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Unilever Sees Failure As Tool For Promoting Innovation / French Companies Call On World Leaders To Sign Global Climate Change Deal

November 23, 2015, to December 07, 2015

Unilever Sees Failure As Tool For Promoting Innovation

Unilever created an experimentation fund for business and innovation ideas that do not go through the usual research processes, according to Unilever...[More]

French Companies Call On World Leaders To Sign Global Climate Change Deal

In France, a group of 39 companies, including retail giant Carrefour, is calling on the French COP21 presidency and all governments attending the...[More]

New England Retail Grocery Chain To Sell Carla’s Ready-To-Eat Pasta

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...[More]

Unilever Sees Failure As Tool For Promoting Innovation / Foodservice Industry Needs To Get Cozy With Generation Z

November 16, 2015, to November 30, 2015

Unilever Sees Failure As Tool For Promoting Innovation

Unilever created an experimentation fund for business and innovation ideas that do not go through the usual research processes, according to Unilever...[More]

Foodservice Industry Needs To Get Cozy With Generation Z

Twenty-somethings – dubbed Generation Z – are the first post-Millennial generation and the first generation to be exposed to multi-channel and digital...[More]

French Companies Call On World Leaders To Sign Global Climate Change Deal

In France, a group of 39 companies, including retail giant Carrefour, is calling on the French COP21 presidency and all governments attending the...[More]

Regulate Safety, Not Efficacy, Of Dietary Supplements, Former FDA Official Says / Foodservice Industry Needs To Get Cozy With Generation Z

November 09, 2015, to November 23, 2015

Regulate Safety, Not Efficacy, Of Dietary Supplements, Former FDA Official Says

A former FDA official says don’t worry about the efficacy of dietary supplements – at least for now. Pay attention instead to their safety. Dr. Joshua...[More]

Foodservice Industry Needs To Get Cozy With Generation Z

Twenty-somethings – dubbed Generation Z – are the first post-Millennial generation and the first generation to be exposed to multi-channel and digital...[More]

PepsiCo Flexes Its Social Media Muscle With Halloween Cheetos Prank

PepsiCo and smartphone food delivery app Caviar tried a Halloween marketing trick designed to boost awareness of Frito-Lay Cheetos and the app itself....[More]

New Battle Of Britain Takes Place In Grocery AIsles / Today’s Technologies Thwart The Marketing Message

November 02, 2015, to November 16, 2015

New Battle Of Britain Takes Place In Grocery AIsles

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....[More]

Today’s Technologies Thwart The Marketing Message

Modern technologies that allow ad-weary consumers to avoid advertising on TV and online have got marketers very worried. One of the biggest, Unilever,...[More]

Unilever Accredited As “Living Wage” Company

The Living Wage Foundation has formally acknowledged that Unilever pays its entire U.K. workforce a living wage. The company is also committed to...[More]

Hain Celestial Reports Strong 1st Quarter Financial Results / China’s FMCG Market Growth Slows, Though Online Shopping Is Booming

October 26, 2015, to November 09, 2015

Hain Celestial Reports Strong 1st Quarter Financial Results

Organic and natural products company Hain Celestial posted robust first quarter financial results, including $31 million in profit (up 67 percent over...[More]

China’s FMCG Market Growth Slows, Though Online Shopping Is Booming

Spending in China’s fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) market slowed in the year that ended in September, growing by only 4.7 percent, according to...[More]

From Little Acorns The Mighty Acorn Flour Loaf Grows

Processing acorns into flour for use in baking is a time-consuming, laborious, but ultimately satisfying process, according to acorn evangelist Chris...[More]

Marketers Look At Programmatic Media Buying / Avoid Toxic Bacteria This Fall: Refrigerate Those Caramel Apples

October 19, 2015, to November 02, 2015

Marketers Look At Programmatic Media Buying

Unilever, Nestle, GlaxoSmithKline, and TUI plan to scale their programmatic media buying approaches with dynamic delivery of creative as part of their...[More]

Avoid Toxic Bacteria This Fall: Refrigerate Those Caramel Apples

U.S. researchers have found that a dangerous bacterium known as Listeria monocytogenes increased 1,000-fold on a favorite fall treat: unrefrigerated...[More]

Milk Boosts Bioavailability Of Vitamin E In Obese People

A new U.S. study finds an association between vitamin E absorption and metabolic syndrome, the cluster of symptoms like obesity and high blood...[More]

Kroger Launches HemisFares Collection Of Quality Food Products From Worldwide Sources / Hawaiian Raw Fish Delicacy Invades Los Angeles

October 12, 2015, to October 26, 2015

Kroger Launches HemisFares Collection Of Quality Food Products From Worldwide Sources

Retailer The Kroger Co. introduced HemisFares, a corporate brand of imported food products from the world’s most food-rich regions. Found exclusively...[More]

Hawaiian Raw Fish Delicacy Invades Los Angeles

The Hawaiian staple known as poke (pronounced poke-eh) is gaining traction on the West Coast, especially in L.A. The chopped, seasoned raw fish is...[More]

Innovation Is Key To Unilever’s Bright 3rd Q Sales Picture

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....[More]

Grocery Makers In Australia Cut Product Sizes Without Cutting Prices / Diet Pepsi Stalwarts Give Thumbs Down To New Sucralose Formula

October 05, 2015, to October 19, 2015

Grocery Makers In Australia Cut Product Sizes Without Cutting Prices

Consumers’ favorite grocery items, such as laundry liquid, deodorants, chips, and chocolates, have shrunk by as much as 30 percent without any...[More]

Diet Pepsi Stalwarts Give Thumbs Down To New Sucralose Formula

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...[More]

Caffeinated Peanut Butter Provides A Nutritious A.M. Or P.M. Pick-Me-Up

A Greenfield, Mass.-based start-up has created a caffeinated peanut butter it hopes will serve as a nutritious snack while replacing that second cup...[More]

Whole Foods Struggle To Meet Growing Demand For Sustainably Sourced And Humanely Raised Meat / Top Employers In Africa Chose For 2016

September 28, 2015, to October 12, 2015

Whole Foods Struggle To Meet Growing Demand For Sustainably Sourced And Humanely Raised Meat

Demand for sustainable, organic, natural, and humanely raised meat and other foods is growing faster than the production capacity of farmers. Whole...[More]

Top Employers In Africa Chose For 2016

A global HR certification organization has named a group of top performing companies in Africa for 2016. The Top Employers Institute picked eight...[More]

McCormick Terminates JV Agreement With Disgruntled Indian Rice Supplier

After Indian basmati rice maker Kohinoor Foods Ltd (KFL) accused spice giant McCormick & Co. of breaching their joint venture rice supply agreement,...[More]

Whole Foods Struggle To Meet Growing Demand For Sustainably Sourced And Humanely Raised Meat / Unilever Pakistan CEO Malik Retires

September 21, 2015, to October 05, 2015

Whole Foods Struggle To Meet Growing Demand For Sustainably Sourced And Humanely Raised Meat

Demand for sustainable, organic, natural, and humanely raised meat and other foods is growing faster than the production capacity of farmers. Whole...[More]

Unilever Pakistan CEO Malik Retires

Unilever Pakistan Limited announced CEO Ehsan Malik’s retirement effective October 31, 2015. Current Unilever Sri Lanka chairperson Shazia Syed will...[More]

Albertsons Sets IPO Goal Of $1.84 Billion

Grocery company Albertsons Cos. said it expects to raise as much as $1.84 billion from its initial public offering. Months earlier, private-equity...[More]
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