January 02, 2016, to January 09, 2016
The key word for supermarkets these days is innovation, and many changes are in store, as it were, as we head into the New Year. Chief among them is...
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An endorsement, investment, and advertisement from Oprah Winfrey were apparently just the shot in the arm that Weight Watchers needed to reverse its...
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Amazon has Britain’s Big Four supermarket chains in its sights as it expands the new Pantry delivery service for household goods and groceries. The...
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December 19, 2015, to January 02, 2016
In an interview with a Swiss newspaper, Nestlé CEO Paul Bulcke said the company will stick to its medium- to long-term growth targets of five to six...
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Kellogg Company’s new greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets will cut GHG by 65 percent across its operations by 2020, the company announced. The...
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Kroger Co.’s tender offer for the outstanding shares of Roundy’s Supermarkets, a retail chain with 166 stores, 99 pharmacies and 22,000 employees in...
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December 12, 2015, to December 19, 2015
Unilever is reportedly set to announce the appointment of Leena Nair as its global chief human resources manager. Should the appointment become final,...
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Battered by weak sales and a somewhat tarnished consumer image, McDonald’s is fighting back with a marketing campaign reassuring consumers that its...
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The 52-year-old Weight Watchers diet company, which has experienced a steady slide in members, sales, and stock price, has figured out that though...
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December 05, 2015, to December 12, 2015
Grocery retailer Kroger, second only to Walmart in sales, recently reported strong revenue and profit performance, including the 48th consecutive...
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Crowdsourcing software vendor Spigit says it is working with Unilever Foundry to help the company attract and connect innovators in sustainability....
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Australian infant formula company Bellamy’s has contracted with dairy supplier Fonterra Oceania to provide nutritional ingredients for its products....
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November 28, 2015, to December 05, 2015
An Australian vitamin supplement company has launched a line of products that contain vitamin K2 for bone and heart health. The products, developed...
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Hybrid pastries and baked treats march on. Several new concoctions were discovered recently in Rochester, N.Y., where the Sicilian treat cannoli – or...
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A U.K. restaurant booking service’s analysis of its three million-diner database finds that burgers are booming in 2015. Bookings to burger eateries...
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November 21, 2015, to November 28, 2015
In China, there were 21 fast moving consumer goods companies reaching more than 100 million urban households during the year ending October 9, 2015,...
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A Connecticut ready-to-eat frozen pasta company has inked a distribution deal with 64-store grocery chain Big Y. Carla’s Pasta products to be sold at...
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It’s a little early to tell, but it might be a sign of the times: the “hybrid” food trend morphing into a hybrid restaurant trend. A Fort Wayne, Ind.,...
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November 14, 2015, to November 21, 2015
In anticipation of final approval of their merger, supermarket giants Royal Ahold (The Netherlands) and Delhaize (Belgium) have named the rest of the...
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Plant-based dairy company WhiteWave Foods, a spinoff of Dean Foods, is riding a trend of health-conscious shopping and nontraditional diets to...
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British sausage rolls, a Boxing Day tradition, ignited a social media frenzy when a New York Times recipe spurred apparently silly questions from...
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November 07, 2015, to November 14, 2015
German discount grocery chain Lidl – already a huge success in the U.K. – plans aggressive expansion in the country in 2016, adding 40 to 50 stores....
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Mintel analysts have pinpointed ten innovative food and drink products they think foreshadow trends of the future. At the top of the list is a new...
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British starch specialist Ulrick & Short has created two natural starches that boost commercial bread shelf life and increase loaf height and softness...
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October 24, 2015, to November 07, 2015
The Living Wage Foundation has formally acknowledged that Unilever pays its entire U.K. workforce a living wage. The company is also committed to...
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Processing acorns into flour for use in baking is a time-consuming, laborious, but ultimately satisfying process, according to acorn evangelist Chris...
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Sales of regular cola beverages in Western Europe will probably decline by as much as three percent over the next five years, but sales of diet colas...
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October 17, 2015, to October 24, 2015
Unilever says its 3rd quarter sales boomlet is due to success in its innovative ice cream and personal care brands and in its e-commerce business....
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It’s been a month since PepsiCo’s newly reformulated Diet Pepsi – it’s sweetened with sucralose instead of aspartame – hit store shelves, and its...
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Unilever, Nestle, GlaxoSmithKline, and TUI plan to scale their programmatic media buying approaches with dynamic delivery of creative as part of their...
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