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digitaljournal.com - AFP - Uber to gobble up Delivery Hero in latest food delivery deal
Uber to gobble up Delivery Hero in latest food delivery deal
Digital Journal

US ride-hailing giant Uber has struck a 12.7-billion-euro ($14.6-billion) deal to take over German food delivery behemoth Delivery Hero, the latest consolidation in the industry, the companies said Thursday. The German firm operates in over 60…

marketwatch.com - MarketWatch Automation - Associated British Foods rallies Thursday, outperforms market
Associated British Foods rallies Thursday, outperforms market
MarketWatch

Shares of Associated British Foods PLC ABF rose 1.96% to £20.06 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 0.54% to 10,572.24. Associated British Foods PLC…

mirror.co.uk - Graham Hiscott - Food inflation rises for first time in a year as cost of some products doubles
Food inflation rises for first time in a year as cost of some products doubles
Daily Mirror

Food inflation has risen for the first time in a year - with some products more than doubling in price, research from consumer group Which? has revealed. It tracks more than 27,000 prices every month across all the UK's largest supermarket.

globenewswire.com - Sodexo SA - Sodexo secures a major food services contract with Meta
Sodexo secures a major food services contract with Meta
GlobeNewswire

Issy-les-Moulineaux, July 16, 2026 Sodexo today announced that it has been selected by Meta to deliver food services across its global portfolio. The enterprise partnership covers more than 130 locations in over 30 countries across all regions…

marketwatch.com - MarketWatch Automation - Hormel Foods Corp. stock underperforms Thursday when compared to competitors despite daily gains
Hormel Foods Corp. stock underperforms Thursday when compared to competitors despite daily gains
MarketWatch

Shares of Hormel Foods Corp. HRL advanced 2.23% to $25.71 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 0.51% to 7,533.77 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling…

businessinsider.com - Alex Bitter - Move over DoorDash, Uber's latest deal would make it the world's largest food delivery player outside China
Move over DoorDash, Uber's latest deal would make it the world's largest food delivery player outside China
Business Insider

Uber is eating the competition's lunch. With its planned $15 billion acquisition of Delivery Hero announced on Thursday, Uber is set to become the largest food delivery company outside China. Together, Uber and Delivery Hero had $236 billion in pro…

republicworld.com - Initiative Desk - Spice Lounge Food Works Limited: Whispers of a Massive ₹500 Cr Joint Venture with Food Giant Company
Spice Lounge Food Works Limited: Whispers of a Massive ₹500 Cr Joint Venture with Food Giant Company
Republic World

(Disclaimer: This article is based on publicly available information, company disclosures, financial statements, and market observations. It is intended solely for informational purposes and should not be construed as investment advice. Investors…

theguardian.com - Damien Gayle - The 'world first' community sauna heated by food waste from a housing estate
The 'world first' community sauna heated by food waste from a housing estate
The Guardian

On a stiflingly hot and dusty morning at the height of the summer's third heatwave, traffic thunders down the A12 arterial route through east London. A high, red-brick wall rises by the road. What few passersby will realise is that this ivy-topped…

independent.co.uk - Albert Toth - Biggest supermarket food price rises revealed - and how much they will cost you
Biggest supermarket food price rises revealed - and how much they will cost you
The Independent

Households across the UK should brace for supermarket price rises, a leading consumer group has warned, as the cost of the top-rising food products are revealed. Supermarket inflation rose for the first time in more than a year in June, research by…

independent.co.uk - Vishwam Sankaran - Cutting ultra-processed food consumption by half prevents thousands of deaths
Cutting ultra-processed food consumption by half prevents thousands of deaths
The Independent

Researchers found that up to 8,300 deaths could be prevented across Canada if the country's population halved its consumption of ultra-processed foods. Between a fifth and over a third of all heart disease -related deaths, including coronary heart…

yahoo.com - Neha Gupta - Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (CALM) Agrees $1.5M Settlement on Major Egg Scandal
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (CALM) Agrees $1.5M Settlement on Major Egg Scandal
Yahoo!

Cal-Maine Foods Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM) is one of the best dividend stocks to invest in, according to Jim Simons' Renaissance Technologies, with a yield of 5.65%. On June 29, Cal-Maine Foods Inc. (NASDAQ:CALM) confirmed it has reached a $1.5 million…

mlb.com - Hannah Beechler - Reds join local partners for 19th annual Strike Out Hunger food drive
Reds join local partners for 19th annual Strike Out Hunger food drive
MLB.com

As part of Reds Country Cares for the month of July, the Reds teamed up with St. Vincent De Paul, Chick-fil-A, Kroger, WLWT-TV and 700 WLW for the 19th annual Strike Out Hunger food drive on July 10-11. With a focused initiative on poverty and…

thehindu.com - The Hindu Bureau - No compromise on food safety norms: Minister
No compromise on food safety norms: Minister
The Hindu

The government will render all support to entrepreneurs who fully comply with the regulations under Food Safety Act, Health Minister K. Muraleedharan has said. Inaugurating the State-level training programme for food entrepreneurs organised by the…

bloomberg.com - Edwin Chan - Uber Agrees to Buy Delivery Hero as Food Sector Consolidates
Uber Agrees to Buy Delivery Hero as Food Sector Consolidates
Bloomberg

Uber Technologies Inc. has agreed to buy Delivery Hero SE in a deal that values the German food-delivery company at $14.8 billion. Uber offered to pay €41.50 ($47.60) a share, and will acquire the bulk of Delivery Hero's global business…

independent.co.uk - Vishwam Sankaran - Halving ultra-processed food intake could prevent thousands of deaths
Halving ultra-processed food intake could prevent thousands of deaths
The Independent

A new study suggests that halving the consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in Canada could prevent up to 8,300 deaths. Researchers estimated that between 23 and 38 per cent of all cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in Canada in 2019 were…

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