M&A
Resurgent Australian chocolate maker Darrell Lea sold to Quadrant Private Equity
Australian confectioner the Darrell Lea Group has been acquired by Quadrant Private Equity, five years after it was saved from administration.
Archives for January 22, 2018
Food and supplement firms beware: Chinese prosecutors demand more investigations into advertising breaches
Food and supplement companies are firmly in the sights of China's Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP), which is demanding a fresh clampdown on illegal advertising for food, drugs and wellness products.
Honey with hemp: Australian supplement firm and NZ mānuka supplier target global US$2bn market
Hemp mānuka honey will be on the shelves in Australia by the middle of the year, with the two companies behind the project then aiming for sales to China, the wider Asia region, and potentially North America and Europe.
GM in Australia: Proposed changes to gene-editing rules likely to receive 'fierce opposition'
Proposals to shake-up Australia’s GM rules are likely to face “fierce opposition” according to a leading academic, while another said that it would undoubtedly result “in the food our children eat in the future having a different DNA sequence to the food...