Heineken to slash up to 6,000 jobs in pursuit of “leaner” operations
Heineken plans to cut up to 6,000 roles over the next two years as the beer giant seeks annual savings…
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Simon Harvey
Simon has been writing about the food industry with Just Food since 2017. Prior to that, he was a financial news editor at Bloomberg and Dow Jones for around 17 years, working out of bureaus in London, Singapore and Malaysia.
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India to relax tariffs on US food, drink imports but finer details awaited
Food and drink feature in the interim trade agreement between the US and India but the finer details and tariff…
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Calidad Pascual revamps business model led by new CEO
Calidad Pascual is restructuring its operations, with César Vargas promoted to CEO to lead the “transformation” of the Spanish food…
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Austria to halve VAT on select food prices funded by plastics tax
Austria plans to halve the VAT on certain food prices, a scheme that will be funded by a tax on…
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US advocacy body claims conflict of interest in latest dietary guidelines
An advocacy body in the US is calling for the removal of the latest government dietary guidelines because of an…
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French competition watchdog to review retail alliances Aura, Concordis
France’s competition watchdog is reviewing a pair of retailer purchasing alliances – Aura and Concordis – formed in the past…
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Arrival of GLP-1 weight-loss pill creates new headache for food, drink makers
Food and drink manufacturers in the US will open the door to the new year with a fresh challenge –…
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Trump signs order to reclassify marijuana
President Trump’s plan to reclassify medical marijuana as a drug in the same category as painkillers could open up opportunities…
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PepsiCo faces drinks lawsuit alleging “preferential pricing” for Walmart
PepsiCo is facing a lawsuit in New York over claims it provides “preferential pricing” to retailer Walmart for the US…
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Kraft Heinz hires ex-Kellanova chief as new CEO
Kraft Heinz has appointed former Kellanova chief Steve Cahillane as group CEO ahead of next year’s targeted business split. Cahillane…