Middle Eastern petrochemical producers will continue to enjoy considerable cost advantage compared with their counterparts in Southeast Asia even as a scarcity of gas forces them to shift to other feedstocks, Jaap Kalkman, a partner at ...
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PepsiCo’s division Tropicana has launched a newly-designed container for its Tropicana Pure Premium 100% pure Florida orange juice. The recyclable bottle is made from lightweight PET plastic and is ideal for any breakfast or brunch. ...
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1. Teen: Easy-Bake Oven needs gender-neutral packaging A New Jersey youngster has started a petition asking Hasbro Inc. to change the girly colors and graphics on the carton to make the popular toys more boy-friendly. 2. Cisco redesigns ...
Dole Food Co. has reported a smaller third-quarter loss - but its shares fell after Wall Street forecast a profit. The produce group booked a net loss of US$13.9m, or a loss per share of $0.06 for the quarter to 6 October. However, ...
Tags: Bottom Line, Shares, packaged food business
US-based global producer of fruits and vegetables, Dole has introducedc, a combo pack which combines fruit with a crunchy topping of oats and brown sugar. Each pack contains two containers divided into two sections with a topping, which ...
A chunk of Dole Food Co.'s business could end up in the hands of one of Japan's largest trading houses it was announced this week - and China appears to be central to the potential deal. On Wednesday (12 September), Dole, which is in the ...
Tags: Food business, Food industry, Food, food sector
US-based Dole Food has announced that it has received stockholder approval for the sale of its worldwide packaged foods and Asia fresh businesses to Japanese trading house Itochu for $1.685bn in cash. Currently, the deal has received ...
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Dole Food,a US-based producer of fruit and fresh vegetables,has issued a multi-state recall of its ready-to-eat salad mix in the US,as the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The voluntary recall was initiated after a ...
Dole Fresh Vegetables, a subsidiary of Dole Food, is recalling 2,598 cases of bagged salad in the US, as the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall was initiated after a sample of Dole Hearts of Romaine salad ...
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Dole Food,a US-based producer and marketer of fruit and fresh vegetables,has posted a loss of$13.6m for the third quarter of 2012,an improvement from a loss of$47m in 2011. The narrowing down of the loss can be attributed to a gain ...
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US-based producer and marketer of fruit and fresh vegetables Dole Food is recalling 1,077 cases of bagged salads across six states in the US,due to a possible health risk from Listeria monocytogenes. The recall was initiated after a ...
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US-based Dole Food is in advanced talks with Japanese trading house Itochu over the sale of its packaged foods and Asian fresh fruit and vegetable businesses. Itochu could pay about$1.7bn for the businesses,reported Reuters citing sources ...
Tags: packaged foods, fresh fruit, vegetable
Dole’s subsidiary Dole Fresh Fruit has partnered with Market Street United and United Supermarkets in Amarillo and nine other Texas communities to test Dole FreshPack, a new plastic bag designed to extend the shelf life of bananas. ...
The active, smart, and sustainable packaging in BRIC countries valued $3.9bn, $2.9bn, $3.3bn and $27.7bn in 2011 are expected to record a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.80%, 7.14%, 10% and 5.69%, respectively during 2012–16, ...
Personable Insurance, a portfolio company of Excellere Partners, has acquired Endeavor General Agency, a non-standard personal automobile managing general agency working in the US state of Texas. The deal has been finalized in May this ...
Tags: portfolio, Personable Insurance, Endeavor General Agency, acquisition