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Fruit and vegetablesApples. Morgana: Melinda is the "director" for Europe
Consortium becomes exclusive licensee of the variety in the old continent
Melinda strengthens its role in the international fruit market by signing a contract for the exclusive production and sale of the Kizuri variety under the Morgana brand in Europe. The rights acquired by... more
CoffeeThe QuattroR fund acquires 50% of M. Zanetti Bev. Group (Segafredo)
The family keeps the remaining 50%. The new CEO is Pierluigi Tosato
Coffee is increasingly at the center of finance and private equity operations. After Caffè Borbone (controlled by the Italmobiliare dei Pesenti holding) and illyCaffè (invested by Rhone Capital), the p... more
SustainabilityEmissions. Perfetti Van Melle targets approved by Science based targets
New ambitious targets for scope 1,2 and 3 reduction by 2030
Perfetti Van Melle, the world’s second largest confectionery group (chewing gum and candy), announces that its medium-term greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, based on scientific criteria, have b... more
Studies and researchWhat to eat and drink on a cruise
Seatrade Cruise has published the second report
Seatrade Cruise has published its second Cruise food and beverage trends report, the report on food and drink trends in cruises for 2024, in view of the second edition of F&B@Sea to be held in Miami on... more
Cheese and dairy productsParmigiano Reggiano: consortium celebrates 90 years
Meeting with the institutions at the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy
The Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium reaches its 90th anniversary, with production more than quadrupling. At the time of its birth (27 July 1934), over 2000 dairies joined it, processing around 37 thousand... more
HealthNutriplate by Nestlé: sedentary lifestyle to be avoided, starting from childhood
Ideas for improving nutrition and promoting physical activity in children
Too often it is the children themselves who prefer to stay at home, and are more familiar with the TV/Tablet/Mobile-Sofa combination rather than exploring the healthy potential of their body. This does... more
PeopleRoberto Bertazzoni, patron of Smeg and La Pavoni, has died
He leaves his wife, and his son Vittorio, today at the head of the family business
Roberto Bertazzoni, the patron of Smeg and de La Pavoni espresso machines, died at the age of 81. The funeral was held at the Cathedral of Guastalla (Reggio Emilia), the city where he was born on 10 December... more
Conserved and jamsLa Doria, strong improvement in 2023: revenues +20%
The group of the tomato preserves has closed the exercise to 1,22 billion Euro
The board of directors of La Doria S.p.a., active in the production of tomato derivatives, sauces, legumes and fruit juices branded by large retailers, approved the draft financial statements and the consolidated... more
HealthInsomnia. Nestlé Research: a bioactive mixture as an antidote
The discovery was made together with researchers from the National University of Singapore Sleep Center
A study carried out by Nestlé Research, the Research Center based in Lausanne, Switzerland, together with the National University of Singapore Sleep Center, has given rise to an exceptional discovery.... more
Studies and researchAvian flu: are mammals also a possible transmission vehicle?
A new EFSA-ECDC study evaluates the risk factors for a potential influenza pandemic /Annex
Avian influenza (AI ) virus continues to spread in the EU and beyond, causing high mortality in wild birds, spillover to wild and domestic mammals, and outbreaks in farms. A scientific report by the European... more
ForeignArgentina: liberalized mate price, epochal change
Small producers would be penalized. Prices are feared to rise from next summer
In Argentina, the drinks market is a historic turning point: the price of mate will be totally liberalized, i.e. determined simply by the meeting of supply and demand. Thus establishes, amidst a thousand... more
Mineral waters and drinksSugar Tax. Italian Constitutional Court aligns itself with the WHO indications
Assobibe (non-alcoholic beverage producers): "A surprising position, unproven effectiveness"
"The position expressed by the Constitutional Court on the doubts of constitutionality raised by the Lazio Regional Administrative Court is very surprising for having ignored the considerations made by... more
PeopleBirra Peroni: Riccardo Piazzolla new Trade Marketing Director
By this appointment the company aims to define plans focused on the needs of shoppers and customers
Birra Peroni has announced the appointment of Riccardo Piazzolla as new Trade Marketing Director. The manager, who took office on 1 April, reporting directly to Enrico Galasso , president and CEO of Birra... more
FairsMarca By Bolognfiere: the 21st edition is underway
The Mdd business community will meet on 15 and 16 January 2025
Over 20 thousand professional visitors, 1,100 exhibiting companies, 22 modern organized distribution brands, 7 pavilions and more than 250 hosted buyers from 30 countries: the numbers of the latest edition project the event towards a year of further satisfaction more
DistributionSpar Austria: Christof Rissbacher new chairman of the Management Committee
The manager takes over from Paul Klotz, who remains head of the Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of Spar Austria, an international group of which Aspiag Service, the concessionaire of the Despar, Eurospar and Interspar brands in Triveneto, Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy is part,... more
DistributionMarr for an increasingly sustainable foodservice
The new edition of the Sustainability Report has been published
Just over a month after the publication of the 2023 budget (read EFA News), in which it was announced that revenues would exceed two billion, the Marr group has released its 2023 sustainability report.... more
ForeignIncreases in food and beverage sector: not even Japan is saved
Price increases for 2806 food items expected in April
According to a survey carried out by the Japanese research company Teikoku Databank, the prices of 2,806 food products will increase in Japan in April, a figure that exceeds for the first time the ceiling... more
TraditionsEFA News wishes a Happy Easter to everyone
The agency will reopen next Tuesday April 2, 2024
EFA News informs its collaborators, reporters and social media fans that it will be closed for the Easter weekend.The agency will reopen as normal next Tuesday 2 April with the normal publication of articles.The... more
Economy and financeIvs group, another year of growth
Balance sheet approved with revenues up: vending +24%, Italy to 463.4 million turnover
Budget 2023 approved for IVS Group, Italian leader and second operator in Europe in the management of vending machines and semi-automatic for the administration of hot and cold drinks and snacks (vending).... more
AgrifoodAgugiaro & Figna: 2023 turnover is close to 170 million euros
Exports of italian company cover a quarter of the turnover
The Agugiaro & Figna group, an Italian soft wheat milling company, closed 2023 with a turnover close to 170 million euros, grinding almost 300 thousand tonnes of wheat in its 3 factories, located in Collecchio... more
Cheese and dairy productsProvolone Valpadana PDO: double-digit growth on an annual basis
Export boom in Northern Europe, Mexico and Australia
Provolone Valpadana PDO started 2024 in the best possible way: the first two months of the year, compared to the corresponding period of 2023, marked double-digit growth. Production recorded a significant... more
SustainabilityNespresso, 20 million for coffee in Dem. Rep. of Congo
Investment to support local farmers' access to global markets
Nespresso will invest 20 million dollars by 2026 to revive special coffee in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is announced by Nestlé, the multinational company that owns the Nespresso brand that,... more
Catering and hospitalityGreat maneuvers at Alice Pizza’s house
Idea Taste of Italy (Dea Capital) would like to sell: among the pretenders there would be the Clessidra fund
Great maneuvers in the house of Alice Pizza, the chain controlled by the idea Taste of Italy (private equity fund specialized in the agribusiness managed by goddess Dea Capital Alternative Funds Sgr) that... more
Economy and financePE ready for the assault of Preziosi Food?
Rumors of interest for the company: in pole position Dea Capital and Italian Investment Fund
The rumors multiply of how many, between industrial operators and private equity, seem interested in Preziosi Food, the group of salty snacks. Although the sale process has not yet been officially launched... more
Economy and financeLongino and Cardernal returned positive in 2023
Revenues grew by 12.9% and ebitda stood at 800 thousand euros, from the red of 700 thousand euros a year earlier.
The 2023 financial year "not only maintained the growth of the first half but also significantly improved the result". This is how Riccardo Uleri, president and ceo of Longino & Cardenal S.p.a., active... more
Catering and hospitalityDispensa Emilia: two new restaurants in the heart of Veneto
Double in Padua for the chain controlled by Investindustrial
Dispensa Emilia continues its growth in the North East expanding with two new restaurants a few kilometers from the center of Padua. The first will open tomorrow March 28 in the shopping center Le Brentelle... more
Economy and financeCvc: after Italy, Iberian shopping for the English fund
First La Piadineria, now it’s the turn of the Spanish Monbake specialized in frozen dough
After the recent Italian shopping with the acquisition of La Piadineria, the British fund Cvc, one of the leading managers of private markets globally, announces the investment in Grupo Monbake, leader... more
LiqueursGrappa and brandy: New Zealand opens to free trade with the EU
Assodistil is satisfied with the agreement that ensures protection for Italian spirits
Last March 25, New Zealand notified the European Union of its ratification of the free trade agreement, discussions of which have been on the table for years, and which saw the EU's accession last November.... more
CoffeeLavazza Group: revenues of 3.1 billion euros in 2023
Net profit amounted to 68 million euros, down compared to 95 million last year
CEO Baravalle: "We are working to return to more favorable conditions, starting with the recovery of the gross operating margin" more
TechnologyAgronomic monitoring: Conserve Italia launches record-breaking network
Sensors in the field and artificial intelligence in the project born from the partnership with xFarm Technologies
The largest agronomic monitoring network in Italy is born in Emilia-Romagna, where field sensors and artificial intelligence support fruit growers on multiple fronts, providing precise indications on when... more
Economy and financeIcam chocolate beats the crisis: 2023 closed with revenues +7%
Despite the problems of cocoa, the company in Como reaches € 216.5 million in revenue, +36% from 2019
Icam Cioccolato, a company based in Orsenigo (Como), a leader in the production and marketing of chocolate and cocoa semi-finished products, announces the closure of 2023 with a turnover of 216.5 million... more
Cheese and dairy productsParmigiano Reggiano: over 3 billion euros for consumption in 2023
Production remains stable, total sales rise, both in Italy and abroad
This morning, during the annual press conference in Milan, the Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium presented the economic data for 2023. For the PDO, it was a year of great challenges: dairies and commercial... more
CoffeeStartup: Spanish Incapto cashes round from €6 million
The holding company P 101 and the family office of Drago (De Agostini) invested (among others)
The company promotes the consumption of specialty coffee from fair trade producers. more
SustainabilityAccess to food: Nestlé and Gfn for the fight against hunger
Memorandum to support rural communities where the Swiss group operates
Nestlé and The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN), a non-profit organization committed to the fight against hunger and environmental sustainability, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to further strengthen... more
Economy and financeDanone towards the sale of its activities in Russia
Agreement closed with Vamin Tatarstan to whom dairy yields: loss of € 1.2 billion
Danone is on the way to agreement regarding its activities in Russia. After the latest news of recent days that foreshadowed a resurgence of hostilities with the Putin government since 2022, today the... more
TraditionsBalsamic Vinegar: government supports Unesco candidacy
The announcement on the national day dedicated to the precious product of Modena
"The Italian government will support the candidacy of Balsamic Vinegar of Modena as an intangible heritage of humanity". The announcement comes from Milano, from the press conference of the newborn IVACI... more
VideoGalbani (Lactalis) brings the Italian spirit to the world
Exclusive interviews with top managers Giovanni Pomella and José Antonio Lalanda
Among the brilliant performances of Italian agri-food exports, cheeses stand out. Lactalis covers 20% of this export and, within it, Galbani represents the most widespread brand abroad. Quality and tradition... more
Fruit and vegetablesExica: two young men at the top of the company
The brothers Edoardo and Emanuele Rovetta take over the leadership of the family business
At the same time, the group establishes its division into a production company and a commercial one more
Government actsGeographical indications: EU Council simplifies registration procedure
New regulation strengthens food and drink protection, both online and offline
Today, the Council formally adopted a regulation improving the protection of geographical indications (GIs) and other quality schemes for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, both online and... more
Economy and financeIntesa Sanpaolo: 120 billion euro growth plan
Target on SMEs, micro-companies, third sector, food chains and tourism
"Quality is the key element for every sector", explains Stefano Barrese, head of the Banca dei Territori Division of the banking group. more
FairsMacfrut presented at fruit and vegetable markets in Madrid and Barcelona
Already 22 wholesalers have registered for the 41st fair at the Rimini Expo Center (8-10 May 2024)
Last weekend, a Macfrut presentation tour took place in the fruit and vegetable markets of Madrid and Barcelona, the largest in Spain and among the most important wholesale markets in Europe. The interest... more
Import-exportExport from Ireland to Italy is worth 448 million euros
Meat covers 57% of products from the island, fish 13%
Bord Bia, government agency for the promotion of Irish food & beverage products, reveals the data of research conducted on Italian consumers to understand what is the real perception of the excellence... more
Catering and hospitalityNespresso: opens on-the-go cafes in central London
It will be located in a strategic location in the British capital, within reach of commuters
A brown wooden coffee bar with coffee machines and pastries on the counter. Luxury coffee brand Nespresso has launched into the UK's on-the-go coffee market with its new café concept, The Nespresso Bar.... more
AgrifoodItaly: 130 million euros of eggs consumed in Holy Week
From the Ligurian "torta pasqualina" to the "piconi" from the Marche: here are the main regional recipes
Easter dedicated to eggs and not just chocolate. If spending on the typical holiday dessert promises to increase - +24% on the previous year according to Italian Codacons - do-it-yourself with hard-boiled... more
Economy and financeMars USA invests $70 million in innovation
In New Jersey new R&D Innovation studio
The US snack company Mars has announced an investment of over $70 million in its Hackettstown, New Jersey headquarters to improve innovation and production. The company, according to the official statement,... more
Ice creamSigep participates in the XII European Artisan Ice Cream Day
The 2024 season of artisanal ice cream officially opens on March 24th: many events during the year
Sigep (the annual international exhibition of artisanal ice cream, pastry, bakery and coffee organized by the Italian Exhibition Group) could not fail to be there to celebrate the XII European Day of artisanal... more
MeatsCoppa di Parma: 2023 turnover at 73 million euros, growing volumes (+7%)
Exports are on the rise, accounting for 10% of production: Canada covers 45% of the total
A consumer turnover of 73 million euros, with growth in the Canadian market reaching almost half of the overall exports. These are the main data for 2023 communicated by the Consortium for the Protection... more
BeverageHeineken launches new campaign "Cheers To The Real Hardcore Fans"
From March 24th, the commercial supporting inclusiveness in the world of football /Video
Heineken celebrates the UEFA Champions League season with the new campaign "Cheers To The Real Hardcore Fans", starting from 24 March on the main television networks Mediaset, Sky, Discovery and on the... more
AgrifoodAife: Italian-Spanish partnership for the promotion of dehydrated fodder
80% financed by the EU, the project has a total value of 1,180,000 euros
A three-year European project (2024-2026) started a few weeks ago, aimed at promoting dehydrated fodder produced in Europe and destined to gain market shares in Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia and Taiwan. The... more
TechnologyRegenerative agriculture: Bayer and Trinity Agtech join forces
A partnership aimed at pursuing the Carbon Initiative is underway
Bayer has announced a partnership with UK-based Trinity Agtech. As part of Bayer's efforts to advance regenerative agriculture, Trinity Agtech's Sandy platform will be instrumental to Bayer's Carbon Initiative... more