Allen Shiver, president of US baker Flowers Foods, has been named the company's new CEO. Shiver, who has spent over three decades at Flowers, will replace George Deese in May. Deese, also Flowers chairman, will become executive chairman. ...
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US baker Flowers Foods has reached an agreement with Hostess Brands to acquire its Wonder, Nature's Pride, Merita, Home Pride and Butternut bread brands for around US$360m. Flowers has emerged as the "stalking horse" bidder that, if the ...
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US baker Flowers Foods has reached an agreement with Hostess Brands to acquire its Wonder, Nature's Pride, Merita, Home Pride and Butternut bread brands for around US$360m. Flowers will also take on 20 of Hostess' bakeries and ...
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US-based baking company Flower Foods has signed two agreements to acquire certain bakery assets of Hostess Brands. The value of the total deal is approximately $390m. One of the agreements includes purchase of the Wonder, Nature's Pride, ...
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Just Label It (JLI) has announced its formal support of the ballot initiative 'Yes on Prop 37- California Right to Know' that enables California voters to vote for mandatory labeling of GE foods in fall 2012. JLI chairman Gary Hirshberg ...
US-based baking company Flower Foods has agreed to acquire certain bakery assets and trademark licenses from BBU, a subsidiary of Mexico-based Grupo Bimbo, for an undisclosed amount. The deal has received clearance from the United States ...
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Akrimax Pharmaceuticals has introduced Suprenza (phentermine HCl) orally disintegrating tablets (ODT) for the management of exogenous obesity. The company has launched Suprenza ODT in 15mg and 30mg dosage strengths. Suprenza is ...
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I finally got my hands on the National Sporting Goods Administration's (NSGA) 2010 report on the US Bicycle Market. In addition to being some of the most exciting news we've seen in 20 years (more about that in a minute), it's also by far ...
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Flowers Foods has acquired the licence to the Earthgrains and Sara Lee brands in California from Grupo Bimbo. The US bread maker has predicted consolidation in the US bakery sector and is looking to build its geographic reach by ...
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This week's clutch of featured industry research from the just-food store highlights packaging solutions throughout the supply chain, top ten ingredients companies and marketing to US Hispanics. PACKAGING Packaging Solutions Throughout ...
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