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Dole Food Posts Reduce $13.6m in Q3 2012

Dec 4, 2012

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 ...

Tags: loss, asset sale, lower expenses

Dole Food Is in Advanced Talks

Dec 4, 2012

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

Conagra Foods's Manufacturing Facility in US Will Be Closed in Late Spring 2013

Dec 4, 2012

US packaged foods company ConAgra Foods plans to close its manufacturing facility in Little Rock,Arkansas,in late spring 2013,a move that will put 240 jobs at risk. ConAgra Foods gained ownership of the Little Rock facility when it ...

Tags: jobs, refrigerated breakfast sandwiches, sausages, manufacturing facility

The Profit of Conagra Foods Decreased in Q4 for Pension Accounting Change

Dec 3, 2012

US packaged foods company ConAgra Foods has reported a net loss of$86.2m for the fiscal 2012 fourth quarter ended 27 May 2012,compared to a net profit of$250.1m in the previous year,owing to charges with regard to a change in accounting ...

Tags: net profit, revenue, price

Two Companied Cooperate to Improve The Quality of Goods in Cold Supply Chain

Dec 3, 2012

US-based Rehrig Pacific, a manufacturer of reusable transport packaging systems, and Intelleflex, a provider of on-demand data visibility for cold chain asset management, have announced a strategic solution partnership, in a bid to improve ...

Tags: Cold Chain, Management Solutions, packaging systems

Rehrig Pacific and Intelleflex to Improve Quality and Traceability of Products

Nov 30, 2012

Rehrig Pacific and Intelleflex have formed a strategic solution partnership to improve the quality and traceability of temperature-sensitive products in the cold supply chain. The partnership is expected to develop reusable transport ...

Tags: company cooperation, transport packaging solutions, management solution

Snack Pack Introduced New Bakery-Inspired Pudding Varieties

Nov 30, 2012

Snack Pack, a brand owned by US packaged foods company ConAgra Foods, has introduced new bakery-inspired pudding varieties with its Bakery Shop range. Snack Pack Bakery Shop pudding is available in five flavors: banana cream pie, ...

Tags: Snack Pack, banana cream pie, chocolate cupcake, frosted sugar cookie

ConAgra Mills Has Launched Ultragrain High Performance to Its Ultragrain Family of Flours

Nov 30, 2012

ConAgra Mills, the food ingredients brand of US packaged foods firm ConAgra Food, has launched Ultragrain High Performance (HP), a new addition to its Ultragrain family of flours. The company noted that the new product offers whole wheat ...

Tags: wheat gluten reduction

Dole Food's Acquisition Plan by Japanese Company Itochu

Nov 26, 2012

Japanese trading company Itochu is in talks to acquire Dole Food’s global canned-fruit and juice-beverage processing operations, as well as its packaged foods and Asian fruit and vegetable businesses. Dole Food, a distributor of ...

Tags: Dole Food, canned-fruit, juice-beverage, talks

Sears Canada Has Been Appointed Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer

Nov 20, 2012

Sears Canada Inc.announced that Douglas C.Campbell has been appointed Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company effective today.In his new role,Mr.Campbell will oversee retail ...

Tags: Sears Canada, Douglas Campbell, EVP, COO

RDL Represents One of The More Perfect Applications for LEDs

Nov 1, 2012

Refrigerated display lighting (RDL) represents one of the more perfect applications for LEDs. Because fluorescent tubes can be replaced with LED strips and reduce energy usage by 60%, retailers are beginning to implement LED case lighting ...

Tags: LED lighting

ConAgra Has Completed The Acquisition of Unilever's North American Frozen Meals Business

Aug 21, 2012

US packaged foods company ConAgra has completed the acquisition of Unilever's North American frozen meals business for a total cash consideration of$267m,a move which will strengthen its frozen food business. The agreement to acquire ...

Tags: acquisition, frozen meals business, cash consideration

Conagra Has Signed an Agreement to Acquire Bertolli and PF Chang'S Frozen Meals Businesses

Jul 31, 2012

US packaged foods company ConAgra Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire the Bertolli and PF Chang’s Home Menu frozen meals businesses from Unilever for a total cash consideration of $265m. The agreement includes a license ...

Tags: agreement, cash consideration, frozen meals

The Euro-Leaf Organic Logo Became Fully Mandatory Yesterday(1 July)

Jul 2, 2012

The Euro-leaf organic logo became fully mandatory yesterday(1 July). The principle of an umbrella logo for all European organic packaged foods was first approved in 2007 and the long-road to implementation is now at an end.All ...

Tags: organic logo, packaged foods, strict farming standards

A Swathe of Results Releases This Week Highlighted The Ongoing Difficulties of Operating

Jun 11, 2012

A swathe of results releases this week highlighted the ongoing difficulties of operating in the current economic climate. Supervalu announced that it is cutting 2,500 jobs from its Albertsons chain and McCain said that it is quitting pizza ...

Tags: Supervalu, cutting jobs, meat, food, packaged foods

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