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World Confectionery Group Offers €142m Bid To Acquire Natra

World Confectionery Group has announced that it has proposed to acquire the shares and convertible bonds of Spanish confectionery company Natra for around...

ESM: A Year In Retail – Buyer's Brief: A Series Of Unfortunate Events, Issue 6, 2018

In the run up to Christmas 2018, ESM is proud to present a recap of some of our biggest articles of the year, exclusively for Premium website subscribers....

Nordzucker Initiates Transformation Process To Consolidate Business

Germany's second-largest sugar refiner, Nordzucker, has initiated a comprehensive internal transformation process, aimed at stabilising the company during...

French Sugar Group Tereos Posts Wider Loss After Price Slump

French sugar group Tereos plunged to a first-half loss of almost €100 million, hit by a steep fall in sugar prices, and said it expected to be in the...

China's COSCO Shipping Considers London Listing: Sources

China's largest shipping group, COSCO Shipping, is considering raising capital for the first time on the London Stock Exchange through a new initiative wit...

RSPO Endorses New Palm Oil Certification Standard

The 16th Annual Roundtable Conference on sustainable palm oil ended last week with more than 850 representatives from the global palm oil industry agreeing...

Atlantic Grupa Sees Profits Rise In First Nine Months Of 2018

Croatia-based food producer and distributor Atlantic Grupa has reported 34.4% annual growth in net profit, amounting to HRK 319.3million (€43mill...

France Slakes EU Brewers' Thirst After Drought Hits Barley Crop

A big barley harvest in France has rescued Europe's beer brewers from supply shortages after parched conditions across the continent this summer ravaged cr...