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Spanish Competition Authority Fines Food Firm Alimentaria Peñasanta
Spanish food producer Alimentaria Peñasanta has been fined for acquiring Spanish dairy company Lácteas Flor de Burgos without notifying the CNMC, Spain’s Competition Authority. Alimentaria Peñasanta is part of CAPSA Food, which owns Spanish dairy brands such as Central Lechera Asturiana, Larsa, or Innova Food Ingredient. Lácteas Flor de Burgos is specialized in the production of soft cheese and yogurt.
The acquisition took place in December 2023, but Alimentaria Peñasanta did not inform the CNMC until March 2024, violating the Spanish Competence Act 2007, the CNMC said...
General Mills Sells Canadian Yogurt Business
General Mills has sold its Canadian Yogurt Business to the French dairy cooperative Sodiaal, the US firm said. The deal includes the Canadian operations of several yogurt brands including Yoplait and Liberté, as well as a manufacturing facility in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, it said.
General Mills is also in the process of selling its US Yogurt business to French firm Lactalis. The sale “will close in calendar 2025,” it said, but adding it was subject to regulatory approvals.
The sale of both businesses for a combined amount of $2.1 billion was announced...
FrieslandCampina to Restructure Dutch Operations, Cut 186 Jobs
Leading European dairy producer FrieslandCampina plans to optimize production activities at its site in Leeuwarden, in the north of the Netherlands, it announced on Tuesday.
The company intends to concentrate activities at the southern part of the site and “eventually” close the northern part to avoid further investment in its upgrading, it said.
“Shifts in demand have made it necessary to optimize our operations,” the firm told Expana.
FrieslandCampina aims to stop production of sweetened condensed milk by 1 June 2026, which it will outsource to Hochwald in...
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