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Glanbia's 30% growth signals a new operating standard

Aug 11, 2026

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7 min read

Glanbia's 30% growth signals a new operating standard

Ireland's largest dairy nutrition group just raised full-year profit guidance on the back of 30% first-half earnings growth, while a 25-year-old Danone plant in New Jersey shuts its doors and shifts production to three other US sites.

Scott Williams
Scott Williams

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117-year-old candy plant closes, 4 dairy sites freeze, and UPF warning labels advance

Aug 4, 2026

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7 min read

117-year-old candy plant closes, 4 dairy sites freeze, and UPF warning labels advance

A 117-year-old candy plant in Minnesota files to close permanently, while a ransomware attack takes four modern dairy facilities offline in a single week. Meanwhile, Capitol Hill just voted to advance mandatory warning labels for ultra-processed foods.

Scott Williams
Scott Williams

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Mars closes Nature's Bakery plant in Missouri. The pattern from two weeks ago repeating.

Jul 21, 2026

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7 min read

Mars closes Nature's Bakery plant in Missouri. The pattern from two weeks ago repeating.

Mars closes a Nature's Bakery plant in Missouri. A beef processor closes one in Nebraska. The pattern from two weeks ago is repeating, in two different proteins.

Scott Williams
Scott Williams

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General Mills closes three Missouri plants. More top talent to flood the market

Jul 7, 2026

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8 min read

General Mills closes three Missouri plants. More top talent to flood the market

General Mills closes 3 Missouri plants. The ops layer is in the market now.

Scott Williams
Scott Williams

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ABF gets the green light on Hovis. UK bakery talent shuffle begins.

Jun 30, 2026

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7 min read

ABF gets the green light on Hovis. UK bakery talent shuffle begins.

ABF gets the green light on Hovis. UK bakery's talent layer just got reshuffled.

Scott Williams
Scott Williams

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Warburton's hands over to the 6th generation.

Jun 23, 2026

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7 min read

Warburton's hands over to the 6th generation.

Warburtons hands to the sixth generation. UK family-firm succession starts now.

Scott Williams
Scott Williams

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Nestle cuts 16,000 jobs. White-collar moves now.

Jun 16, 2026

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7 min read

Nestle cuts 16,000 jobs. White-collar moves now.

Nestlé new CEO Philipp Navratil cut 16,000 jobs this week: 12,000 corporate roles over the next two years, 4,000 in manufacturing, distribution, and supply chain across the same window. That is the talent story I'm tracking hardest, and it's the kind of corporate reset that hits the white-collar food mfg layer on both sides of the Atlantic at the same time.

Scott Williams
Scott Williams

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Ingredion buys Tate & Lyle. Integration starts now.

Jun 9, 2026

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6 min read

Ingredion buys Tate & Lyle. Integration starts now.

Ingredion Incorporated and Tate & Lyle boards agreed terms on Monday: £2.7 billion, all cash, 595 pence per share. That is the M&A talent story I'm tracking most closely this week, and it's the kind of confirmed agreement that turns the bid-deadline-watching of two weeks ago into a 12-month integration-leader hiring window across both sides of the Atlantic.

Scott Williams
Scott Williams

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Ingredion has eight days to commit. Talent layer moves now

Jun 2, 2026

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6 min read

Ingredion has eight days to commit. Talent layer moves now

Ingredion Incorporated £2.74 billion approach for Tate & Lyle has eight working days to firm up or walk away under UK takeover rules. That deadline anchors the M&A talent story I'm tracking hardest this week, and it's the kind of clock that compresses VP-level decisions on both sides of the Atlantic.

Scott Williams
Scott Williams

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Cargill locks out 1,700 staff. Talent ripple starts now

May 26, 2026

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5 min read

Cargill locks out 1,700 staff. Talent ripple starts now

Cargill locking out 1,700 Teamsters at its Fort Morgan beef plant is the talent story I'm tracking hardest this week, and it's the kind of disruption that rewrites plant leadership retention long after the contract lands.

Scott Williams
Scott Williams

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