Sara Lee buys bakery giant
Food and consumer goods maker Sara Lee Corp. said on Monday it will buy No. 2 U.S. bakery Earthgrains Co. for about $1.7 billion in cash, gaining distribution...
Archives for July 2, 2001
Coca-Cola revising joint venture with P&G
The American beverage group Coca-Cola is expected to modify the terms of its $4bn juice-and-chips joint venture with Procter & Gamble after criticism...
Quaker gives Pepsi more time
Cereal and sports-drink maker Quaker Oats Co. on Monday gave proposed buyer US drinks giant PepsiCo Inc., an additional 30 days to sell its All Sport...
First BSE case hits Greece
Greece said on Monday it had confirmed its first case of mad cow disease and had destroyed the herd to which the five-year-old dairy cow belonged. Greek...