One of dairy’s largest deals in years is expected to close in calendar 2025. Rabobank tells us how this and other potential major divestments and acquisitions could impact the bank’s Global Dairy Top 20.
In a hotly-anticipated ‘elephant deal’, Häagen-Dazs owner General Mills has agreed to sell its US and Canada yogurt businesses, including brands Yoplait and Liberté.
Lactalis, the global dairy giant, has inaugurated the “largest solar thermal power plant in France” allowing it to cut CO2 emissions by 2,000 tons per year.
One of the country's largest dairy processors has been penalized for various breaches of the industry code, including for featuring a mix of no-fault termination clauses in milk supply agreements.
The French dairy group was under investigation over a five-year-old case when babies were diagnosed with salmonellosis after consuming Lactalis products.
US dairy business Stonyfield Organic wants to support the next generation of organic family farmers through a new initiative, ‘Save Gen F’. DairyReporter caught up with Jason Johnson, Farmer Relationship Manager, to learn more about this effort.
Cority, a global enterprise environmental, health, and safety (EHS) software provider has partnered with the Lactalis Group, aimed at providing a simplified, integrated solution for managing the dairy group’s global health, safety, and sustainability...
Canadian dairy company Lactalis Canada, which owns brands like Cracker Barrel, Black Diamond, Balderson, Astro and Lactantia and a subsidiary of France-based Lactalis Group, is unveiling Lactalis Canada NEXT Ventures – an innovation program designed to...
Dairy giant Lactalis has entered the post workout recovery category with the US introduction of UP2U RECOVER protein drinks and UP2U RECOVER unflavored protein powder.
Dairy manufacturer Lactalis UK & Ireland has shared what it says are the key trends cheese manufacturers and retailers need to consider to win big in cheese in 2022.
The emissions of Europe’s 20 biggest meat and dairy corporations — including Danish Crown, Nestlé, Danone, Tönnies, FrieslandCampina and Coren — outstrip countries such as the Netherlands and Denmark, yet only three companies have committed to reduce...
Lactalis Canada Inc., a subsidiary of France-based Lactalis Group, is adding Kraft Heinz's Grated cheese business to its growing portfolio as part of the Group's US affiliate, after completing the acquisition of Kraft Heinz's Natural, Grated,...
Global dairy company The Lactalis Group has acquired the European cheese brand Leerdammer, in an operation that includes Royal Bel Leerdammer The Netherlands, Bel Shostka Ukraine, the commercialization of Bel products in Italy, Germany and Ukraine and...
Orkney Cheese Company Limited, located on the main island of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, is investing in a £925,000 ($1.27m) refurbishment project.
Dairy service information provider NMR and UK dairy company First Milk say they will work closely together in the provision and use of relevant data to improve dairy chain efficiency, as part of the recently-announced funding for the Digital Dairy Chain...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has instituted Federal Court proceedings against Lactalis Australia Pty Ltd (Lactalis) for alleged breaches of the Dairy Code of Conduct, the first time the ACCC has commenced proceedings for alleged...
This week, we have three interviews on the podcast. We have conversations with Shannon Coco, strategic marketing director, food at Kerry North America, and Logan Cisewski, RD&A senior scientist at Kerry; Tim Duret, director of sustainable technology...
Bel Group and Lactalis Group said they have begun exclusive negotiations, with Bel Group set to sell Royal Bel Leerdammer NL, Bel Italia, Bel Deutschland, the Leerdammer brand and all related rights plus Bel Shostka Ukraine, to the French dairy giant.
Lactalis Canada Inc., formerly Parmalat Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Lactalis Group, has closed the acquisition of all shares of Agropur Cooperative's Canadian yogurt business, Ultima Foods Inc.
Lactalis Canada Inc., formerly Parmalat Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Lactalis Group, has reached an agreement with Agropur Cooperative to acquire all shares of its Canadian yogurt business, Ultima Foods Inc.
A new report from UK independent consumer group Which? says two-thirds of branded grocery packaging is not fully recyclable – and several well-known cheese brands came in for criticism.
French-headquartered Lactalis Group has entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition by its US affiliate of Kraft Heinz’s natural, grated, cultured and specialty cheese businesses in the US, grated cheese business in Canada, and entire international...
The food & drink sector is one of the few sectors that should suffer limited impact as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the world’s top food & drink brands unlikely to lose brand value, according to the latest Brand Finance Food & Drink...
Lactalis Ingredients, the world's leading producer of whey, has commissioned a fourth drying tower at its Verdun site in France, which will be inaugurated in the summer of 2020.
The dairy industry has been quick to respond to a new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), Milking the Planet: How Big Dairy is heating up the planet and hollowing rural communities.
To support the global response to the coronavirus crisis, the Tetra Laval Group is donating €10m ($10.9m) to various voluntary organizations supporting the health care systems across the countries the company operates in.
Zenith Global has published its database of food and drink company mergers and acquisitions in 2019, and the data show the previous record high of 777 in 2018 was broken again, with 789, an average of 15 each week.
The Lactalis Group, the world's largest manufacturer of dairy products, is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first certification to produce organic milk in Spain.
Nestlé, Lactalis and Danone continue leading the global dairy industry, but could see some shakeups in the future, according to a new analysis from Rabobank.
The latest Brand Finance Food & Drink 2019 report shows that, again, Switzerland’s Nestlé tops the food ranking, although its brand value increased by just 1% year on year to $19.6bn.
