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World: Food draws tourists, finds report

Food and beverage are an increasingly significant motivator for travel, as 75% of leisure travelers have been motivated to visit a destination because of...

Europe: Olives packaged in RPC pots

France’s Croc’Frais has selected multilayer barrier pots from RPC Bebo for its product range of fresh olives. The 250ml pots are thermoformed in clear polypropylene,...

Europe: Tesco retails halal chicken meat range

Coveris, halal food brand Haloodies and CP Foods have launched a cooked meat range in 46 Tesco stores across Greater London, the Midlands and...

Asia Pacific: Crown Holdings creates limited edition beer can

Crown Holdings has partnered with Guinness to develop limited edition packaging for its Foreign Extra Stout brand that commemorates the company’s nearly 150 year...

Americas/Asia Pacific: General Mills closes, sells facilities

General Mills has made a tentative decision to close its manufacturing facility in Vineland, New Jersey, and transfer production to other US facilities to...

Americas: Program names avocado smoothie as next probiotic product

Avoke has won Ganeden’s Probiotic Innovation Jumpstart program with entrant Daniel Karsevar taking home US$25,000 for Avoke to support the launch of the new...

Asia Pacific: Singapore to hold Vitafoods Asia 2017

Vitafoods Asia will be held in Singapore for the first time in 2017 from September 5-6. Show organizer Informa Exhibitions has taken the decision to...

Americas: Meal kits off to a small start, finds report

While 3% of the US adult population (18 and older) tried a meal kit delivery service within the last year, there are opportunities for...

Europe: DTU project to study consumer traffic in food court

By monitoring mobile phones searching for Wi-Fi signals, students from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) are testing a tracking system to show how...

Americas: Mettler Toledo releases mini scale for POS

Mettler Toledo releases the Ariva-S-Mini that has a weight platform that measures 6.3 inches by 7.875 inches. The scale connects to most point-of-sale (POS) systems...