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Cadbury confectionery slow in UK
24-Oct-2000 - Cadbury Schweppes said on Monday it was experiencing slow trading in its UK confectionery business but remained "comfortable with current market expectations" for its full...
Nestlé aiming for 4% growth
23-Oct-2000 - Nestlé, the Swiss food company, announced at the weekend that it is committed to maintaining its real internal sales growth target of at least 4...
Kellogg closes corn plant
23-Oct-2000 - Kellogg Co., the maker of Frosted Flakes and Special K cereals and other products, has shut down a Michigan plant because it could not guarantee...
ADM reports 1Q earnings
20-Oct-2000 - Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. reported less-than-expected earnings from continuing operations and flat sales for its fiscal first quarter, Dow Jones journal reported yesterday. For the quarter ending...
Kerry buys Armour Food
20-Oct-2000 - International Food company Kerry Group PLC announced the acquisition of Armour Food Ingredients in the U.S from Con Agra Inc. for $35 million (Euro 41.2...
New web site for ready meals industry
18-Oct-2000 - A new web site for the Ready Meals markets is to go online by the end of this month. ReadmealsInfo.com is to serve as an...
General Mills get EU go ahead
18-Oct-2000 - The European Commission on Monday cleared the GeneralMills Inc.'s proposed purchase of packaged foods maker Pillsbury from Diageo PLC, a British-based drinks conglomerate, Nandotimes.com reported...
Unilever to sell Bestfoods baking business
17-Oct-2000 - Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch consumer products company, announced yesterday that it intends to divest Bestfoods Baking Company in the U.S.A. The business was acquired as part...
Lion Nathan report healthy annual results
17-Oct-2000 - Lion Nathan, Australian brewing group and daughter of Japanese parent Kirin, is in talks with an international brewer on the future of its Chinese beer...
Hormel to open new distribution facility
16-Oct-2000 - Hormel Foods Corporation, the US manufacturer and marketer of meat and food products, has announced that it will open a food distribution facility in Dayton,...
Firmenich reports healthy 2000 sales
13-Oct-2000 - Swiss flavour and perfumery firm Firmenich reported this week record sales of nearly 1.7 billion Swiss francs, an increase of 22 percent for the 12-month...
Nestlé discusses Haagen-Dazs
12-Oct-2000 - US cereal maker General Mills Inc. has entered talks with Swiss food giant Nestle SA on the future of Haagen-Dazs ice cream, a joint venture...
ADM to test for Starlink corn
12-Oct-2000 - ADM in the US is to test for the presence of Starlink corn in each of its processing plants and elevators. Starlink corn, developed by...
Boom time for additives and preservatives
11-Oct-2000 - A taste for flavourful foods from an increasingly diverse population is igniting growth in the US food additive and preservative industry. According to new research...
Ajinomoto win damages from ADM
10-Oct-2000 - Ajinomoto Co. announced last week that it has won damages in a long-running lawsuit against the U.S. agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. for infringement...
Dr Pepper reports solid growth
09-Oct-2000 - London-based Cadbury Schweppes plc recently announced strong growth results for Dr Pepper, from its Texas-based division 'Dr Pepper / Seven Up Inc.'. In August Dr...
Unilever near completion of Bestfoods buyout
05-Oct-2000 - Consumer goods group Unilever PLC has almost completed its $21.3 billion buyout of U.S. food company Bestfoods. Shareholders in both companies voted Monday to approve...
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...
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 Reformulation drive risks dairy sector damage, Dairy UK warnsUK trade body Dairy UK has called on the nation’s government to do more to communicate the... |
 ABF’s ingredients division needs self-improvement: AnalystAssociated British Foods (ABF) is on track to deliver strong, full-year growth, however, high raw material costs... |
