Kellogg is to team up with Singapore agribusiness giant Wilmar International to manufacture and sell cereal and snacks in China. The US company said the venture would look to tap into growing cereal consumption and the "large growth ...
Tags: cereal, snacks, snack-food, agribusiness
Kellogg has decided to enter the UK category with its Special K brand following similar moves in the US and Canada. The company insisted Special K Cracker Crisps had "game-changing incremental sales potential" for the sector in the UK. ...
Tags: Kellogg, cracker, cracker crisps, Pringles, cereal aisle
Swiss food and dairy giant Nestle has opened two production plants in South Africa. The facilities, based in the town of Babelegi in Gauteng province, will manufacture Milo and Cheerios breakfast cereals and Maggi noodles. This will be ...
Tags: food, dairy, Nestle, opened plants, South Africa, inverstment
Nestle's share price increased this morning (9 August) as the Kit-Kat maker booked an increase in first-half profit and reaffirmed its full-year guidance. The Swiss food giant reported an 8.9% increase in earnings of CHF5.12bn (US$5.26bn) ...
Tags: food, share price, emerging markets, price rises, cost-cutting, water
US private-label food group Ralcorp Holdings has reported an increase in third-quarter profits, helped by higher sales and a gain from hedging contracts. Ralcorp, which makes cereals, sauces and pasta for US retailers, booked net earnings ...
Tags: private-label food, cereals, sauces, pasta, stocks
US cereal giant Kellogg has booked a drop in first-half profit as raw material prices and weakness in Europe weighed on earnings. Net profit in the six months to the end of June amounted to US$659m,a 7%decline on the prior-year ...
Tags: earnings, profit, raw material, prices
US cereal giant Kellogg has expanded its Special K cereal range to include two additional products. Special K Pop Corn Chips and Special K Pastry Crisps are targeted at the female market, Kellogg said, with a focus on women looking to ...
Tags: Kellogg, cereal, corn chips, pastry crisps, dieting, butter, snack
Xylans and mannans,the plant cell wall polysaccharides,can be used to replace starch in biodegradable food packaging,according to a new Finnish study. According to study,which was conducted by researchers at the University of ...
Unless there is some big action by conservatives to repeal Bush administration legislation that requires more efficient lighting, many old incandescent bulbs (or lamps) will become unavailable over the next few years. This will leave most ...
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Machinery Automation & Robotics (MAR) has announced that it will acquire the business operations of Compact Labelling Systems Australia. Compact is said to be instrumental in helping transform the Pressure Sensitive Label Applicator ...
Tags: MAR, compact labelling systems, sensitive label applicator
Ella's Kitchen,which manufactures premium foods for pre-school children,has entered the baby breakfast cereal category in the UK. The company has launched a range of cereals that it is billing as"healthy"and"fun".These are certainly ...
Tags: pre-school children, premium foods, baby breakfast cereal category
Cereal giant Kellogg has switched the 'K girl' in a red swimsuit in its latest Special K television advert in the UK for what it claims are "real women". Kellogg has said it is using plus-sized women in its advertising for the first time ...
Tags: television advert, Kellogg, cereal, BMI, plus-sized women
US retailer Supervalu Inc has announced plans to more than double the number of products offered under its Essential Everyday own label. Essential Everyday, first launched last year, will be expanded to include 2,700 products across "more ...
Tags: quality food, cereal, dairy, bread, canned goods, frozen foods, pasta, sauces
This week's clutch of featured industry research from the just-food store highlights commodities data from agribusiness specialists LMC International.It also includes in-depth looks at Carrefour's operations in Spain and Wal-Mart ...
Tags: Carrefour, Data, Sugar Bulletin
Arla Foods revealed 250 jobs could be cut as it drives efficiency and tries to keep pace with its international competitors - and admitted more could be made. The race to buy frozen food giant Iglo Group also continued to make the headlines ...
Tags: Arla Foods, revealed revealed jobs, frozen food, pork, food labels