News & Analysis on the Dairy Industry & Markets
Bongrain, the French cheese maker best known for brands such as Coeur de Lion and Tartare, ended 2003 with a slight increase in sales compared to the previous year, but continued to suffer at the hands of negative exchange rates.
Rumours of a possible sale of the Danone's biscuit business surfaced again this week after the company unveiled full year figures pegged back by its weak performance. But the core dairy and beverage businesses continued to go from strength to strength.
Ingredients giant Danisco leapfrogs into the second global position for cultures as the Danish firm acquires the food ingredients arm of ailing French chemical business Rhodia.