Dean Best, Author at Just Food

Deoleo owner CVC sets out IPO plans

Dean Best — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:40:30 +0000

CVC Capital Partners, the private-equity firm behind Stock Spirits and Lipton tea, has outlined plans for an IPO in Amsterdam.

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Legal wins give alt-meat shot in the arm but pressures remain

Dean Best — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 11:04:14 +0000

Demand for alt-meat products has eased in a number of markets and businesses have either gone to the wall or had to reappraise their growth prospects.

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Canada Royal Milk set for domestic baby-milk production

Dean Best — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:40:11 +0000

Canada Royal Milk is looking to launch infant formula in its home market in a matter of months after receiving regulatory approval.

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Mengniu names new CEO, posts mixed 2023 results

Dean Best — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:18:56 +0000

China Mengniu Dairy has promoted Gao Fei to CEO, a move announced alongside a set of mixed 2023 financial figures.

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Private-equity firms ‘table bid for Partner in Pet Food’

Dean Best — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:59:25 +0000

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Pork group Seaboard Foods promotes Chad Groves to CEO

Dean Best — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:32:47 +0000

Seaboard Foods, the US pork processor, has named sales-and-marketing chief Chad Groves as its new CEO.

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Unilever mum amid Morocco factory closures claims

Dean Best — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:29:05 +0000

Unilever has refused to be drawn on a fresh report in Morocco that has said the FMCG giant plans to shut two factories in the country.

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Newlat’s M&A appetite remains with “four dossiers” on table

Dean Best — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 19:41:30 +0000

Newlat is working on possible acquisitions, the chairman of the Italy-based food group has said.

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Mondelez tweaks SnackFutures remit

Dean Best — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:04:56 +0000

Mondelez International has refocused its SnackFutures unit to focus squarely on venture-capital investments.

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Reckitt legal case, not FTC scrutiny, is bigger concern for US formula makers

Dean Best — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:46:29 +0000

The $60m in damages that have landed at Reckitt’s door will concern executives doing business in the US infant-formula sector.

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