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🌍 AllAfrica
National & Local

South Africa: Canegrowers to Urgently Intervene in Sugar Giant Tongaat's Liquidation

The South African Canegrowers Association is seeking to intervene in the provisional liquidation of Tongaat Hullet, affecting the livelihoods of around 250,000 people.

Feb 27 • 14:24 UTC
🇫🇮 Iltalehti
National & Local

Intense sugar turmoil hits Finland – Celebrity baker gives a strong assessment of the future

A celebrity baker warns that ceasing the production of Finnish powdered or granulated sugar would significantly impact the baking industry in Finland.

Feb 26 • 09:03 UTC
🇫🇮 Iltalehti
National & Local

The production of granulated, powdered, and cube sugar will stop in Finland

The production of granulated, powdered, and cube sugar will cease in Finland as Suomen Sokeri Oy announces change negotiations affecting its factory's operations.

Feb 25 • 13:28 UTC
🇫🇮 Ilta-Sanomat
National & Local

Finnish Sugar to Reduce Operations - 40 Jobs at Risk

Finnish Sugar Company plans to initiate change negotiations affecting 112 employees at its Porkkala factory, putting 40 permanent jobs at risk.

Feb 25 • 13:25 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
National & Local

Prosecutors Conduct Search and Seizure on CJ CheilJedang and Daesang Over Starch Sugar Collusion Allegations

Prosecutors in South Korea have launched a forced investigation into four domestic food companies, including CJ CheilJedang and Daesang, over allegations of price collusion in the starch sugar market.

Feb 23 • 08:58 UTC
🇪🇸 El Mundo
National & Local

Juan Toral Sánchez, specialist in Primary Care and Emergencies: "If sugar were discovered today, it would be classified as a food drug"

Juan Toral Sánchez critiques the food and pharmaceutical industries' influence on public health, suggesting they profit from perpetuating a culture of illness.

Feb 22 • 23:08 UTC
🇩🇪 FAZ
National & Local

Industry suffers: Weight loss injections cause sugar prices to drop

The sugar price has fallen to its lowest level in five years due to declining demand, particularly influenced by weight loss injections in the U.S.

Feb 18 • 12:38 UTC
🇩🇪 FAZ
National & Local

Industry suffers: Weight loss injections cause a drop in sugar prices

The price of sugar has fallen to its lowest level in five years, largely due to declining demand driven by weight-loss injections, especially in the United States.

Feb 18 • 12:38 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
National & Local

For about 40 million US dollars: Santiago Blaquier advances in the purchase of the La Trinidad sugar mill to create an agro-industrial giant

Santiago Blaquier is advancing in the acquisition of the La Trinidad sugar mill in Tucumán, which would make his company the largest player in the region's sugar production.

Feb 17 • 22:24 UTC
🇲🇽 Milenio (ES)
National & Local

Anti-obesity medications 'reduce' sugar prices

Sugar prices have fallen to their lowest level in over five years, influenced by anti-obesity medications prompting consumers to shift towards protein consumption.

Feb 13 • 07:38 UTC
🇸🇰 Denník N
National & Local

Corporate News Filter: Taraba is already talking about saving the Košice Steelworks, but the factory has not confirmed it yet

The article discusses the mixed economic outlook for Slovakia, highlighting both positive export growth and questionable government efforts to save failing local industries.

Feb 9 • 12:20 UTC
🇸🇰 Denník N
National & Local

Takáč considers purchasing a closed sugar factory despite it being disadvantageous and the government needs to save

Minister Takáč is contemplating whether the state should buy a closed sugar factory from the German company Nordzucker, pending an analysis of its profitability, despite low sugar productivity in Slovakia and other economic challenges.

Feb 6 • 15:14 UTC
🇵🇱 Rzeczpospolita
National & Local

From the Implementation of the Deposit System After the Boom in Sugar-Free Products

Coca-Cola HBC Poland and the Baltic States concluded the year 2025 by consistently meeting goals and investing in innovations while maintaining a strong presence in the market amidst challenges like the introduction of a deposit system in Poland and declining trends in non-alcoholic beverage sales.

Feb 6 • 04:45 UTC
🇸🇰 Denník N
National & Local

The food industry receives the hardest blow in years. Half of domestic sugar production is closing

Slovakia faces a significant decline in its sugar industry as the closure of Považský sugar factory leaves only one operational sugar producer in the country, challenging government promises for increasing local food production due to climate change effects.

Feb 5 • 15:01 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
National & Local

Food industry caught in 'collusion'... Prices of sugar and flour drastically reduced

In response to collusion allegations regarding sugar and flour pricing, major companies are reducing their product prices, with a notable average decrease of 5% to 6% on certain items by CJ CheilJedang and others.

Feb 5 • 10:50 UTC
🇩🇪 Die Welt
National & Local

A sugar tax is not a solution. That's absurd. I can say this so cheekily.

The German food industry is sounding the alarm about declining self-sufficiency and potential business relocations, urging for more trust and warning against symbolic politics that benefit populists.

Jan 16 • 12:32 UTC

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