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Recently, Dachser has gained Swedish food logistics company Bring Frigo as a new long-term partner for its European groupage network for food. SG SP

German confectionery retail sales (without chewing gum and without season) show a clear increase in both value and quantities over the previous year’s level after the first eight months of 2019. SG

The Barry Callebaut Group joined two multistakeholder initiatives on smallholder farmers and biodiversity at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York, in order to support the company’s goal of lifting over 500,000 cocoa farmers out of poverty and to become carbon and forest positive by 2025. SG SP

Almonds are the most popular nut in new product introductions across Europe for the fourth consecutive year. SP

Based on a strong order situation, German Zanders Paper GmbH increases production. SP

The Hamburg-based food group Zertus has appointed Paul Tripp as the new chief executive officer of the company's operation in the UK and Ireland Snacking & Chocolate Market Unit. SG

Fairtrade will be raising its Minimum Price and price premium for cocoa with effect from 1 October 2019. SP

Danish sugar processor Nordic Sugar, a member of Germany’s Nordzucker Group, has begun the harvest and processing of sugar beets, referred to as its “beet campaign,” at its Polish plant. SP

This year, the annual “Partnership Meeting” of the World Cocoa Foundation will take place in Berlin/Germany. The 2019 topic is “Drivers of Change”. SG SP

British ingredients specialist Orchard Valley Foods has completed the acquisition of Confection by Design Limited (CBD), based in Harrogate/UK. SG SP

Swedish vegetable oils and fats producer AAK is set to become one of the world’s leading suppliers of speciality lecithin after acquiring a majority stake in UK-based Soya International. SP

Swedish vegetable oils and fats producer AAK has created several concepts to showcase the company’s fat and oil solutions that help bakers create indulgent and better-for-you non-dairy plant-based products consumers will embrace. SP

At Anuga trade fair in Cologne/Germany (5 to 9 October 2019), ingredient specialist Bösch Boden Spies will, for the first time in the company’s history, use crowd testing to give trade fair visitors a say in the addition of two potential new products to its range. SG SP

Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Sonneveld Group BV, Orkla Food Ingredients has signed and completed an agreement to purchase Dutch bakery ingredient manufacturer Vamo (Vamo produkten voor de Bakkerij BV). SP

Campbell Soup Company has announced it has signed an agreement for the intended sale of its European Chips Business to Valeo Foods, a portfolio company of CapVest Partners LLP, for approximately GBP 66 m (app. € 72.6 m). SG