CHS Inc., a leading grains, foods and energy cooperative in the US, announced on January 18 that it has acquired Agri Point Limited from East Point Holdings Limited, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Palm oil prices have dropped, putting them at the lowest level since the beginning of the year, according to Bloomberg.

WIESHEU GmbH, the market leader in baking ovens, finished the financial year 2010 with a turnover of 63 million euros.

CSM has announced that it has entered into a joint venture agreement with the Tunisian based company GIAS s.a., that has a leading position in Bakery Ingredients and Margarinesin North Africa.

Like-for-like sales at Northern Foods increased 2.3 per cent during the third quarter ended January 1, reflecting good trading performance over the Christmas period, despite extreme weather conditions.

The American Society of Baking has named its 2011 honorees for the Baking Hall of Fame: James Apple, Butter Krust Baking Co.; E.E. Kelley, ButterKrust Bakery Lakeland; Ken Klosterman, Klosterman Baking Co.; and Alexander Weber, Caravan…

Jim Moseley, managing mirector of General Mills, UK, Ireland and the Nordic markets has taken up the reins as president of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) - the voice of the UK food and drink manufacturing industry.

Cargill's net earnings nearly doubled in the fiscal 2011 second quarter ended November 30.

Burton's Foods is to close one of its biscuit factories in the UK with the loss of around 342 jobs.

Cargill is expanding its cocoa and chocolate business in Europe through the acquisition of the business of Schwartauer Werke GmbH & Co. KG Kakao Verarbeitung Berlin, ("KVB"), an integrated chocolate company based in Germany.

The European selection rounds of the Louis Lesaffre Cup International are just a week away.

Solae has opened the DuPont Solae Asia Food Application Center, a new Asia food application center located within the DuPont China Research & Development Center building in Shanghai, China.

Russia has cancelled the flour export ban introduced in August last year.

The ninth edition of INTERSICOP will provide an international showcase at which visitors will be able to discover the latest developments within the frozen dough sector.

Market uptake of sustainable palm oil will need to accelerate in 2011 in order to keep up with rapidly growing production, claims the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).

Pre-baked and freshly delivered products are among the fastest growing segments, while frozen dough and scratch mix products exhibit slow growth in a new analysis of the global bakery industry predicted to be worth around $410bn by 2015.

DuPont de Nemours & Co has agreed to acquire Danisco, a global enzyme and specialty food ingredients company, for $5.8 billion in cash and assumption of $500 million of Danisco net debt.

AB Mauri Fleischmann is raising its prices on all yeast products and some bakery ingredients in the United States and Canada from February 14, or as contracts expire.