VTech is stepping outdoors with its latest toy line, Kidiactive, which adds electronic features to the flying disc, the ball and the skipping rope. The VTech Talking Disc features a recording button and four funny face buttons for ...
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PepsiCo will begin using a number of British-sourced ingredients for its line of Walkers crisps. The move aims to emphasise Walkers' "taste and quality" and will include a brand refresh and marketing campaign, PepsiCo said. Across its ...
Independent brand design agency, Design Bridge has created new packaging for PepsiCo-owned Walkers' core range. According to Pepsico, the identity of Walkers has been tweaked as part of the new packaging, and pack colors, which now look ...
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US-based food company Heinz is all set to launch new pouch format in a bid to innovate its infant food range. The pouches will be available in smooth texture for babies of 4+ months and in mashed texture for 7+ months babies. According to ...
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Consumption in savory market is expected to grow significantly in Denmark from the review period of 2006-2011 to the forecast period of 2011-2016, finds a new study by UK-based research firm Canadean – Food. According to the report, ...
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Heinz has expanded its baby food range with the launch of a Pouches line. Designed with a smooth texture for babies 4-plus months and a mashed texture for babies 7-plus months, the pouches have been developed to help mums wean their ...
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US food group ConAgra foods has appointed General Mills executive Greg Schlafer as president of its Lamb Weston division. Schlafer, who most recently served as VP of the bakeries and foodservice division for General Mills, will join the ...
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Dutch food firm Vion has entered into an agreement to sell its Oerlemans Foods to Baltussen Holding for an undisclosed amount, as part of its efforts to focus on its food operations in the Netherlands and Germany and on its global ...
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Dutch food group Vion has entered into a deal to sell its frozen vegetables, fruit and potato products firm Oerlemans Foods to fresh vegetables producer Baltussen Holding. The struggling meat processor, which this month finalised a deal ...
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IT hiring in 2013 will focus on jobs involving cloud computing, mobile technology and business intelligence, said staffing professionals. But cloud computing jobs for on-site infrastructure support and software management are likely to be ...
E.Park and Sons,a leading supplier of potatoes in the US,is investing in special produce software from K3 Business Solutions,in order to maintain its competitive edge in the potato supply chain. The new FreshDynamics enterprise resource ...
Surly Brewing's plans to build a new destination brewery in Minneapolis,Minnesota,US,have moved ahead following a$545,300 grant from the Metropolitan Council. The Brooklyn Center-based craft beer maker will use the funding to clean up the ...
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The day after Thanksgiving is Roto-Rooter's busiest day of the year. In fact, the folks at Roto-Rooter refer to it as Black Friday—an all-hands-on-deck day as plumbers repair drain pipes and garbage disposals done in by the remains of ...
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NFC—near-field communication—is an easy way to pair devices and share information between them. This year, Sony has built NFC into some of its new TVs. Sony's version works differently than that of other TVs, though: Instead ...
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Fresh & Easy, a US-based grocery chain, has expanded the range of its eatwell products range by introducing 20 new products. The company claimed that the products contain less than 25% of calories, fat, saturated fat and sodium. Eatwell ...
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