Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Heineken posts profit increase thanks to warm weather, Vion buys German meat specialist Otto Nocker and Coca-Cola builds on recycling commitment with new campaign

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Bai acquisition causes Dr Pepper Snapple income to drop, Dom Pérignon launches one-hour champagne delivery service and PepsiCo teams up with The Recycling Partnership in the US

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Starbucks buys out China venture in company’s largest acquisition, Eating more nuts could lead to reduced weight gain – study and Nestlé cuts sales outlook amid disappointing first half growth

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Fever-Tree co-founder offloads £29m stake after profit upgrade, McDonald’s backs home delivery service with largest rollout yet and Hershey ‘to step up investments’ following strong second-quarter

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Refresco to buy Cott’s bottling business in $1.25bn deal, Infants fed with SN-2 palmitate formula sleep more – study and Grupo Lala sees net sales grow on ‘strong Mexico performance’

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Gruppo Campari sells off Irish Mist and Carolans for $165m, Tanzanian chicken supplier Kingchick gets agri investment and ‘Unprecedented’ six months for Quorn Foods after 19% growth

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Grupo Bimbo agrees to buy US baker East Balt for $650m, PepsiCo names new president in leadership reshuffle and AB InBev expands non-alcohol portfolio with Hiball acquisition

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Coca-Cola Singapore opens new $57.5m plant to boost efficiency, Unilever grows both turnover and profit as spreads decline eases and Kerry Group invests $13.5m in Canadian beverage plant

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: McCormick takes over Reckitt Benckiser’s food unit for $4.2bn, Export value of Australian wine grows by 10% to reach $1.83bn and Foot and mouth leads Mexico to ban Colombian dairy imports

Darren wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Concentrates producer Agrana invests $25m in Chinese facility, Mars unveils Goodness Knows – its biggest UK launch for 20 years and Canadian meat company Olymel invests $6.4m in sausage factory

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Unilever involved in bidding war for Reckitt Benckiser’s food unit, Constantia Flexibles sells label division to Multi-Color for $1.3bn and Three in ten Brits now use sports nutrition products – study

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Czechs hit out at food quality discrepancy in Eastern Europe, Cargill boss 'feels good about progress' amid revenue growth, and GNT Group increases capacity with €3m investment

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: General Mills focused on cereals and yogurt innovation, says CEO, Nestlé Portugal aims to boost production with €5m hub and Pernod Ricard sells Glenallachie Distillery to Scottish consortium

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Tesco faces full-scale probe into its £3.7bn Booker purchase, MillerCoors sees water usage fall by 15 billion gallons in 2016 and Borden Dairy taken over by US investment company ACON

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Givaudan acquires Dutch dairy ingredients manufacturer Vika, Starbucks announces support for young farmers and female co-ops and Drinking three cups of coffee a day ‘could help you live longer’

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Cadbury boosts production after £75m investment by Mondelēz, Caribbean Coke bottler upgrades to solar power in the Bahamas and Snack bar maker Kind looking for investors to bite at minority stake

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Campbell’s in $700m deal for organic soup rival Pacific Foods, Guinness to put nutritional and alcohol information on can labels and Mondelēz says cyber attack will impact second-quarter revenue

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Australian chain refuses to stock No Sugar variant, Tyson Foods continues to invest with $60m in distribution centre and Frutarom buys remaining stake in Canadian flavour producer BSA

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Nestlé to cut sugar in its cereals by 10% by the end of next year, Costa Group expands in avocados with acquisition of Lankester and Progress on eradicating global hunger at risk of being reversed

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Unilever sells Dutch production operation to Zwanenberg, Nestlé Spain creates new formula with glycans found in human milk and Brazilian beef producer Marfrig to increase capacity by 25%

Lightlife provides vegetarian and vegan foods, prepared in a healthy and sustainable manner. Founded in 1979, the company has had a mission since day one to making eating healthier more accessible and easier. 

Darren Wood spoke with Brad Lahrman, vice president of marketing for Lightlife about the company's range of plant based foods.

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Danone to sell Stonyfield yogurt business to Lactalis for $875m, ‘No harmful bacteria’ in tested meat samples – Brazil authorities and Carlsberg buys London Fields Brewery as part of joint venture