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AB InBev invests $159m in UK breweries Budweiser Brewing Group is investing £115m ($159m) in two UK breweries to meet growing demand for off-trade beer sales. The AB InBev subsidiary saw record sales level in the off-trade last year: with 19.6% growth in Q3 and 23.4% growth in Q4. The investment will increase capacity by 3.6m hl (the equivalent of 630 million pints) and create 55 jobs in addition to the 1,000+ people already employed across the two sites. A £72m (...

Australasian (Guangzhou) Food Co is beginning to import blockchain-backed beef into China from Argentina – and is now on a mission to help at-home consumption grow.

New fines return system from GEA GEA has introduced a new patented No Intervention Fines Return System (FRS). The company said it allows dairy and food powder producers to automate the cleaning-in-place (CIP) processes of their spray dryer fines return system, leading to reduced down time, improved working conditions and guaranteeing product safety. In spray dryers, powder fines are often separated from the exhaust air via cyclones and bag filters. A fines return sys...

Thy not? Next Gen plucks for Singapore as it launches global plant-based chicken brand Plant-based food tech start up Next Gen is making its global debut by launching its consumer brand TiNDLE in Singapore this March. The first product to be launched is TiNDLE Thy, a plant-based chicken thigh product which will be distributed by Classic Fine Foods, and rolled out initially in food service, with retail in the pipeline. The launch of the consumer brand comes after Sing...

Processing equipment company Gemak has designed, manufactured, installed and commissioned a process and packing plant built specifically for the manufacture of plant-based yogurts and other dairy alternatives.

Grape idea: Hokkaido University’s sustainable robots offer respite for wine and pumpkin farmers in Japan Robots developed by researchers at Hokkaido University are being trialled at a Japanese vineyard, Hokkaido Wine, for pesticide spraying and weed control. As one of the oldest wineries in Hokkaido founded in 1974, the firm produces 2,000 kL annually, with just 81 employees. “ There is a shortage of people on our farm and we cannot do enough weeding and pesticid...

Europe pledges to make beverage packaging fully circular by 2030 UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe, a trade organization representing the non-alcoholic beverage sector, has set targets for European beverage packaging to be fully circular by 2030. This will be achieved by using rPET, refillable bottles, and boosting collection rates. An interim goals is for 50% rPET by 2025, while the organization wants to see recycled or renewable material accounting for all PET by 2030. UNE...

Ardagh’s metal packaging business will combine with Gore Holdings V to create an independent public company; which will apply to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange.

Tetra Pak has introduced certified recycled polymers, becoming the first company in the food and beverage packaging industry to be awarded Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) Advanced Products certification.

Finnish packaging company Jospak moves into new premises in Forssa this spring, with a new CEO, Janne Sokajärvi.