Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Premier Foods renews Cadbury cake partnership with Mondelēz, Ball Corporation announces closure of several US plants and Ingredients company Kemin Industries opens worldwide headquarters following an investment of $30 million.

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Innophos completes acquisition of Novel Ingredients for $125m, Fonterra opens new $119 million cheese factory in Australia and Evolva slashes 44% of its workforce as it targets savings

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: New Zealand wine exports hit record high thanks to US sales, Multivac invests €2.5m to extend German production site and demand for European glass packaging on the rise 

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Arla Foods posts first half 2017 revenue of 5 billion euros, Kombucha brand Revive raises $7.5m in funding led by Peet’s and Elopak launches Pure-Pak carton with Stora Enso paperboard

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: McDonald’s makes global pledge to cut antibiotic use in chickens, Hormel Foods acquires Ceratti owner to enter South America and China to overtake the US as the largest dairy market by 2022

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Coca-Cola, Nestlé and PepsiCo to cap sugar in Singapore drinks, Farmer Brothers announces deal to buy Boyd’s Coffee for $58.6m and Global meat index shows rising price of animal protein worldwide

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Food giants Nestlé and Unilever team up on IBM blockchain plan, Organic sales rise as consumers ‘make nutritious food choices’ and Coffee shops losing market share to fast food operators – study

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: B&G Foods acquires Back to Nature Foods for $162.5m, Ajinomoto expands in Turkey with $51.7m Kükre acquisition and World Beverage Innovation Awards 2017 finalists announced

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Valio opens 170m euro dairy production plant in Finland, FrieslandCampina sells Riedel juice unit to Standard Investment and UK food and drink exports reach record high in first half of 2017

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Wine maker Gallo buys luxury brandy producer Germain-Robin, Amazon ‘Instant Pickup’ targets students with instant collection and Pinnacle Foods acquires frozen vegetable facility for $37.5m

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Tyson Foods invests $84m in Tennessee poultry plant, Duckhorn Wine Company buys Californian wine peer Calera and Carlsberg revenue climbs in first half despite dip in second quarter

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Frutarom acquires UK flavours company F&E in $19.5m deal, UK food to go sector to grow by 35% in the next five years and Smithfield Foods buys out US’ Kansas City Sausage Company

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: BRF ‘readying’ discount brand after merger restrictions expire, Mars to acquire majority stake in Asian food brand Tasty Bite and Wine packaging manufacturer M. A. Silva opens Portugal facility

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Amazon looking into new food technology, says media reports, BRF continues to shrug off carne fraca scandal in second quarter and Constellation Brands purchases US brewer Funky Buddha

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Australian ice cream company Weis to be acquired by Unilever, Kerry posts ‘strong’ first half revenues exceeding 3bn euros and Anheuser-Busch unveils two new TV adverts for Bud Light beer

DarrenInvest in productivity, says head of Mondelēz in Northern Europe, Recycled PET ‘cuts emissions by 80% compared to new’ – study and Energy drink maker Monster beats sales expectations

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: McDonald’s plots path to growth in China after joint venture deal, Dean Foods earnings tumble 45% in second-quarter results and Organic milk powder market ‘will surpass $3bn valuation by 2027’

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Asahi acquires several spirit brands from ASM Liquor, Gruppo Campari buoyed by 13.5% growth in first-half sales and Arla launches fresh campaign to support Nutrilac ingredient range

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Grupo Lala acquires Brazilian dairy company Vigor for $1.84bn, Sapporo targets craft beer boom with $85m Anchor Brewing deal and Innis & Gunn continues its rise with turnover up 22% in 2016

FoodBev Media's Alex Clere states that yesterday's announcement that Irene Rosenfeld will leave Mondelēz is bad news for gender equality in the boardroom.

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Mixed results for Molson Coors as net sales decrease, Craft beer growth slows amid surge in independent brewers and Tyson Foods appoints category presidents in group restructuring

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Mondelēz appoints new boss as Irene Rosenfeld makes way, FrieslandCampina Romania puts 1.3m euros behind cheese line and Frutarom’s CEO ‘very confident’ of meeting $2bn target

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Innophos to acquire supplement firm Novel Ingredients for $125m, Domino’s continues adding new ordering platforms with Amazon and Frutarom looking at ‘around 200’ acquisition targets, CEO says