ADM acquired Prairie Pulse Inc., a pulse crop cleaning, milling and packaging business in Vanscoy, Saskatchewan, Canada. Prairie Pulse’s operations – which include origination, 12,000 MT of bulk storage, cleaning, milling, sorting, sizing and bagging – will double ADM’s pulse footprint in the region.
Gerhard Schubert, the founder and shareholder of packaging machine manufacturer Schubert, passed away in Crailsheim on July 4, 2023 at the age of 84.
Le Pain Quotidien closed nine UK bakeries, as it went into administration. Out of the nine London shops and one in Oxford, one bakery remains open, located in St. Pancras, London.
Mondelēz Global announced today a voluntary recall of two varieties of belVita Breakfast Sandwich products, manufactured in the US and sold nationwide, due to the possibility that the products may contain undeclared peanuts from cross-contact on a single manufacturing line. No other belVita products, Mondelēz products, or markets outside the US are affected by this recall.
Banss Maschinenfabrik GmbH, headquartered in Wels, Austria, recently took over the Precisma business. Banss Austria expects synergy advantages and an even stronger market presence in the food industry with the new addition, which also strengthens the Precisma brand.
Cooplands, one of the UK’s leading chain bakeries, announced it is closing nine of its stores across the country. The company based in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, is closing branches in Scarborough, Berwick Hills, Skelton and Great Ayton in North Yorkshire.
Papa John’s announced the appointment of Ravi Thanawala to Chief Financial Officer, starting from July 24, 2023. Thanawala recently served as CFO of Nike North America, its largest division, with fiscal year 2022 revenue of approximately USD 18 billion.
Canada Bread will pay a CAD 50 million fine concerning two wholesale price increases implemented by Weston Foods (Canada) and Canada Bread more than a decade ago, when Canada Bread was majority owned and controlled by Maple Leaf Foods.
American belting specialist Intralox relocated its European headquarters to a larger facility in Schiphol, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The new HQ is also an expanded facility with more assembly and warehouse space, in response to growing market demand, allowing Intralox to double its modular plastic assembly facility and triple warehouse space, the company explained in an announcement.
In light of recent backlash from Sweden and Norway, Mondelez issued a statement saying it is further reducing its activities in Russia. In addition to scaling down operations, Mondelez now says it plans to have its Russia business as a stand-alone operation by the end of the year.