Martin White rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Saputo acquires Cathedral City maker Dairy Crest for £975m, Cannabis ‘poses long-term risk’ to US alcohol industry – research, Keurig Dr Pepper relocates Texas headquarters to facility in Frisco

Harriet Jachec rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Entries now open for the Asia Food Innovation Awards 2019, Godiva offloads Asia-Pacific assets to private equity firm, and Conagra Brands to expand Birds Eye plant with $78m investment.

Martin White rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: PepsiCo acquires Muscle Milk maker CytoSport from Hormel, Coca-Cola European Partners to invest 500m euros during 2019, and Nestlé’s Osem opens $54.9m Bamba factory in Israel

Martin White rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: UK government seeks views on proposed plastic packaging tax, Danone boosted by water brands and specialised nutrition division, and Cargill to invest 20m euros in Netherlands starch facility

Harriet Jachec rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Coca-Cola HBC acquires Serbian company Bambi for 260m euros, Kellogg joins collaboration to test virtual reality retail technology, and Givaudan partners with The Kitchen to accelerate innovation.

Martin White rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Coca-Cola revenues hit by bottler refranchising efforts during 2018, Laguarta inherits a PepsiCo in good shape, 2018 results show, and Bega Cheese to invest $24.1m in new Australia lactoferrin plant

Alex Clere rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Nestlé boosted by growth in China and US as sales increase, Massimo Zanetti Beverage Group acquires Cafés Nandi, and Müller unveils £100m cost and margin programme

Harriet Jachec rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Heineken boosted by core beer brands in strong full-year results, JM Smucker to upgrade Quebec facility with $9.1m investment, and UK has more choice of pink drinks than ever, thanks to record year.

Alex Clere rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Danone to add 'hydration coaching' bottle cap, Nordzucker to acquire 70% of MacKay Sugar, and can a 'pro-GMO' food brand win over consumers?

Martin White rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Cott sells soft drink concentrate production business to Refresco, Danone expands US facility to grow plant-based food output, and Niagara Bottling opens $90m bottling facility in the US