Category: Operations
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EU ministers have advanced simplification plans for food safety rules. The Omnibus X position covers pesticide use, farm animal records, official controls, and plastics used in food industry applications.
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Plukon is acquiring Avimosa to expand Spanish poultry processing capacity. The deal adds feed, hatching, farming, processing, and fresh poultry operations across Madrid and Toledo.
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Arla and DMK have cleared approvals for their dairy merger. The combined cooperative will bring together 11,200 farmers, a 19.4bn kg milk pool, and more than €20bn in pro forma revenue.
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Melitta is expanding Bremen coffee production through major capital investment. The €100m programme adds roasting, packaging, silo, and process-control capacity to support higher output and product flexibility.
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Brand Tap has partnered with Spirit Hound Distillers to manage importation, warehousing, and UK sales following a BCMPA-supported trade mission to Colorado. The first 2026 shipment includes more than 580 cases and 3,500 bottles across four spirits.
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New data points to a difficult first quarter for food and beverage manufacturers, with SME producers facing weaker sales and higher uncertainty linked to energy, transport, and global supply disruption. The figures sharpen pressure on inventory, sourcing, and margin control.
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Morrisons is exploring wider supply deals through Myton Food Group, its manufacturing arm, as the retailer looks to improve utilisation across a large food production estate while managing debt and retail competition.
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Greencore reported higher revenue and adjusted operating profit in the first half of 2026, but exceptional costs linked to its £1.5bn Bakkavor acquisition pushed the group to a statutory operating loss.
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Easysnap Technology has introduced Papersnap, a paper-based single-dose pack designed for fold-and-squeeze dispensing across sauces, condiments, syrups, and toppings, with more than 80% paper content and recyclability certification.
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Domino says 2D coding has moved from awareness to implementation. Its interpack 2026 activity highlighted integration, automation, vision inspection, and connected workflows as manufacturers prepare for variable data at scale.