The latest food and beverage industry news and trend analysis

The Melitta Group will invest over one hundred million euros in its Bremen roasting plant to increase production capacity by fifty per cent and accelerate its European internationalisation strategy.

Yanmar S.P. Co. Ltd. has launched the Yanmar Solution Experience Centre in Thailand, partnering with Chia Tai and XAG to deliver integrated precision agriculture technology and drone solutions.

Niagara Bottlings acquisition of the Vernon facility secures a vertical closed loop recycling stream, processing difficult packaging waste to produce 45 million pounds of rPET locally.

Mars is transitioning its historic Slough facility into a high-tech hub by integrating AI-driven digital twins and robotics, securing its UK manufacturing sovereignty and operational efficiency through 2028.

Lotus Bakeries has commenced construction of a new manufacturing facility at its principal site in Lembeke, Belgium, to scale Biscoff output following a 13 per cent organic sales increase in 2025.

Dutch Bros Inc. has agreed to acquire the 29-shop Phoenix East Valley franchise, transitioning the locations to a company-operated model and bolstering its strategic growth footprint in Arizona following the retirement of a 20-year veteran franchisee.

IFF’s new Madagascar hub enables "innovation at origin," merging lab analysis and extraction with local expertise to secure a resilient, high-quality global vanilla supply chain.

The opening of Sucro Can's $135M Hamilton refinery establishes a new B2B infrastructure benchmark, utilising a PPP model to deliver 1M tonnes of capacity for the North American food cluster.