Campbell eyes cost cuts initiative

Campbell's planned cost cuts amount to about 2% to 3% of yearly sales.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Feb. 19, 2015

Mondelez has big plans for coffee, smaller brands

Mondelez is turning to emerging markets for continued growth.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Feb. 19, 2015

Explore the Trendline➔

Mergers and acquisitions

Declining sales and slowing consumption have more companies divesting brands, opening the door for smaller players and private equity firms to expand their portfolios.  

By Food Dive staff

Sunkist goes above the $1 billion mark five straight years

Sunkist's brand can be found on the labels of about 700 products around the world — specifically, 77 countries.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Feb. 19, 2015

Danish brewery Carlsberg branches out with new Dutch CEO

Also, it's not likely Carlsberg will be eyeing any mergers or acquisitions this year.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Feb. 18, 2015

Del Monte sees positive 2014 earnings

Del Monte has leapt out of the red and well into the black from 2013 to 2014.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Feb. 17, 2015

Who will be Kraft's new CFO?

This is one in a marked number of leadership changes for Kraft as of late.

By David Oliver • Feb. 17, 2015

Shareholders' lawsuit against Dole CEO heating up

The trial is set for Feb. 23.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Feb. 17, 2015

UPDATED: With passing of Ferrero, what will happen to his namesake confectionary company?

The company owns nearly 8% of the chocolate market worldwide.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Feb. 17, 2015

Millennials - Kraft's main coffee squeeze?

The new product makes about 10 servings of iced coffee for $3.99.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Feb. 17, 2015

Mondelez closes healthy snacks acquisition

Enjoy Life will add more than 40 snack items to Mondelez's portfolio.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Feb. 17, 2015

Coffee segment brews trouble for J.M. Smucker

J.M. Smucker made a disappointing announcement concerning upcoming fiscal quarter reports.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Feb. 13, 2015

Kraft reports steep drop in net profits, leadership turnover

Kraft announces new and exiting leadership as well as boosted sales and revenue, but other quarterly losses.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Feb. 13, 2015

Sean Connolly next in line as ConAgra's CEO and president

ConAgra's current CEO previously revealed his impending retirement in August.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Feb. 12, 2015

Union agrees to General Mills' compensation package for plant closure

General Mills will be shutting down the plant come mid-2016.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Feb. 12, 2015

Friday Flavors: Cinnabon selfies and Sweetheart love

Every Friday we bring you some interesting reads in the food sphere from the past week.

By David Oliver • Feb. 12, 2015

Dr Pepper Snapple impresses in fourth quarter

The company saw a 3.1% uptick in revenue.

By David Oliver • Feb. 12, 2015

Kellogg's earnings drop below analysts' estimates

Kellogg saw drops in everything from net sales and revenues to earnings per share.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Feb. 12, 2015

Bunge delivers disappointing Q4

Bunge's earnings fell across the board, missing many analysts' predictions.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Feb. 12, 2015

Snyder's-Lance reports more than twice last year's net earnings

Snyder's-Lance's earnings report has its positives and negatives, though more seems to lean toward the positive in terms of sales and earnings.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Feb. 12, 2015

General Mills will be affixing the gluten-free label onto Cheerios

People have begun turning away from gluten in droves due to a sensitivity, celiac disease, or other health concerns.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Feb. 12, 2015

Nestle: Hershey's new licorice competitor?

Can Nestle compete with Hershey's $204 million in sales out of a $300 million licorice market?

By Carolyn Heneghan • Feb. 12, 2015

Mondelez Q4 earnings beat some expectations, miss others

Mondelez's fourth quarter profit dropped a staggering 72% from $1.77 billion to $500 million year over year.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Feb. 11, 2015

PepsiCo Q4 earnings match or surpass several predictions

PepsiCo saw a 2% decline in North American soft drink volume, but volume for its noncarbonated products rose 4%.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Feb. 11, 2015

Proposed Sysco, US Foods merger faces worry, doubts

Regulators have been eyeing this potential merger for some time.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Feb. 11, 2015

Coca-Cola usurps the Oscars' soft drink ad throne

Coca-Cola could pay up to $2 million for a 30-second Oscars ad slot.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Feb. 11, 2015