AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoFood Manufacturing: Greencore raised its annual profit forecast after fourth-quarter sales and volumes beat expectations, with growth outpacing the wider UK grocery market. Coffee Expansion: Polish manufacturer Instanta Coffee is opening a UK base in Redditch to distribute products, with recruitment pointing to future production and packing operations. Retail Resilience: A cyberattack disrupted refrigeration at hundreds of French supermarkets, forcing retailers to discard food after some units warmed to 50°C. India Investment: McCain Foods agreed to acquire Falcon Agrifriz’s potato-processing business in Gujarat, expanding its manufacturing footprint. Food Technology: Ever After Foods and Roslin Technologies reported a major productivity gain in cultivated-meat production, including higher protein and biomass output. Export Markets: Japanese food producers are pursuing halal certification to grow sales in Muslim-majority markets, with beef exports to Saudi Arabia among the gains. Food Costs: India’s September food inflation reached 7.74%, raising pressure on household budgets and the food sector.
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