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Ivory Coast Cocoa Regulator Scraps Stockpile Exemption For Bean Grinders

Ivory Coast cocoa sector regulator will not allow bean grinders to accumulate stocks beyond authorised limits during the main October to March harvest to e...

French Foie Gras Makers Toast Rising Output After Bird Flu Gloom

French foie gras output is set to rise for the first time in five years in 2023 as France starts vaccinating ducks against bird flu that has destroyed floc...

EU Offers Australia Tariff-Free Sugar Quota Equal To Just Half A Ship, Sources Say

European Union negotiators in free trade talks with Australia are offering such low import quotas for the sweetener they are not commercially viable to shi...

Lamb Weston Raises Annual Outlook On Higher Prices

Lamb Weston Holdings has raised its full-year net sales and profit forecasts, banking on higher prices for its ready-to-cook frozen potato appetisers and e...

French Sugar Maker Tereos Sells Factory Site To Fries Maker Agristo

Sugar group Tereos has agreed to sell a factory site in northern France to fries maker Agristo following its announcement in March that it would end sugar...

High Pasta Prices Set To Boil Over As Canada's Wheat Withers

Pasta lovers must brace to pay even higher prices for their favourite dish, as drought in Canada and bad weather in Europe damages crops of...

UK's Bunzl Expects Higher Annual Operating Profit As Own-Brand Demand Picks Up

British business supplies distributor Bunzl forecast a rise in full-year adjusted operating profit, betting on higher margins from its healthcare and hygie...

EU Cuts Cereal And Oilseed Crop Forecasts Again

The European Commission has further reduced its outlook for European Union production of major cereal and oilseed crops this season, with maize seeing the...