Martin White rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: AB InBev predicts strong profit and revenue growth this year, Good Culture backed by General Mills’ 301 Inc in funding round, and Premier Foods launches strategic review and board shakeup

Martin White rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Campbell Soup sells Garden Fresh Gourmet salsa brand, Marks and Spencer joins forces with Ocado for new joint venture, and Olam acquires Indonesian cocoa processor BT Cocoa for $90m

Martin White rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Carbery to diversify cheese range with 78m euro facility in Ireland, SunOpta sells organic soy and corn business to Pipeline Foods, and Grupo Lala signs Mexico license deal with Blue Diamond Growers

Harriet Jachec rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Grupo Bimbo acquires Chilean bakery firm Alimentos Nutra Bien, EHL Ingredients invests £1m to expand facility in Stockport, UK, and FrieslandCampina to use 100% recyclable packaging by 2025

Martin White rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Saputo acquires Cathedral City maker Dairy Crest for £975m, Cannabis ‘poses long-term risk’ to US alcohol industry – research, Keurig Dr Pepper relocates Texas headquarters to facility in Frisco

Harriet Jachec rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Entries now open for the Asia Food Innovation Awards 2019, Godiva offloads Asia-Pacific assets to private equity firm, and Conagra Brands to expand Birds Eye plant with $78m investment.

Martin White rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: PepsiCo acquires Muscle Milk maker CytoSport from Hormel, Coca-Cola European Partners to invest 500m euros during 2019, and Nestlé’s Osem opens $54.9m Bamba factory in Israel

Martin White rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: UK government seeks views on proposed plastic packaging tax, Danone boosted by water brands and specialised nutrition division, and Cargill to invest 20m euros in Netherlands starch facility

Harriet Jachec rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Coca-Cola HBC acquires Serbian company Bambi for 260m euros, Kellogg joins collaboration to test virtual reality retail technology, and Givaudan partners with The Kitchen to accelerate innovation.

Martin White rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Coca-Cola revenues hit by bottler refranchising efforts during 2018, Laguarta inherits a PepsiCo in good shape, 2018 results show, and Bega Cheese to invest $24.1m in new Australia lactoferrin plant

Alex Clere rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Nestlé boosted by growth in China and US as sales increase, Massimo Zanetti Beverage Group acquires Cafés Nandi, and Müller unveils £100m cost and margin programme

Harriet Jachec rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Heineken boosted by core beer brands in strong full-year results, JM Smucker to upgrade Quebec facility with $9.1m investment, and UK has more choice of pink drinks than ever, thanks to record year.

Alex Clere rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Danone to add 'hydration coaching' bottle cap, Nordzucker to acquire 70% of MacKay Sugar, and can a 'pro-GMO' food brand win over consumers?

Martin White rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Cott sells soft drink concentrate production business to Refresco, Danone expands US facility to grow plant-based food output, and Niagara Bottling opens $90m bottling facility in the US

Martin White rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Campbell Soup offloads Habit personalised nutrition business, Tyson Foods first-quarter sales down as pork segment struggles, and Cargill targets sustainable red seaweed through new initiative

Martin White rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Tyson to acquire BRF’s Thai and European units for $340m, DMK Group opens new 145m euro baby food plant in Germany, and Givaudan opens $59.8m flavours manufacturing facility in India

Martin White rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Unilever looks to grow in healthy snacking sector with Graze deal, Carlsberg revenues boosted by warm weather and World Cup, and Constellation Brands buys stake in US firm Black Button Distilling

Martin White rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: South Africa’s Clover Industries receives $358.2m buyout offer, McCormick and IBM use artificial intelligence to develop flavours, and Saco Foods expands operations with deal for California Sun Dry

Harriet Jachec rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: World Food Innovation Awards 2019 extends its deadline, DSM acquires majority stake in Andre Pectin for 150m euros, and Bühler, Nestlé and Givaudan form Future Food Initiative.

The snacking sector is an attractive area of the food industry for startups looking for a breakthrough. Ed Hauck, co-founder of The Curators, a meat snacking brand looking to change the face of jerky products, spoke with Harriet Jachec about how the brand’s products fit into the snacking sector overall.

Harriet Jachec rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: GEA to build new infant formula plant in China for Junlebao Dairy, KanPak inaugurates warehouse in Kansas after $11m investment, and GreenSpace Brands sells Rolling Meadow Dairy to Canadian firm.