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nestlé, the world’s biggest buyer of coffee, will invest more than half a billion us dollars (chf 500 million) in a wide-ranging plan, endorsed by the rainforest alliance, that will address responsible farming, sourcing and consumption across its coffee supply chain. nestlé, which purchases around 780,000 tonnes of green coffee a year, or 10 per cent of the world’s supply, unveiled the nescafé plan in mexico city today.

the company is set to build new factories in angola, the democratic republic of congo (drc) and mozambique, while also expanding existing factories. nestlé will also increase its distribution capacity in the region by opening 13 new distribution facilities and more than double its work force by creating 750 new jobs by 2012. paul bulcke, nestlé ceo , who announced the investment at a press conference in kenyan capital nairobi, said: “nestlé is committed to unlock the business opportunities and to promote growth in equatorial africa.

new research does not contradict or change the conclusions drawn in the european food safety authority’s opinion on ochratoxin a (ota) in foods such as cocoa products and liquorice, claims the parma-based agency. ota is a mycotoxin produced by several fungal species of the genera penicillium and aspergillus. animal studies have linked the toxin to renal tumors at high dosages.

media reports have suggested that nestlé's leading chocolate brand kit kat is set to become fairtrade certified, in a move that would mirror cadbury’s recent move to fairtrade for its dairy milk chocolate. kitkat is the biggest selling chocolate bar in the uk and it sales in that country have risen 8.6 per cent since the start of the year. certification of the brand would certainly catapult the notion of fairtrade into the minds of chocolate consumers.

announcements of new r&d plans this week from nestle and danone indicate that major manufacturers plan to keep up the pace on nutrition research and innovation in the economic downturn. swiss-headquartered multinational nestle said today that it is setting up its first ever research unit in japan for fundamental scientific research on health and nutrition, in collaboration with the university of tokyo.

same store sales grew 5.8 percent in july year on year, the company said in a statement on wednesday. that compared to a 9.3 percent increase reported for june. \"it was not an easy month, many players were unable to fully reap the additional income from summer cafes in the moscow region due to a difficult ecological situation,\" chief executive sergei beshev said in a statement. the average bill fell 0.

gilroy has a long history and strong track record of operations for more than 50 years and is one of north america’s largest processors of onion, garlic, capsicum and other speciality vegetable products. it is regarded by the food industry as a global leader in this business. its high solid seed development programme is considered to be the industry benchmark and provides it significant competitive advantage on account of its relatively higher yields and therefore lower cost position.

nestlé has insisted it is “committed” to using only “sustainable” palm oil from 2015, the latest in a series of announcements on the raw material from food manufacturers and retailers. the swiss food giant, the world’s largest food maker, said it would use “certified sustainable palm oil (cspo)” from 2015 after a “detailed review” of its palm oil supply chain. environmental campaigners have criticised the world’s food companies for playing in a part in destroying rainforests in indonesia and malaysia through their sourcing of palm oil.

there are fears that in the economic crisis consumers will put on “recession pounds” by eating unhealthily. rightly or wrongly, food manufacturers may suffer the blame but “unhealthy” and “recession proof” do not necessarily go hand-in-hand. and as consumers re-evaluate their spending, knowing which products are likely to be hit hardest could help give food companies a competitive edge.