Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: The Coca-Cola Company acquires UK coffee chain Costa for £3.9bn, Sea Harvest Group acquires Ladismith Cheese for $35.8m, and Cargill spends 16.6m euros on Belgian vegetable oil refinery

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Campbell’s operating income drops 67% in ‘challenging year’, UK government considers energy drink ban for children in England, and Arla Foods to build new 36.3m euro innovation centre

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: The Coca-Cola Company acquires Moxie to expand its soda offering, Pernod Ricard’s profits boosted by growing sales in Asia, and Carlsberg to invest 100m euros in its Kronenbourg brewery

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Mondelēz International appoints new North European president, Graphic Packaging buys Letica’s foodservice unit from RPC Group, and Nestlé launches scheme to develop tea-based fertiliser

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: No-deal Brexit a ‘grisly prospect’ says Food and Drink Federation, UK secures £240m trade deal with China for dairy exports, and Kraft Heinz invests £20m in Wigan production facility

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Cargill to build a $150m pectin production facility in Brazil, CMA begins formal investigation into Sainsbury’s-Asda merger, Bunge offloads its sugar trading operations to Singapore’s Wilmar

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Coca-Cola Amatil considers the sale of its SPC unit in Australia, PepsiCo launches The Hive unit to develop high potential brands, and International Breweries’ $250m Nigeria facility to open next week

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Grupo Bimbo invests $20.1m in Argentine site to boost exports, a third of European fruit and veg ‘too ugly to sell’ – research, and DSM to build new premix production plant in Poland

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: PepsiCo secures $3.2bn deal to acquire Israel-based SodaStream, Tyson Foods acquires Keystone Foods from Marfrig for $2.16bn and Singapore scientists discover plant-based food preservative

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Coca-Cola Femsa to offload its stake in Coca-Cola Philippines, Hershey chief financial officer Patricia Little to stand down, and Selecta acquires vending solution supplier Express Vending

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: US companies defend products following weedkiller lab tests, Carlsberg raises profit outlook despite half-year revenue dip, and ADM acquires two Brazilian oilseed plants from Algar Agro

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Constellation Brands raises stake in cannabis firm Canopy Growth, Fonterra names 18-year veteran Miles Hurrell as interim CEO, and Karma raises $12m to help shops offload unsold food to consumers

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Coca-Cola buys minority stake in Bodyarmor sports drink brand, BRF records substantial losses following trade bans and strikes, and Sainsbury’s to trial checkout free smartphone payment system

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Joint venture to construct $470m cheese and whey site in Michigan, AB InBev appoints Paula Lindenberg as its UK president, and 7-Eleven acquires Australian alcohol delivery start-up Tipple

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Activist investor Third Point ups stake in ‘dismal’ Campbell Soup, Valeo Foods acquires Tangerine for over £100m – reports, and Tyson Foods agrees to sell its pizza crust business

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Coca-Cola Consolidated reports strong second-quarter growth, Devenish Nutrition secures 118m euros in funding from the EU, and Firmenich acquires functional ingredients producer Campus

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Frutarom shareholders overwhelmingly approve $7.1bn IFF merger, Keurig Dr Pepper meets targets thanks to rise in net sales, and Fonterra enters India through Future Consumer joint venture

Harriet Jachec rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Land O’Lakes acquires Agren to deliver new farming solutions, Mitsubishi buys majority stake in rice producer Gourmet Delica, and Dean Foods boss ‘impressed with progress’ in second quarter.

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Indra Nooyi to leave PepsiCo, Ramon Laguarta named CEO; Amcor to buy US-based plastic packaging firm Bemis for $6.8bn; and Hindustan Unilever buys Adityaa Milk ice cream business in India. 

Harriet Jachec rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Diageo spends $90m on new Guinness brewery in Maryland, Heineken eyes China’s premium beer segment with $3.1bn deal, and Nestlé responds to growing milk demand in Sri Lanka with A+.

Harriet Jachec rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Walmart faces $2bn lawsuit over use of food waste technology, Grupo Lala appoints former AB InBev executive as its new CEO, and Kellogg’s offsets low cereal sales with growth in healthier snacks

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Molson Coors Canada forms JV to sell cannabis-infused beverages, Bulletproof secures $40m in funding led by Cavu Ventures, and Nestlé USA aims to transform its business with new HQ in Virginia.