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Safeway swallowing 'poison pill' to discourage hostile takeover
An unnamed investor's significant stock acquisition triggered fears of a takeover.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 17, 2013 -
Danone unit 'shocked' over Chinese payment allegations
Dumex plans to investigate following a report that doctors and nurses were paid to boost Chinese sales.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 17, 2013 -
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.
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$23.2M settlement reached in Canadian chocolate price-fixing scandal
Consumers may be eligible for as much as CA$1,000 in the deal.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 17, 2013 -
Post buys Dakota Growers Pasta for $370 million
The cereal giant's pasta acquisition follows a number of other moves as it looks to evolve.
By Paul Conley • Sept. 17, 2013 -
Butterball to hire first male Turkey Talk Line spokesman
Three decades in, the turkey company is actively seeking a male candidate to fill the position.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 16, 2013 -
SodaStream redesigns its can-killing bottles
Yves Behar's award-winning design calls attention to the soda-industry disrupter's environmental message.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 13, 2013 -
Sunkist Growers to move headquarters
The cooperative is moving its headquarters from Sherman Oaks to Valencia, Calif.
By Paul Conley • Sept. 13, 2013 -
Heinz lays out expected savings from job cuts
A 10-Q filed Wednesday says the company will save $150 million annually following 1,200 job cuts worldwide.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 12, 2013 -
Kroger expands Harris Teeter projects as Q2 earnings go up
More acquisitions are on the way as Kroger keeps its eyes on the mid-Atlantic states.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 12, 2013 -
Deep Dive
Food industry cooperatives: What they do and why they matter
Cooperatives may not be as common as corporations in American business, but the food industry has given birth to some prominent names.
By Paul Conley • Sept. 12, 2013 -
Mondelez deal to integrate Twitter staff with marketing teams
The deal will see teams from Twitter assist the Oreo maker's marketing teams worldwide.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 12, 2013 -
Cargill names MacLennan new CEO
MacLennan will keep the title of president in his new role.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 11, 2013 -
Mayor Bloomberg bonds with Mexican president over soda
Mayor Bloomberg finds a kindred anti-soda spirit in Mexico's president.
By Paul Conley • Sept. 11, 2013 -
Deep Dive
The top 10 U.S. retailers for food and beverage sales right now
See how Albertsons, Kroger and Walmart stack up. Do any of these numbers surprise you?
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 10, 2013 -
U.S. committee approves Shuanghui's Smithfield takeover
A group of shareholders may still pose a problem.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 9, 2013 -
Suntory to pay $2.1B for GlaxoSmithKline's drink brands
The Japanese company is getting serious about expanding its business interests across the globe.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 9, 2013 -
Danone fortifies Quebec yogurt operations with CA$40 million investment
The investment follows an interest-free loan from the province's government.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 6, 2013 -
Baked potatoes to be smell-marketed on frozen food aisles
In a frozen food aisle first, customers will be able to smell McCain's Ready-Baked Jackets after touching an in-store barker.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 6, 2013 -
Will Suntory buy GSK's drinks business?
Japan's second-largest drinks maker is said to be in talks to acquire Lucozade and Ribena from Britain's largest drugmaker.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 6, 2013 -
Hot ginger ale and Keurig soup: The week's most read food news
Don't miss the most popular reads on Food Dive from the past few days. We've got the highlights right here.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 6, 2013 -
Deep Dive
Is the soup can dead?
Take a look at Campbell and Hain Celestial, and you can see that big bets for packaging are being placed elsewhere.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 6, 2013 -
Enough cocoa this year, but prices may still rise on upcoming shortage
Last year's surplus is enough to cover the current deficit forecast.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 5, 2013 -
Kraft promotes new flavors with 'new-stalgic' revisionist campaign
The company wants consumers to feel like the new flavors have been around forever.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 5, 2013 -
Mondelez plans massive overhaul of supply chain
Mondelez, the food conglomerate behind such global brands as Oreo and Cadbury, will revamp its manufacturing system—destroying some facilities and building others.
By Paul Conley • Sept. 5, 2013 -
Retrieved from Coca-Cola on September 04, 2013
Coca-Cola's new ginger ale comes in heated cans
Four years of development resulted in a new kind of Canada Dry for the Japanese market.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 4, 2013
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