Kwikee, a division of MultiAd, has created an Application Programming Interface (API) for retailers and e-commerce developers that need information for consumer products. The interface will provide companies with a relaibale source of ...
Tags: Nutrition Data, Food Product
Applied Predictive Technologies (APT) has received a $100m minority investment from the merchant banking division of Goldman Sachs in a deal that APT describes as the largest investment in predictive analytics to date. Further reading How ...
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US-based c - Meals and Desserts, and Enhancers and Snack Nuts in order to focus on brand-building while reducing the complexity of managing a portfolio of distinct brands and product categories. The new business structures and leadership ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Kraft
Kraft Foods China, a part of the Mondelēz International family of companies, has broken ground on an $85m expansion of its biscuit facility in Suzhou, China. The project, which will be located in 30,000m2 area, will feature ...
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Head ten minutes south of LAX on the 405, exit at El Segundo and you'll blunder upon a 200,000-square-foot concrete bunker lurking among the strip malls in this seedy bit of Los Angeles County. The low-slung structure, surrounded by a black ...
US-based investment management firm Trian Fund Management's founding partner Nelson Peltz has acquired stakes in PepsiCo and Mondelēz International. Peltz has acquired stakes valued at about $1.4bn each in PepsiCo and Mondelez ...
Tags: Nelson Peltz, Agriculture
The Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) bestowed its Product of the Year Award on Graphic Packaging International, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, for a microwaveable bacon package for Embotits Espina, a ...
Tags: AIMCAL, Bacon package, Graphic Packaging International
In times of plenty, consumers often trade up from canned and frozen food to chilled despite higher prices. They see fresh foods as the more healthful option. Brand owners sometimes leverage freshness as a quality that can elevate a product ...
The practice of purchasing products online has affected packaging-appearance, structure, messaging and more. However, research and expert opinion reflects there still exists a need for packaging companies to understand the differences-and ...
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Stride, The Ridiculously Long Lasting Gum, introduces its newest flavor: Stride Whitemint. This is the brand's first-ever custom-designed, custom-created pack inspired by sports icon, Shaun White. Stride Whitemint—a long-lasting ...
Tags: package design, package graphics, Packaging
UK firm Dairy Crest has announced it is reorganising its business to focus on "consumer-driven growth" and to build an "integrated" supply chain. The move reflects the increasingly "more focused" and "less complex" nature of Dairy Crest's ...
Kraft Foods Group today (15 February) said it expected to file a near-11% fall in revenues for the last three months of 2012, with sales down across the US grocery group's businesses. The Oscar Mayer meats firm, which was formed when ...
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Better management of input costs and higher sales in emerging markets have helped global snacks giant Mondelez International report higher underlying profits in 2012. The Cadbury owner booked a 4% increase in operating income to US$3.64bn ...
Tags: Cost Control, Developing Markets, Mondelez
Global snacks giant Mondelez International has affirmed confidence in its ability to increase sales by at least 5% on an organic basis in 2012 amid concerns on Wall Street. Better management of input costs and higher sales in emerging ...
Tags: snacks giant, Mondelez International, sales
NewsGator is re-architecting its Social Sites enterprise social networking (ESN) suite so that it can be installed independently of Microsoft's SharePoint collaboration server. The decision isn't terribly surprising, given that Microsoft ...
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