About 21 companies in the US have voluntarily lowered salt content in pre-packaged or restaurant foods products, in response to a salt reduction campaign led by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. New York launched the National Salt ...
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Dignitaries at the official opening of stage one of Kraft Foods Asia Pacific Confectionery Centre of Excellence at Kraft’s manufacturing site in Ringwood. Multinational food company Kraft Foods has opened stage one of its Asia ...
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With its new MiO liquid flavoring, Kraft Foods is targeting "Generation Next," the 18-to-39 year old men and women who look at personalization and experimentation as a fact of everyday life. Promoted as a water enhancer, MiO is packaged ...
UK cereal manufacturer Weetabix has entered the breakfast biscuit category with the launch of an On The Go range. The product line, which launches in singles and multipacks this month is available in three variants: Milk & Cereal, Apple ...
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Predictive analytics helps firms to get "about three per cent better at guessing" what a consumer would like to buy, according to the founder and chief of Applied Predictive Technologies (APT), Jim Manzi. "Realistically, what predictive ...
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Kraft Foods Group has unveiled plans to launch more than 40 new products, marking the first swathe of NPD since the group separated from Mondelez International and became an independent publicly traded group last October. The company ...
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Nestle has won an appeal to protect the unique shape of its KitKat chocolate bar in the European Union, overturning a previous ruling in favour of Kraft Foods-owned Cadbury. just-food articles are only available to registered users and ...
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Hillshire Brands has announced that Brian Davison has joined the company from Kraft Foods as VP of corporate strategy and development. Hillshire, formerly the North American meat business of Sara Lee, said Davison began his role on 2 ...
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When NewsGator Technologies decided to play in the nascent enterprise social collaboration market a few years ago with a product that worked only with Microsoft's SharePoint, it was making a big bet. It was gambling that by making a ...
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US-based Kraft Foods is set to introduce 40 foods and beverages in the year 2013, which will be the company's first products launch after becoming an independent firm. The new products line will feature Oscar Mayer Selects Chicken Breast ...
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Kraft Foods Group has announced plans to invest $25m to install new packaging technology and increase production of its Capri Sun beverages at its facility in Frederick County, Maryland, US. Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell said he ...
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There were, despite continued economic uncertainty in many Western markets and concerns over slowing growth in the East, signs that M&A activity rebounded in the food sector this year. Data for the whole of 2012 has not yet been published ...
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Kraft Foods Group has called on shareholders to turn down an "unsolicited" mini-tender offer from private-equity firm TRC Capital for a portion of the company's stock. The US firm said the Canadian investment fund is looking to purchase ...
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Looking behind the headlines is just-food's signature dish and this year we looked at the major stories in-depth, including the possible suitors for United Biscuits' salty snacks business; the work ahead for China's Bright Food after it ...
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International animal welfare organization Four Paws has announced that the chocolate bar Toblerone,which is owned by Mondelēz International,will now be produced only with eggs laid by cage free hens. This move comes after Mondelez ...