Archives for June 30, 2014

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TreeHouse snaps up Flagstone Foods for $860m

By Maggie Hennessy

In the latest of a string of acquisitions for TreeHouse Foods, the private label manufacturer said it will acquire private label health snacks maker Flagstone Foods for $860 million from Gryphon Investors. 

Kazakhstan seeks to transform beef export industry

By Poorna Rodrigo

Kazakhstan’s promising beef industry is trying to create its own breeder herds, with a plan to import as many as 10,000 Angus and Hereford cows from the US and Australia, KazBeef director general Beibit Yerubayev told GlobalMeatNews.com.

What makes us fear food?

By Maggie Hennessy

More and more consumers rely on the internet for their news, and stories can go viral within minutes, so it’s unsurprising that certain food ingredients have become the subject of fear and avoidance in this information age.