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News for the baking industry
Hamburg / DE. (beu) We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year – luck, success, good health and everything you think you need in 2013. bakenet:eu is back on Wednesday, January 02.
London / UK. (pf) Premier Foods PLC has renewed its long-standing licence to produce Cadbury branded cake products until at least June 2017 as part of its plan to boost growth in the cake category. The new agreement «unlocks exciting growth opportunities».
Minneapolis / MN. (gm) General Mills reported results for the second quarter 2013. Contributions from new businesses primarily reflect the first three months of consolidated operating results for the Yoki Alimentos business in Brazil and Yoplait Canada.
Ballarat / AU. (mcf) McCain Foods (Australia) announced that it has signed a Share Purchase Agreement to acquire 100 percent of the shares of the Kitchens of Sara Lee (KOSL) frozen bakery business based in Australia and New Zealand from Hillshire Brands.
Monterrey / MX. (mx) Arca Continental, the second-largest Coca-Cola bottler in Mexico and Latin America announced the acquisitions of snack food companies Wise Foods, based in Pennsylvania, and Industrias Alimenticias Ecuatorianas (Inalecsa) based in Ecuador.
Minneapolis / MN. (cc) Caribou Coffee Company Inc. and the Joh. A. Benckiser Group (JAB) announced a definitive merger agreement under which an affiliate of JAB will acquire Caribou for 16,00 USD per share in cash, or a total of approximately 340 million USD.
Decatur / IL. (adm) Archer Daniels Midland Company announced that it has sold its 23 percent interest in Gruma S.A.B. de C.V. and its equity investments in related joint ventures for 450 million USD plus an additional contingent payment of up to 60 million USD.
Los Angeles / CA. (lbb) La Brea Bakery will open a new retail store in the same neighbourhood where the bakery began baking nearly 25 years ago. Located steps away from the site of the original bakery, the new retail store is scheduled to open January 04, 2013.
Decatur / IL. (adm) Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) spokesperson Jackie Anderson issued the following statement: «We note GrainCorp´s latest response to our revised proposal. On December 03, we approached GrainCorp´s board of directors with …
Groot Bijgaarden / BE. (pnv) The Belgian Puratos Group has released the results of a large-scale in-depth survey into consumer attitudes and choices related to bakery, pastry, patisserie and chocolate. The survey is part of the initiative «Taste Tomorrow».