Castiron announces a $6M seed funding round to support ‘food artisans’
Castiron, an American e-commerce company for independent cooks, has reportedly announced that it has closed a $6 million seed funding round led by High Alpha, Foundry Group, and Bowery Capital. Food ....
S. Australia sets record by running on 100% renewable power for a week
South Australia has supposedly reported that for approximately 6½ days leading up to December 29, 2021, the region sourced just about 100% of its electricity from renewable sources, a record fo....
UK: Tearless onion variety, Sunions, go on sale across supermarkets
British supermarket chain, Waitrose, has reportedly announced that it will start selling Sunions, a brown, tearless, and sweet variety of onion, from its stores across the UK starting next week. With ....
Morrisons to remove best before dates on milk in favor of ‘sniff-test’
Morrisons, the renowned United Kingdom based supermarket chain, has reportedly decided to scrap use-by dates from milk packages in favor of a simple sniff test, by the end of January. The supermarket ....
McDonald’s big change: McPlant burger made permanent to UK menus
McDonald’s UK, the UK arm of one of the largest American fast-food chains, has reportedly announced that it has permanently added the vegan ‘McPlant’ burger to its menu across the Un....
DL E&C secures gas chemical plant contract in Russia worth KRW 1.6Tn
DL E&C, a construction engineering company based out of South Korea, has reportedly secured a new contract to participate in the construction of a large-scale gas chemical plant based in Russ....
UK: Prices of McVitie’s Hobnobs, Jaffa Cakes, Penguins to surge by 5%
McVitie's, a Scottish biscuit company, owned by UK-based Pladis Global, has reportedly announced that the rates of most of its best-selling products are going to rise. As per the company, brands l....
UK government cuts plug-in EV grants for a second time this year
The UK government, reportedly for a second time this year, has cut grants for electric vehicles and has also brought down the eligibility criteria for the models, provoking anger from the car industry....
Herblabism bags new deal to supply plant-based food to sports arenas
Herblabism, an up and coming plant-based food company based out of Manchester, UK, has reportedly secured a major new contract to deliver plant-based sausages and burgers to a variety of sports and mu....