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General Mills shareholders say no to GM ingredients ban
27-Sep-2000 - Shareholders of US food group General Mills showed strong support this week for the company's decision to use genetically-modified ingredients in Big G cereals and...
ADM to vote on GM foods
26-Sep-2000 - Stockholders at the Archer Daniels Midland Co. annual meeting in October are to vote on a controversial proposal to ban genetically modified crops in ADM...
Unigate reports poor results for Malton division
26-Sep-2000 - Unigate, the UK foods group, announced this week that results from its Malton food division continued to be poor during the first half of this...
Kraft recalls taco shells
25-Sep-2000 - US food group Kraft Foods announced a nationwide recall of taco shells this weekend after confirming that they contained a genetically engineered corn not approved...
Seagram drinks bid hots up
25-Sep-2000 - This week's deadline for indicative bids for the drinks business of Canada's Seagram is a complex event, the Financial Times reported yesterday. Major global drinks...
Eridania Beghin-Say expand R & D centre
25-Sep-2000 - Eridana Beghin-Say, the French ingredients group, announced last week the completion of a major expansion project of its research and development facilities in Vilvoorde, near...
ConAgra report increase in Q1 earnings
22-Sep-2000 - ConAgra, the US food products giant, announced an increase in per-share profits by 11 per cent during its fiscal first quarter. Excluding $47 million in...
Kelco bond sale welcomed
22-Sep-2000 - US food gum maker CP Kelco is to give the European high yield market a new issue. Investors and analysts reacted positively to the news...
E-commerce on the up, new report claims
21-Sep-2000 - The food industry is finally embracing e-commerce, according to FoodTRENDS 2000, a study sponsored by US company Thomas Food Industry Register and American Express Co....
Unilever to deliver new package to Brussels
21-Sep-2000 - Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch consumer products group, could be forced to sell the famous Oxo brand as the price to pay for EU approval of its...
Asda pays more to farmers
20-Sep-2000 - Asda, the UK supermarket, is to pay suppliers 2p per litre more for milk all of which will go to farmers, the company said yesterday....
Hain Celestial report losses
20-Sep-2000 - Hain Celestial Group, the US natural and organic food company, reported yesterday a net loss of $17.1 million for the fiscal year ending June 2000....
Cadbury confirms Snapple purchase
19-Sep-2000 - Cadbury Schweppes, the sweets and fizzy drinks company, confirmed yesterday that it had acquired Snapple, the US juice company, for $1.45 billion (£1 billion) yesterday....
Ambev and Danone buy into South American beer and water
19-Sep-2000 - AmBev and Danone Group agreed to buy 57.34% of Compania Salus in Uruguay. The acquisition was made through a joint company of which Danone Group...
China's food industry fixes targets
19-Sep-2000 - China's food industry has fixed its development targets for the next five years, according to Asia Pulse. The sugar-refining industry will make efforts to raise...
Cadbury Schweppes in talks for Snapple
18-Sep-2000 - Cadbury Schweppes, the UK-based confectionery and drinks group, is currently in talks to acquire Snapple, the bottled soft drinks company, from Triarc, the US beverages...
General Mills report tame earnings
15-Sep-2000 - General Mills, the US maker of cereals and cake mixes, reported net earnings in its fiscal first quarter were flat because of higher interest expenses,...
Nutrinova and Opta sign fibre agreement
14-Sep-2000 - Nutrinova, the German-based developer and marketer of sweeteners and food preservatives, and Opta Food Ingredients, Inc., a leading supplier of oat fibre, have jointly announced...
Specialty Foods sell baking businesses
14-Sep-2000 - U.S Specialty Foods Corp. announced this week the sale of its two baking businesses, Mother's Cake & Cookie Co. and Archway Cookies, to Italian dairy...
Cadbury Schweppes increase soft drink share in Australia
14-Sep-2000 - Cadbury Schweppes this week increased its share of the carbonated soft drinks market in Australia from 15 per cent to 25 per cent after agreeing...
Europe to launch B2B consumer goods marketplace
13-Sep-2000 - In a bid to prevent US domination in the consumer goods internet marketplace four of Europe's largest companies are raising a E70m ($60m), the Financial...
Dairy farmers protest over price
13-Sep-2000 - Dairy farmers in the U.K angry at rising milk production costs were this week continuing to stage a series of protests in a bid to...
Malaysia draws up food production strategies
12-Sep-2000 - To help sustain the production of food in Malaysia, the Agriculture Ministry has drawn up six main strategies to shield the industry from the effects...
Eridania Beghin-Say announce 2Q results
12-Sep-2000 - Eridania Beghin-Say, the French ingredients group, saw a 7.9 per cent increase in sales for the first half of 2000 compared to the same period...
Diageo reports strong drinks growth
08-Sep-2000 - Diageo Plc, the UK food and beverage group, reported a 2.7 per cent rise in annual profits yesterday. The combined beer and spirits business was...
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