Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Arla acquires part of Yeo Valley to focus on UK organic dairy market, ADM boss hints at greater focus on South America and Asia, and AB InBev’s ZX Ventures opens craft brewery in China.

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Carlsberg 2017 results hit by struggling Russian beer market, Brown-Forman ups sustainable output with US wind power deal, and Meat producer Danish Crown enters the Chinese market.

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Carlsberg completes acquisition of Greek brewer Olympic; Spain to reduce sugar, salt and fat levels in 3,500 products; and BrewDog reveals plans to build Australian brewery in Brisbane.

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Kroger’s convenience store unit sold to EG Group for $2.15bn, Mondelēz International opens new R&D facility in Singapore, and Asda to ditch single-use plastic bags as part of recycling plan.

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: The Food Standards Agency launches review following food hygiene scandals, Danone leads funding in coconut water brand Harmless Harvest and Hostess buys Aryzta’s Cloverhill Bakery and Big Texas brands

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Total Produce purchases 45% stake in Dole for 242m euros, Unilever sees net profit rise by 17% despite ‘challenging’ market and Britvic invests £100m in its Rugby plant, creating up to 80 jobs

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Coca-Cola to close two UK sites with the loss of almost 300 jobs, Arla to invest 527m euros in 2018 to meet growing global demand and Vegan pea milk brand Ripple Foods secures $65m in funding

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Cargill and Faccenda unveil new poultry joint venture Avara Foods, Scotch Whisky Association latest to phase out use of plastic straws and Swiss chocolate industry aims for 80% sustainable cocoa by 2025

Martin White rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: JAB’s Keurig Green Mountain acquires Dr Pepper Snapple, Cargill and AKV Langholt plan $22.5m Danish potato starch site and Bright Blue Foods acquires Greencore’s UK cakes business

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Sun Basket raises $57.8m in move to boost meal kit offering, Walmart unites with Rakuten in alliance against Amazon, and Tesco to give free food away to staff in move to eliminate waste.