Corporate Operations: Page 317


  • Boulder Brands' CEO exits amid poor quarter sales

    Boulder Brands Inc. shares dropped more than 20 percent following the news that Stepehn Hughes resigned.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • June 10, 2015
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    Judge orders deeper search for peanut butter salmonella outbreak victims

    ConAgra Foods reached an $11.2 million deal to settle a federal criminal charge last month.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • June 10, 2015
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    Getting reformulation right: How food companies are rethinking ingredients to meet consumer demand

    Ingredient suppliers and companies like PepsiCo and Conagra are working closer together to overhaul brands to cater to a rise in healthy eating and expanding GLP-1 use. 

    By Food Dive staff
  • Kellogg sets sights on being a subscription snack provider: Bloomberg

    Competition in the snack subscription market is departing, but another big player remains.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • June 10, 2015
  • Diageo expands IL bottling facility

    The company's attractive beer portfolio has also been the subject of industry speculation.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • June 9, 2015
  • Campbell Soup to purchase Garden Fresh for $231M

    The company is looking to expand its fresh foods portfolio.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • June 9, 2015
  • Supreme Court will hear Tyson Foods worker pay class-action appeal

    The decision could affect the future of class-action lawsuits.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • June 9, 2015
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    PepsiCo sees claims of carcinogens in products

    Certain drink products' caramel coloring is the ingredient in question.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • June 9, 2015
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    Food's big bite of the Fortune 500

    The food industry represents a bakers dozen of profitable companies which are battling a host of issues — from consumer preferenes to mergers.

    By David Oliver • June 8, 2015
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    UPDATE: Barry Callebaut announces new CEO

    This comes on the heels of the company signing an agreement to acquire certain assets from artisanal nut-based ingredients producer American Almond Products Co., Inc.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • June 8, 2015
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    Syngenta denies Monsanto's second acquisition bid

    The former still feels the latter's bid is "wholly inadequate."

    By Carolyn Heneghan • June 8, 2015
  • PepsiCo aims for innovation, including a 3D-printed potato chip

    The company has doubled R&D in recent years to focus on healthier and innovative products.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • June 8, 2015
  • Deep Dive

    Why major food companies are hungry to acquire smaller brands

    Acquisitions help major companies remain flexible as consumers and food culture change.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • June 6, 2015
  • Diageo rises in US trading on mulling of a takeover bid report

    Brazilian billionaire Jorge Paulo Lemann and other executives are pondering a takeover bid, according to a Veja columnist.

    By David Oliver • June 5, 2015
  • Rob Walton speaks to shareholders at the 2011 Walmart Shareholders Meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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    Wal-Mart chairman steps down

    Rob Walton has served in the post since 1992. He will be replaced by Vice Chairman Greg Penner, the company's board announced.

    By June 5, 2015
  • Ahold USA's Peapod announces new president, Jennifer Carr-Smith

    She was the COO of several companies before assuming this role.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • June 5, 2015
  • Snyder's-Lance receives appeal in PepsiCo trademark dispute

    The trademark dispute is over the former's Pretzel Crisps brand.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • June 5, 2015
  • Lean Cuisine trying to lose the weight of its unhealthy perception

    The brand is shifting its focus from fat and calories to organic, high-protein, and gluten-free meals.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • June 5, 2015
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    Smucker gets jammed in recent mixed earnings

    The company saw drops in sales, but its acquisition of Big Heart appears to have been a good move.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • June 5, 2015
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    In-flux industry means trouble for job-seeking Kraft employees

    Several other food companies are facing job cuts and cost-cutting measures as well.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • June 4, 2015
  • BASF could bid for Syngenta takeover: Reuters

    The company is the third-leading global crop chemicals firm.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • June 4, 2015
  • It's a date: Kraft shareholders to decide Heinz merger July 1

    The company's shareholders have quite a decision to make come next month, one that could involve significant job cuts for Kraft employees.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • June 3, 2015
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    ADM to acquire CA nut processing operation

    The acquisition will expand the company's Specialty Commodities business.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • June 2, 2015
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    Kraft, Mondelez petition judge to dismiss CFTC wheat manipulation charges

    The CFTC alleges manipulation and attempted manipulation of the prices of cash wheat and wheat futures. 

    By David Oliver • June 2, 2015
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    TTAB oversees separate Heinz, Frito-Lay trademark cases

    Whether a phrase is considered to be generic or deceptive, these trademark arguments are keeping the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board busy.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • June 2, 2015
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    Syngenta prepping for another potential Monsanto takeover bid: Bloomberg

    The former has added to its panel of advisers in preparation, according to Bloomberg sources.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • May 29, 2015