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Kellog's rumoured to close Keebler Foods acquisition
04-Oct-2000 - Kellog emerged as the leading pretender to acquire Keebler Foods, the second US cookie and cracker manufacturer, after a bidding process which included Cadbury Schweppes,...
Aventis to buy back biotech corn
03-Oct-2000 - Aventis CropScience, the company that makes the biotech corn linked to a massive recall of Kraft Foods taco shells in the US, agreed Friday to...
EU cracks down on breweries
03-Oct-2000 - The European Commission yesterday accused Interbrew and Alken Maes, Belgium's two largest brewers, of operating illegal cartels in an EU-widecrackdown against anti-competitive practices in the...
Rhodia establishes new fine chemical company in China
29-Sep-2000 - Rhodia, the French food ingredients company, has established a new production and marketing venture for vanillin in China. The company has acquired the existing business...
Carrefour to double Spanish presence
29-Sep-2000 - Carrefour, the French supermarket giant, is to invest 1.2 billion Euros in Spain. The company intends to double its current hypermarket presence, currently 120, in four years.
Kiwi dairy marketplace shows signs of success
28-Sep-2000 - More than 2000 dairy farmers and 1200 other farmers have registered with the first of the big e-commerce Internet sites to be set up by...
Nestlé to form alliance with Snow Brand
28-Sep-2000 - Swiss food giant Nestle has announced it will join forces with the beleaguered Japanese food processor, Snow Brand Milk Products. Earlier this year the Japanese...
Cadbury's refinancing costs to rise
28-Sep-2000 - Cadbury Schweppes, the UK confectionery and beverages group, will face higher funding costs if it refinances a $2bn (€2.3bn) bridge facility put in place for...
Third of American diet made up of
27-Sep-2000 - One-third of the average American's diet is made up of ``junk'' foods, according to an analysis of the eating patterns of over fifteen thousand American...
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...
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