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Biscuit International: making logistics a piece of cake

Even a delicious cookie has smart logistics behind it. At its Broek op Langedijk facility, multinational Biscuit International operates its own transport fleet. Specialized software keeps transport planning under control..

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80% of all packaging recycled and reused

01 November 2022

In 2021, 80% of all packaging put on the market was recycled, according to Afvalfonds Verpakkingen (Dutch Packaging Waste Fund). This is well above the Dutch target of 70%. It also leaves us well behind the EU target of ...

Compaxo Group acquires Maasland Vleeswaren

28 October 2022

Compaxo Group B.V. and the shareholders of Maasland Vleeswaren B.V. have reached agreement that Maasland Vleeswaren B.V. will become part of the Compaxo Group. With this acquisition, family-owned Compaxo expands its broa...

Dutch fish consumption on the rise

27 October 2022

Dutch people are eating more fish than last year. On average, Dutch people ate 9.5 kg of fish per person. In the ranking of all European countries, this puts the Netherlands in twelfth place; a reasonably good average, a...

WUR: Farmed insects fit in the food system

26 October 2022

Edible insects can use the organic residual streams from agriculture and the food sector and make new food or feed from them. In this way they may make food systems more sustainable. Alejandro Parodi studied how sustaina...

European pork production falls 5 per cent

26 October 2022

Pork production in the European Union will be five per cent lower in 2022 than in 2021. A further 0.7 per cent drop in production is expected in 2023. That is according to the short-term forecast of market analysts from ...

Autumn with an African touch

25 October 2022

The colours on the trees show that Autumn has really started. But temperatures are still a bit summery. When the cold sets in, we have a dish to match. A stew with an African flavour, made special by our Master Spice Ber...

Dutch food producers increase donations to food bank

25 October 2022

The pressure on the Voedselbank (food bank) is increasing; the number of clients is expected to increase by at least 40 per cent this winter compared to the beginning of 2022. Unox, Iglo, Hak and Bolletje are therefore f...

Four years of IMVO: supermarkets continue to score well

25 October 2022

Supermarkets affiliated to the CBL signed the International Corporate Social Responsibility (IMVO) Food Covenant four years ago. During this period, supermarkets have worked hard to further implement their policies accor...

Measures to reduce PFAS in drinking water

24 October 2022

In response to the RIVM report on PFAS in drinking water, Minister Harbers (Infrastructure and Water Management) is having permits for discharges into wastewater amended. This should result in the combined discharges sta...

Organic farming pays off more often than you think

24 October 2022

Between 2018-2020, organic farmers and gardeners were able to recoup the additional costs of organic production through higher market prices in most cases, except for milk. However, consumers' willingness to pay for orga...

FNLI: High cost increases started in second half of 2021

24 October 2022

In a year in where the war between Russia and Ukraine has major consequences for our energy and raw material prices, one almost forgets that 2021 was also a very challenging year for many entrepreneurs. Vaccines proved t...

DERO Group acquires part of Selo product portfolio

21 October 2022

On 14 October 2022, DERO GROUP acquired the robotics and convenience product portfolio of Selo. The main reasons for the acquisition are to expand the current portfolio, develop new market segments and promote innovation...

Sharp rise in food-related outbreaks

20 October 2022

In 2021, GGDs and the NVWA registered a total of 838 food-related outbreaks with 3,517 sick people with the RIVM-CIb. This is a sharp increase compared to 2020 (559 outbreaks and 1,907 sick people). It is also higher tha...

Carefree disinfection with Nocotech

20 October 2022

Nocotech disinfection is effective against all bacteria and fungi, and fully automated. That's one less thing to worry about. But... disinfection treatments mainly take place at night or when nobody is present in the ...

The Top Ten Food Trends of 2023

20 October 2022

'Redefining Value' heads Innova Market Insights’ Top Ten Trends for 2023, as consumers adapt to a global cost-of-living crisis in the face of economic and political volatility. With budgets stretched and supplies under s...