Auchan prepares bid for Rinascente
Auchan and its Italian partner, the Agnelli group, have launched a offer for all the outstanding shares in the La Rinascente group, a €735m bid which result in the Italian company being delisted.
Archives for October 7, 2002
Jacob's goes back to the Ice Age
A six-week on-pack promotion linking Iced Gems with the animated film The Ice Age is designed to help Jacob's Bakery establish the brand as a popular lunchbox favourite.
Cheaper chocolate?
New research from the US claims that new, high-yielding selections of Theobroma cacao, may offer new hope to the world's cacao growers - and to chocolate manufacturers and chocolate lovers across the world.
Ingredients group buys Ovaltine
In February this year Swiss healthcare group Novartis announced its intention to divest itself of the Health and Functional Food (H&FF) arm of its Consumer Health sector business in order to focus on the core pharmaceutical business. The strategy...
Dairy venture down under
Australian company Bonlac Foods is to enter into a joint venture with Japanese firm Imanaka to manufacture chocolate and sugar blended products at Dandenong, reports IndustrySearch.com.
Behavioural problems with soy?
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine reveal that high levels of manganese found in infant soy milk could lead to behavioural problems.
Gibson's Finest brings rye smile to William Grant
William Grant & Sons, distiller of the Glenfiddich brand of Scotch whisky, has added the Gibson's Finest Canadian rye whisky to its portfolio, buying the brand for an disclosed sum from Diageo.