Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: UK’s CMA officially sanctions $1.25bn Refresco-Cott merger, Arla Foods to sell cheese site to dairy brand Allgäuer Hof-Milch, and Danish Crown’s DAT-Schaub acquires Shanghai casing brand

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Danone completes 1.3bn euro sale of its 14% stake in Yakult, UK government set to introduce bottle and can deposit scheme, and Coca-Cola to close Milton Keynes and Northampton sites

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Mondelēz set to close two production facilities in Brazil, Amazon agrees distribution deal with French retailer Casino Group, and McCormick sees first-quarter sales grow by 19% year-on-year

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Givaudan to acquire 40% stake in Naturex for 522m euros, Campbell’s creates new snacks division called Campbell’s Snacks, and Danone offloads Saudi Arabian joint venture to NADEC

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Aldi invests £25m to expand its Bathgate distribution centre, The Primal Pantry secures £3m in funding to help drive growth, and Cargill sells Ontario grain retail assets to La Coop fédérée

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Constellation Brands invests $900m in its Ciudad Obregón plant, Sonoco acquires Highland Packaging Solutions for $150m, and Müller signs three-year milk supply deal with Lidl

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: General Mills Q3 profits below expectations as input costs rise, AB InBev announces sustainability targets and accelerator programme, and Fonterra announces that CEO Theo Spierings will leave his role

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: McDonald’s aims to cut carbon emissions by 36% by 2030, ADM restructures business units to help drive growth, and Tyson Foods to sell its Circle Foods arm to Ajinomoto

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Australian court rules that Heinz kids’ snacks misled consumers, Brazil temporarily suspends BRF’s poultry exports to the EU, and a quarter of new food releases in Germany are organic – study.

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Henkell acquires a majority stake in Freixenet for 220m euros, Carrefour acquires majority stake in meal kit start-up Quitoque, and Food waste start-up Hazel receives over $3m in funding

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Unilever chooses Rotterdam over London for its headquarters, Diageo acquires Belsazar through its Distill Ventures accelerator, and the UK’s soft drinks industry ‘seeing a seismic shift in behaviour’

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Frutarom acquires 70% stake in flavours firm Meroar for $11.2m, Fonterra invests $8.1m to reduce water use at its Darfield facility, and Valio milk production chain to discontinue use of soy next year

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Starbucks signs licensing deal with Brazilian private equity firm, Signature Flatbreads buys out joint venture partner Aryzta, and Gousto secures £28.5m in funding to boost meal kit offer

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Heineken in talks to sell its China business to CR Beer – reports, Co-op launches pay-in-aisle technology to scrap queues, and Aldi to cut waste with move away from single-use plastic bags

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Coca-Cola ties up refranchising of its North American bottling units, Ancient Nutrition secures $103m to promote bone broth protein, and UK government rejects ‘latte levy’ for disposable coffee cups.

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Kraft Heinz launches programme to help food and drink start-ups, Mondelēz, Ferrero and Mars partner in responsible snacking scheme, and Walmart expands line of meal kits to 2,000 US stores.

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: JM Smucker calls off Wesson deal after competition challenge, Nestlé UK and Ireland continues to reduce sugar in its products, and General Mills in deal to source crops from organic US farmland. 

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: UK food manufacturers told to cut calories by 20% by 2024, BRF shares plunge 19% as former CEO is arrested in food safety probe, and DFA and Sprint reveal finalists of their accelerator programme. 

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Refresco posts mixed full-year results after weak fourth quarter, Unilever inaugurates new UK research and development site, and Nestlé Canada invests $40m to expand Ontario ice cream plant.

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: AB InBev profits rise thanks to strong sales and SAB integration, ADM buys stake in Aston Food’s sweeteners and starches arm, and Müller to acquire bottling plants in bid to reduce plastic waste