown has been interviewing inspirational people in the food and grocery sector for an initiative championing role models. The conversations I’ve had have...

Dream big, and dream early: in conversation with Wilfred…
Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones MBE is unlike most farmers. The self-proclaimed ‘Black Farmer’ came to farming after a thirty-five-year career spanning the military, television and marketing – and has now made it his...

The power of networking: celebrating Meat Business Women
This week, I had the privilege of attending the Meat Business Women conference. As with all events in the last few months, I imagined the conference looked a little different from previous years. Nevertheless, it was an...

Look but don’t touch: how Covid-19 has shaken up…
It is no secret that beauty is one of the consumer-facing sector’s most exciting industries. Over the past few years, we have seen dozens of high-value mergers and acquisitions, industry-defining innovation and the...

Tackling food poverty and waste: in conversation with Gavin…
It is no secret that retailers, manufacturers, and wholesalers have gone above and beyond to drive social good during the pandemic, rallying together to keep the nation fed in a time of crisis. Indeed, Covid-19 has...

Stories of hope: Sarah Collins and the Wonderbag
It was only two weeks ago, before we knew that the UK was about to go into lockdown, that I was gearing up to interview Sarah Collins, founder of the Wonderbag for our Weekend Edition. Sarah was in England, excited to...

Got milk? How the milk category is staying fresh
It’s been a quarter of a century since the phrase ‘got milk?’ entered the zeitgeist. I grew up with ‘Accrington Stanley, Who Are They?’, and others at MBS have boasted similarly nostalgic memories of iconic...

Roll-up roll-out: High on growth
As the world is rallying to promote greener initiatives, so too do we see the flowering of the cannabis industry. And on a scale we have seldom seen before. Cannabidiol, or CBD, is popping up everywhere, from skin...
Latest Consumer Products News
Chocolate Works announces Moonstruck Chocolate acquisition Chocolate Works has announced its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of US chocolate brand Moonstruck Chocolate. Terms of the deal, which closed last month, were not disclosed. Read more.
Kraft Heinz partners with BHE Renewable for US operations Food giant Kraft Heinz has announced a virtual power purchase agreement with BHE Renewables, a Berkshire Hathaway Energy business, to generate the majority of its electricity from renewable sources by 2025. Read more.
BYBI secures funding to grow carbon-negative skin care line Sustainable skin care brand BYBI has received £1.9m of funding from asset-based lender Independent Growth Finance, furthering its mission to bring carbon-negative beauty to consumers around the world. Read more.
Anora completes acquisition of Globus Wine Nordic drinks firm Anora has completed the acquisition of Denmark’s Globus Wine for €80m. The business plans to consolidate Globus Wine to become part of Anora Group as of the third quarter of 2022. Read more.
Pure Harvest Smart Farms secures $180.5m in funding to drive expansion UAE-based sustainable agriculture firm Pure Harvest Smart Farms, which deploys controlled environment agriculture technologies to produce high-quality fruits and vegetables, has raised $180.5m in its latest funding round, as it looks to expand across Asia. Read more.
Heineken to secure majority ownership of Taiwan’s Long Chuan Zuan Co brewery Heineken has entered an agreement with Sanyo Whisbih Group to take majority control of the Long Chuan Zuan Co brewery in Taiwan, becoming the first international brewer to have a brewery in the country. Financial terms of the deal have not been revealed. Read more.
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