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This week’s Top 5 stories

By Pippa Haupt | 2 February 2024

In our first ICYMI for 2024, see which stories caught everyone’s attention on the Food & Drink Business website this week: Perfection Fresh in court over alleged workplace sexual harassment; Sara Lee acquired by Quinn family; PepsiCo found liable in landmark court decision; beer and spirits industries call for excise rate freeze, and Eighth Day Foods’ major whitefish breakthrough. 

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