Andy Coyne

Jan 22, 2025 | just-drinks.com | Andy Coyne

Jan 15, 2025 | finance.yahoo.com | Andy Coyne

Those expecting to see products made from meat grown in a lab from animal cells on supermarket shelves by now will be sadly disappointed. There has been tremendous interest in this area of innovation over the last few years, not least for its touted long-term potential to aid world food security. The companies behind the development of cultivated meat have attracted significant backing from investors.

Jan 9, 2025 | just-food.com | Andy Coyne

Irish bakery businesses Pat the Baker and Irish Pride are to come under new ownership in the shape of London investment firm Mayfair Equity Partners. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, has been done through Ceres Group, Mayfair’s holding company for its baked good businesses portfolio. The businesses have been acquired from owner Azeda Unlimited Company. All parties declined to comment but the deal was confirmed on a filing on Ireland’s Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CPCC) site.

Jan 8, 2025 | just-drinks.com | Andy Coyne

Diageo has shut the distillery producing its Chase spirits brands in England and shifted production north to Scotland.

Jan 6, 2025 | just-food.com | Andy Coyne

California Governor Gavin Newsom has acted to try to reduce the consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in the state. Newsom issued an executive order on Friday (3 January) directing state agencies to recommend potential actions to limit exposure to UPFs and food ingredients that “pose a health risk to individuals”. Targeting UPFs – typically convenient packaged food items containing added fats, starch, sugar, salt or hydrogenated oils – is the latest push on health in the Golden State.