Biscuit giant aims to push McVitie’s alongside local brands in Saudi
United Biscuits aims to push its McVitie’s brand in the region with the acquisition of Saudi-based Rana Confectionery Products.
Archives for December 3, 2013
Is research on delayed aging a better investment than cancer and heart disease?
Greater investment in research to delay aging may be a 'highly efficient' way to prevent disease, extend healthy life, and improve public health, according to new research.
Unwrapping innovative packaging in the Middle East
FoodNavigator speaks exclusively to Tim Ansell, Sales Director of UAE-based Al Thika Packaging LLC about the state of the market and what we’ll all be unwrapping in the future.
BakeryandSnacks launches Milling & Grains
BakeryandSnacks is launching a new specialized Milling & Grains supplement in association with sister brand FoodNavigator.
Australia running out of food freshers
Australia’s is suffering from a crippling and an ever-increasing shortfall of young people interested in producing the country’s food, putting at risk its grand plans for being Asia’s food bowl.
Scotland—and its whisky—attractive to Indian partners
A delegation from Scotland to India, on a trade mission to promote the country’s food and drink, has proved a hit with its whisky-loving hosts—not least with the announcement shortly afterwards that an Indian company would invest in a new malt distillery...
Survey: Food inflation biting hard into India’s middle-class
Inflation has been forcing households to cut down on their consumption of nutrient-rich foods by almost 40%, according to a new Indian chambers of industry survey.