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2 days ago | just-food.com | Ben Wein

Seafood Connection – a Dutch subsidiary of Japan’s Maruha Nichiro – has acquired a 70% majority stake in the Netherlands’ Van der Lee Seafish. The €40m ($44.4m) deal sees Seafood Connection acquire shares in Van der Lee Seafish’s subsidiary King Fish Selection. Seafood Connection is headquartered in the Dutch town of Urk and has operations in another ten countries, including Portugal, France, Italy, Poland, Spain, the UK, Bangladesh, Vietnam, India and China.

3 days ago | just-food.com | Ben Wein

Mexican baker Grupo Bimbo is planning to make more than 350 sales staff in Spain redundant, according to union officials. The Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreras union called the move an “unjust decision.”Grupo Bimbo did not respond to a request for comment made outside of office hours. According to a statement from the CCOO published last week, Bimbo “intends to initiate another layoff process under the excuse of experiencing continued losses.

5 days ago | just-food.com | Shivam Mishra

Indian food products company Britannia Industries has appointed Varun Berry as its new CEO.  The appointment is in addition to Berry’s current roles as executive vice-chairman and managing director, the company said in a stock exchange filing.   Berry succeeds Rajneet Kohli, who departed in March to join Hindustan Unilever as executive director of the foods business. He joined Britannia in 2013 as vice president and chief operating officer.

5 days ago | just-food.com | Shivam Mishra

Japan’s Kameda Seika is selling one of its US subsidiaries, Mary’s Gone Crackers, to a unit of Canadian food manufacturer Dare Foods. The deal involves a debt-to-equity swap at Mary’s Gone Crackers before the shares are transferred to Rosseau Incorporated, Dare’s US arm.  While the value of the transaction remains undisclosed, Kameda confirmed it represents less than 15% of its consolidated net assets.

5 days ago | just-food.com | Shivam Mishra

Nomad Foods has lowered its full-year 2025 revenue and adjusted EBITDA guidance, citing macroeconomic uncertainty and other challenges.  The UK-based frozen foods company expects organic revenue growth of 0%-2%, down from the previous forecast of 1%-3%.  Adjusted EBITDA growth is also projected to slow to 0%-2%, compared with the earlier guidance of 2%-4%.