Food

In March, ILIP (ILPA group) posted double-digit sales growth in the packaging segment, including a particularly strong increase in exports, driven by the surge in demand for plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables.

Industrie Grafiche Bressan (IGB) lauched the Locked4Food system (Tamper Evident patent), a security seal incorporated in the packaging that prevents tampering and protects the contents.

The Bizerte Agri-food Technopole has conducted a study to assess the impact of Covid-19 on the Tunisian agri-food industries.

Many consumers have made an effort to eat more healthily during the lockdown

Frozen food sales saw sharp growth in Italy during the lockdown.

Food delivery company Just Eat has announced that from May onwards it will use biodegradable and recyclable bags and boxes in Italy.

Devro, a UK-based producer of collagen products for the meat industry, reported an increase in sales in the first quarter of 2020 driven by the ongoing state of emergency.
The Chryston-based giant, listed on the London Stock Exchange, closed the first quarter of the year with 2% growth (+13% in emerging markets).
“Our people are working hard to service customers in the food supply chain and all…

The Molise-based pasta producer’s output has increased by 30% while demand has grown by 60% to exceed production capacity.

Demand for packaged food in India (cheese, noodles, frozen snacks, butter, rice, digestive biscuits, chocolate and lemon) shot up 50-150% in the first three weeks of lockdown, according to the country’s retail chains and main food companies.

La Doria, Italy’s largest producer of peeled and chopped tomatoes, ready-to-eat sauces, preserved legumes and fruit juices and drinks for the private label segment, closed 2019 with total consolidated revenues of €717.6 million, up 4.3% from the previous year’s figure of €687.9 million. EBITDA rose to €56 million (€52.8 million in 2018), while EBIT dropped slightly to €34.5 million (€34.7 million…

Food delivery is proving to be a highly popular service during the coronavirus lockdown but is having to address consumer fears of inadequate hygiene and safety management on the part of the people who prepare and deliver the food.

The Eurasian Economic Commission’s Council has decided to extend the list of goods exempted from import duties and to simplify the requirements for certificates of origin.

Fruit exports rose to 88,300 tons at the end of the first quarter of the year.

Already on an upward curve prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, the online meal kit and food delivery service market in the UK is enjoying an unprecedented boom.

The multinational announced that it has significantly reduced the activity of three of its food service production lines and shifted resources to packaged food facilities.

According to the latest figures provided by Nielsen, retail sales of fake meat in the States increased dramatically in March.

The FDA has announced temporary flexibility regarding the packaging and labelling of shell eggs sold to consumers in retail food establishments.

Brookside Dairy (Kenya), one of the leading dairy companies in East Africa, has decided to pay an extra shilling for every litre of milk supplied by dairy farmers, starting 1 April.

Always a valuable resource in times of emergency, epidemics and wars, canned food is experiencing a surge in supermarket sales.

MARR (Cremonini Group), the largest specialist Italian distributor of food products to the non-domestic catering sector, has reported an upturn in its business results.