Nestlé USA's Pizza Division factory in Little Chute, Wisconsin has reduced its water usage by 7.4 million gallons per year by increasing the performance and efficiency of its cooling towers using GE's advanced water-treatment ...
Tags: Nestlé, GE, water-treatment chemical technology, STP
Swiss food company Nestléplans to establish two research and development(R&D)facilities in China,to improve its understanding of Chinese ingredients and local cuisine. The units are also expected to provide scientific and ...
Tags: ingredients, research and development facilities, local cuisine
Shares in Salesforce.com had risen 45 per cent since the start of the year,but lost five per cent of their value yesterday as markets became concerned about the long-term profitability of the business following a major buying spree. The ...
Tags: Salesforce.com, long-term profitability, cloud consulting firm, Oracle
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 ...
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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
Nestle has opened its first facility in Angola, which it says will act as a "finishing centre" for its Nido milk powder. The CHF16m (US$16.5m) facility in Luanda will eventually be extended to also manufacture products including Nescafe, ...
Tags: Nestle, Angola, milk powder, Nescafe, opened facility
The Carola brand of spring water, sold in eastern France, has reportedly adopted new scribing lasers aimed at better flexibility, besides reducing the environmental impact. Nestlé Group's subsidiary Carola introduced the red, green ...
Tags: Nestlé, bottle water, bottle, color coding, compact scribing laser
Dangote Cement Plc has emerged Forbes Africa top 25 West African listed companies. The event titled, The Top Listed West African Companies" was a celebration of the success of risk takers and job creators. The award covers the top 25 ...
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Nestle has sold its Australian ice cream business Peters to private-equity firm Pacific Equity Partners for an undisclosed sum. The sale, which includes Nestle's Mulgrave factory, will also comprise sub-brands such as Original, Light & ...
Nestle is to launch a range of "smaller treats" across four of its confectionery brands in the UK. The range, which will launch on 16 July, is aimed at children aged four to 11 years and crosses its Smarties, Rowntree's, Milkybar and ...
Tags: Nestle, smaller treats, confectionery, kids pocket money, snack
In the UK, the increasing level of couponing in retail set the industry talking this week as Tesco CEO Philip Clarke noted the step-up in this type of promotion, while industry analysts gave their views on this growing trend. Elsewhere, ...
Tags: retail, Tesco, shares in the meat, promotional
Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials-textiles, leather, industrial fabrics, and composite materials-is pleased to announce the appointment of Emmanuel Mussault as Director, ...
Tags: Lectra, textiles, leather, industrial fabrics, composite materials
In March 2010, Michelle Obama stood on a stage in Washington and leveled a challenge at the food industry's biggest players. "We need you all to step it up," she told a meeting of the Grocery Manufacturers Association. Just a month earlier, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food