Food Processing

Colliers International's property outlook for 2016 says appetite for protein in Asia demands more food supply-chain infrastructure.

FAIRR’s factory farming report says that avian influenza has already cost the US economy $3bn.

After growing revenues by nearly 80 percent in two years, Paine & Partners exits investment in frozen fruit supplier.

A recent survey in Italy on food labelling has highlighted that origin, especially Italian origin, is crucial to the country’s consumers. They are prepared to pay a premium for this information, too. Ilario Giangrossi and Chiara Bicci of Norton Rose Fulbright’s Milan office discuss the opportunities that arise from this end-customer focus.

Hemendra Mathur, a managing director at Small Enterprise Assistance Funds’ India Investment Advisors, highlights the three fundamentals investors into food services businesses in the country must bear in mind.

Fanisi is a $50 million venture capital fund making direct investments in high growth businesses, set up by Amani Capital and the Norwegian development fund.

Arlon Group acquired The Coastal Companies, a distributor and processor of fresh produce and dairy products in the mid-Atlantic region of the US with its $335m North America fund.

Consumer-focused private equity firm sells minority interest in organic meat company.

The South African food and agribusiness private equity fund is targeting $175m overall and expects some repeat investors from its first $100m fund.

Sohan Lal Commodity Management is looking to raise fresh capital from investors to fund expansion into new countries and growth of its NBFC.