Puratos bought the French start-up Rapidle, a provider of personalized e-commerce solutions, following the acquisition of Bakeronline four years ago – a Belgian digital transformation start-up.
Cargill announced the opening of its House of Chocolate, a 6,200 sqm facility built alongside the company’s existing chocolate production plant in Belgium.
Mondelēz International announced an agreement to acquire Clif Bar & Company, a specialist in energy bars, for USD 2.9 bn. The transaction expands Mondelēz International’s global snack bar business to more than USD 1 billion.
Dr. Oetker companies achieved sales of around EUR 3.7 billion in the 2021 financial year, on par with the 2020 results, despite market disruptions caused by the global pandemic. The company achieved around 66% of its total sales outside of Germany.
ANA Pan announced plans to open a new ANA Baking Co. in One Cotroceni Park in Bucharest, Romania in the second half of the year, as the company anticipates a 5% growth in its turnover in 2022.
Around Noon, a Food-to-Go specialist based in Newry, Northern Ireland, secured a GBP 3.5 million contract to supply sandwiches from its range ‘Twelve (Handmade in County Down)’ range to Marks & Spencer stores across the island of Ireland.
Meltio, a laser metal deposition technology manufacturer, announced that K3D became the first official service bureau and a key contributor to its application development in Europe. K3D was appointed in this role after acquiring two Meltio systems.
Bradley K. Alexander, Flowers Foods’ chief operating officer, will retire from the company at the end of the year, after 41 years of service. On January 1, 2023, Heeth Varnedoe, the company’s current chief transformation officer, will succeed Alexander as COO.
