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2025 Trend Report for the Food and Beverage Industry

2025 promises to be a transformative year for the food and beverage sector. Strengthen your business strategy and gain a lasting competitive edge with this practical guide to the industry’s most significant challenges an..

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Food exports to China more difficult due to new rules

04 January 2022

Exports of chocolate, wine, coffee and other goods to China have become more difficult from 1 January 2022. New restrictions are in place for foreign companies wishing to export food and beverages to China. In 2020, C...

Jumbo and Gorillas announce strategic partnership

04 January 2022

Jumbo Supermarkets and instant on-demand delivery company Gorillas have agreed on a strategic partnership in the Netherlands and Flanders. The partnership focuses on the fast growing market for the instant delivery of gr...

UK: tougher border controls on goods from EU

04 January 2022

On 1 January 2022, the UK will tighten customs requirements as part of the Brexit. This means that a UK import declaration must be completed for all products shipped from the EU. The import of animal and plant products m...

National Week Without Meat adds '& Dairy' in 2022

04 January 2022

From 7-13 March 2022, the fifth edition of the National Week Without Meat will take place in the Netherlands. New in 2022 is the addition of '& Dairy'. During the National Week Without Meat & Dairy 2022, particip...

Working together on the most groundbreaking innovations

03 January 2022

Since 2004, Foodvalley NL has been developed into the food innovation center of Europe. The Netherlands can and should play a major role in developing the food system of the future. Discover how and taste the opportuniti...

Schouten Europe acquires Nijland Food

03 January 2022

The Giessen family business Schouten Europe, producer of meat and fish substitutes, is acquiring Nijland Food from Goor, which recently went bankrupt. Schouten will take over all of Nijland's buildings and machinery and ...

A-ware and Fonterra want to expand location Heereveen

03 January 2022

The dairy companies A-ware and Fonterra want to significantly expand the production location along the A7 in Heerenveen. A-ware wants to increase cheese production, particularly by expanding the product range. The produc...

Home consumption of meat in Belgium rises again

03 January 2022

Corona still has an enormous impact on home purchases in Belgium: for the second time in a row, spending on fresh food was higher than before the corona crisis, according to figures from Vlam. This can be seen in meat an...

Henk Staghouwer new Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality

03 January 2022

Henk Staghouwer will be the new Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. Like his predecessor, Carola Schouten, he is a member of the Christian Union. Staghouwer is currently a member of the Provincial Executive...

Compaxo may not increase hourly slaughtering rate

03 January 2022

Compaxo may not increase the number of slaughters in its pig slaughterhouse in Zevenaar from 650 to 675 per hour. This was decided by the court in The Hague on Wednesday 22 December in summary proceedings instituted by t...

Haarsma Foodimpuls acquires Verscentrum Ede

03 January 2022

Haarsma Foodimpuls from Heerenveen has acquired Verscentrum Ede with effect from 28 December 2021. With this acquisition, Haarsma Foodimpuls is building on the future and strengthening its position as a partner in fresh ...

Fish sector expresses concerns about EU control regulation

27 December 2021

The large umbrella organisation of fish processing companies in the European Union - AIPCE-CEP - held its general assembly in Brussels last week. The Dutch sector is represented in this umbrella organisation by the Dutch...

Parties increase supply and demand of more sustainable food

23 December 2021

The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV) and parties within the animal food chain are joining forces to increase the market share of animal products - meat, eggs and dairy - with more sustainable perfor...

Output prices in double figures

21 December 2021

Output prices in the Dutch food industry rose by 10.8 percent in October this year compared with October last year. Output prices were still stable in January. Now that prices in the Netherlands are hitting record levels...

MES implementation, how to approach it?

21 December 2021

A good start is half the battle and this is certainly true for the implementation of MES. There is a lot involved in the implementation. Making the right choices in advance prevents a lot of adjustments during the proces...