People will spend more than £1,200 to buy their own devices, which questions the need for IT departments to continue purchasing and supporting desktop and laptop PCs. In a recent study by analyst Forrester, 33% of respondents ...
Tags: desktop, laptop PCs, self-service app, smartphones, VPN software
Informed sources say potential buyers for R&R Ice Cream put their first-round bids on the table this week – with the firm founded by US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney rumoured to be in the running. var ...
Tags: Mitt Romney, R&R Ice Cream, Agriculture, Food
Consumers ranked Google Maps better than Apple's new homegrown mapping technology by more than 2 to 1 on Twitter, a social media analytics company said today. iOS 6 users can sidestep the change to Apple Maps by calling up Google's ...
Tags: Google Map, Apple, homegrown mapping technology, Twitter, iOS 6
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 ...
Tags: Kraft Foods, new packaging technology, beverages, expansion
Informed sources say potential buyers for R&R Ice Cream put their first-round bids on the table this week – with the firm founded by US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney rumoured to be in the running. Bain capital ...
Tags: Private Equity Firms, Majority Stake, Ice Cream, Food
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 ...
Tags: European M&A advisors, food sector, Food
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 ...
Tags: Agriculture Food, Kraft Foods, Trc Capital
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 ...
Tags: Agriculture Food, Just Food, Bright Food, Kraft Foods
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 ...
Fiber-based products manufacturer Domtar is set to shut down one pulp machine, A-Line' at its Kamloops, British Columbia facility in Canada permanently, by the end of March 2013. According to the company, the decision will limit the ...
Tags: Fiber-based products, Domtar, pulp machine, Pulp and Paper Manufacturing
Tencarva Machinery Company has acquired the assets of Southern Sales Company Inc., of Nashville, Tenn., a municipal sales and service organization, effective November 30, 2012, according to Rod Lee, president of Tencarva. In business ...
Tags: Tencarva Machinery Company, Southern Sales Company Inc, acquisition
Companies spend $130 billion a year on boxes, bags and blister packs, yet many packaged goods still remain hard-to-open, undersized, or overwrapped for the products inside. Consumer Reports took a close look at common packaging challenges ...
Danone is to cut EUR200m (US$261m) in costs from its European operations in a bid to "win back its competitive edge" in the region after falling sales. The French food giant said it would "adapt" its management structure in Europe and ...
Tags: Danone, costs, European operations
A US 'activist' investor who has stamped his authority on Heinz, Cadbury and Kraft has taken a euro242M (€300M) stake in Danone, vowing to improve its profitability. Nelson Peltz, the head of Trian Partners, said the maker of ...
Mondelez International, the snacks group spun off from Kraft Foods last month, has reported a fall in underlying third-quarter sales amid problems in Brazil and Russia. The company, which produces brands including Cadbury chocolate, ...
Tags: Mondelez International, Kraft Foods, sales, comapany news