Mondelez International has taken legal action against Joyride, alleging the US candy company has infringed the trademarks and trade dress of its Sour Patch Kids brand. In a complaint filed on 2 ...

Nestlé has offloaded UK recipe-kit company SimplyCook to ingredient and flavour supplier Jardox. In a statement yesterday (3 November), Nestlé said the disposal was part of efforts to “simplify our ...

EU members states are to assess an outline of a potential agreement between the bloc and the UK over agri-food exports. After talks with the UK, Brussels has put together a document that will be ...

A fresh wave of cyberattacks targeting refrigeration systems has disrupted supermarkets in Europe. The breaches were reported in countries including Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg, resembling a ...

Buitoni, the pasta brand and company once fully owned by Nestlé, is closing a factory in the US, with more than 200 jobs expected to be lost.

Hogan Lovells and Fasken Martineau DuMoulin topped two league tables on the M&A that took place in the consumer sector in the first nine months of 2026.

Spain-based MaserGrup has snapped up the contract manufacturing operations of North American firm Skjodt-Barrett.

One of Vandemoortele’s bakeries in France acquired through the recent purchase of Délifrance was hit by a fire last week.

Umios, the Japan-based manufacturer formerly known as Maruha Nichiro, has continued its buying streak with a deal for Canadian seafood peer High Liner Foods. Announcing the deal yesterday (26 October) ...

Credit: Sumita Basak/ Shutterstock.com. The UK government has unveiled plans to phase out the use of high-concentration carbon dioxide stunning for pigs. A public consultation launched today (26 ...

Mondelez International is taking legal action against UK chocolate start-up Catherine’s Originals, claiming a trademark infringement. The lawsuit centres around the US-headquartered confectionery ...