The top 24 news stories on Just Food in 2024

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Portfolio changes, factory closures, food safety and initialisms like ESG and GLP-1 were among the topics on Just Food’s news pages that caught your eye throughout the year.

Stories from Unilever's plan to offload its ice-cream arm, to the scrutiny of companies' sustainability efforts and to the rise of GLP-1 weight-loss medication proved especially popular during 2024.

Scroll down for a flavour of the stories that shaped the food-industry agenda over the last 12 months.

Oatly greenwashing suit to be settled

21 February

Investors suing Sweden’s Oatly have asked a federal judge to approve a $9.25m settlement, after accusing the oat dairy-alternative business of greenwashing.

Nestlé launches Mexican, Asian cuisine brands in US

11 October

Nestlé is set to launch a range of frozen meals in the US based on Asian and Mexican cuisines as it looks to tap into “new flavours and food options”.

PepsiCo to close US Quaker Oats facility hit by salmonella recall

4 April

PepsiCo is to permanently close a Quaker Oats factory in the US, local government officials have said.

UK competition regulator to examine infant-formula market

20 February

UK competition officials are to examine the country’s infant formula market after finding prices in the sector had jumped in recent years.

Tony’s Chocolonely “forced” to change packaging after Mondelez legal move

22 February

Tony’s Chocolonely has been “forced” to change the colour of its packaging in Germany after legal action from Mondelez International.

Tony’s Chocolonely chocolate bars
Credit: Erman Gunes/Shutterstock.

Nearly a third of jobs cut at PepsiCo US Frito-Lay plant

31 May

Close to 30% of jobs are set to go at a PepsiCo Frito-Lay crisps manufacturing factory in Middletown, New York State.

Unilever to address “disappointing” ice-cream performance amid private-label pressures

8 February

Unilever will seek to address headwinds in its ice-cream business this year after a poor performance in 2023.

Kerry Dairy launches “category-first” dairy-and-oat hybrid range

19 March

Kerry Dairy Consumer Foods has claimed a UK “category-first” with a new chilled brand, Smug Dairy, that blends oats and dairy.

Smug Dairy blended milk on sale in Sainsbury’s
Smug Dairy blended milk on sale in Sainsbury’s. Credit: Just Food

Walmart to fork out up to $45m after settling food overcharging lawsuit

9 April

Walmart has settled a class-action lawsuit that accused the US retail giant of overcharging for certain food items.

Nestlé accused of “double standards” over sugar in baby formula, cereals

17 April

Areport claims Nestlé adds sugar and honey to certain brands of infant-formula and breakfast cereals in poorer countries, a practice not evident in Europe.

Oatly incurs hefty impairment for decision to abandon new factories

15 February