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The alternative protein market has taken off in part due to the inclusion of such products at global restaurant chains. Photo: Getty Images

Report says Unilever, Tesco, Nestle ranked top on meat alternatives

By GFM Network News July 24, 2019

London | Reuters – Unilever, Tesco and Nestlé are among the best prepared to capitalise on the trend for plant-based meat substitutes, according to a report from an investor group managing $5 trillion in assets. The report by the Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return (FAIRR) coalition showed 25 major retailers and manufacturers were developing

Vanilla farmer Jao Nasaina holds a spear and a handmade gun as he patrols at his plantation, to guard the crop against thieves, in Ambavala, near Andapa in the Sava region of Madagascar on July 14, 2018. (Photo: Reuters/Clarel Faniry Rasoanaivo)

Crops, Other

Spice maker seeks path to make vanilla milkshakes cheaper

By GFM Network News June 3, 2019

Chicago/Antananarivo, Madagascar | Reuters — A kilo of vanilla beans costs more than a kilo of silver. Cultivated painstakingly over years from an orchid plant, vanilla is the second most expensive spice in the world, after saffron. In less than five years, the wholesale price has risen nearly 500 per cent, partly because of growing

Chocolate World in Hershey, Penn. in 2011. (SDominick/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

Nestle, Hershey at odds with farmers over U.S. GMO labeling

By Chris Prentice, GFM Network News July 3, 2018

New York | Reuters –– The world’s top food companies and farmers of crops such as beet sugar are pitted against each other as they lobby the U.S. government over plans to label genetically engineered ingredients. At the heart of the issue is transparency over ingredients used in food. Packaged foods makers are facing flagging

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Nestle to spread out at London ice cream plant

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 2, 2018

A multi-phase overhaul at Nestle Canada’s southwestern Ontario ice cream factory is moving further ahead with a plant expansion. The company’s London, Ont. ice cream plant, which has operated since 1966 and supplies brands such as Haagen-Dazs, Drumstick, Parlour and Skinny Cow for all of Canada, is in the midst of a four-phase, $51.5 million

Crops

Nestle to buy Canadian nutrition firm Atrium

By GFM Network News, Martinne Geller December 5, 2017

London | Reuters — Nestle is buying Canadian vitamin and nutritional supplement maker Atrium Innovations for US$2.3 billion, expanding its presence in consumer healthcare as it seeks to offset weakness in packaged foods. The world’s largest packaged food company said on Tuesday it will buy the maker of vitamins, probiotics and meal replacements from a

Crops

Nestle, Coke end Nestea iced tea venture

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 3, 2017

Zurich/London | Reuters –– Nestle and Coca-Cola have agreed to end their Nestea iced tea joint venture after 16 years and pursue separate strategies in the fast-changing bottled drinks market. The companies formed Beverage Partners Worldwide in 2001 to sell Nestea around the world but the brand has faced fierce competition from Lipton iced tea,

Manitoba Egg Farmers, which in 2013 called a halt to installation of conventional cages, has publicly demonstrated enriched housing systems. (Manitoba Co-operator photo by Shannon VanRaes)

Livestock

Nestle pledges cage-free eggs for Canadian wares

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 10, 2016

The Canadian arm of Swiss food processing giant Nestle has promised to shift its egg supply to “cage-free” sources by 2025. Nestle Canada, whose products using eggs include some of its Lean Cuisine meals and Real Dairy desserts, said Wednesday it was “dedicated to working with Canadian farmers to make this transition.” The Canadian business

Livestock

Nestle to switch to cage-free eggs in U.S. by 2020

By GFM Network News December 22, 2015

New York | Reuters –– Nestle said Tuesday it will stop using eggs laid by caged hens in its U.S. products by 2020, making it the largest packaged food company to go cage-free amid pressure from consumers and animal-rights groups. The world’s largest food maker said it uses about 20 million pounds of eggs annually

Our History

Severe hail strikes The Pas, 10,000 acres affected

Our History: July 1987

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 2, 2015

This ad in our July 2, 1987 issue was for Grassroots, an online agricultural information system based on the Canadian Communications Research Centre Telidon system. While it featured a great deal of information, it was difficult to access due to slow download speeds over phone lines, and the system was expensive. This ad offered the

Nestle in late 2013 opened this Nespresso boutique bar in the Yorkville area of Toronto. (J.J. Thompson photo for CNW Group/Nespresso Canada)

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Nestle says taking action to keep top slot in food industry

By GFM Network News, Martinne Geller April 16, 2015

London | Reuters — Nestle told shareholders Thursday it is taking steps to maintain its position at the head of the global food industry, where consolidation will create two big new rivals. Nestle chairman Peter Brabeck-Lemathe told the company’s annual shareholder meeting the creation of Kraft Heinz Co. and Jacobs Douwe Egberts, as well as

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

Daily Network News

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

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Report says Unilever, Tesco, Nestle ranked top on meat alternatives

Spice maker seeks path to make vanilla milkshakes cheaper

Nestle, Hershey at odds with farmers over U.S. GMO labeling

Nestle to spread out at London ice cream plant

Nestle to buy Canadian nutrition firm Atrium

Nestle, Coke end Nestea iced tea venture

Nestle pledges cage-free eggs for Canadian wares

Nestle to switch to cage-free eggs in U.S. by 2020

Severe hail strikes The Pas, 10,000 acres affected

Nestle says taking action to keep top slot in food industry

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