Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Premier Foods renews Cadbury cake partnership with Mondelēz, Ball Corporation announces closure of several US plants and Ingredients company Kemin Industries opens worldwide headquarters following an investment of $30 million.

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Innophos completes acquisition of Novel Ingredients for $125m, Fonterra opens new $119 million cheese factory in Australia and Evolva slashes 44% of its workforce as it targets savings

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: New Zealand wine exports hit record high thanks to US sales, Multivac invests €2.5m to extend German production site and demand for European glass packaging on the rise 

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Arla Foods posts first half 2017 revenue of 5 billion euros, Kombucha brand Revive raises $7.5m in funding led by Peet’s and Elopak launches Pure-Pak carton with Stora Enso paperboard

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: McDonald’s makes global pledge to cut antibiotic use in chickens, Hormel Foods acquires Ceratti owner to enter South America and China to overtake the US as the largest dairy market by 2022

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Coca-Cola, Nestlé and PepsiCo to cap sugar in Singapore drinks, Farmer Brothers announces deal to buy Boyd’s Coffee for $58.6m and Global meat index shows rising price of animal protein worldwide

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Food giants Nestlé and Unilever team up on IBM blockchain plan, Organic sales rise as consumers ‘make nutritious food choices’ and Coffee shops losing market share to fast food operators – study

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: B&G Foods acquires Back to Nature Foods for $162.5m, Ajinomoto expands in Turkey with $51.7m Kükre acquisition and World Beverage Innovation Awards 2017 finalists announced

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Valio opens 170m euro dairy production plant in Finland, FrieslandCampina sells Riedel juice unit to Standard Investment and UK food and drink exports reach record high in first half of 2017

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Wine maker Gallo buys luxury brandy producer Germain-Robin, Amazon ‘Instant Pickup’ targets students with instant collection and Pinnacle Foods acquires frozen vegetable facility for $37.5m