ConAgra Foods has opened its first plant in China, a Lamb Weston potato processing plant in Shangdu, Inner Mongolia, giving the company in-country supply capabilities to strategic customers in China.
ConAgra is to remove all trans fats from its whole grain microwave
popcorn snack lines starting February 2006, marking the next step
in the company's attempt to link itself with current health trends.
ConAgra's attempt to inextricably link itself with current health
trends is evident in the launch of its latest range of products
under the "Eat Well, Live Well, Choose Well" slogan.
Reports in last week's Wall Street Journal linking the
troubled Ahold company US Foodservice with two of the biggest food
companies in North America have met with fierce denials from the
companies concerned - Sara Lee and ConAgra...
ConAgra Foods, the number two North American food company, has
received antitrust clearance for the planned sale of 54 per cent of
its fresh meat operations to an investor group.
Crustless bread, tubular snacks and single-serve drinks -
convenience is driving innovation in the food industry, finds a
report on recent US product launches.
ConAgra Foods, America's second largest food company, is reportedly
in talks to sell a large chunk of its fresh beef and pork
operations, a move that analysts have been urging because the
operations have been a drag on earnings.
ConAgra Foods' recent move to separate financial results of its
branded foods from agricultural businesses might be more than a
bookkeeping shuffle, and could prepare the ground for an eventual
spinoff or sale of the company's...