Content about Food industry

June 14, 2013
Kraft creates new structure, names division heads

Kraft foods split its grocery division into two units – meals and desserts and enhancers and snack nuts – to reduce complexity and improve focus on brand building.

June 12, 2013
Royal Ahold, Nestlé CEOs to co-chair Consumer Goods Forum

Royal Ahold CEO Dick Boer and Nestlé CEO Paul Bulcke are the new co-chairs of global packaged goods organization the Consumer Goods Forum.

June 12, 2013
Safeway exits Canada, sells to Sobeys

The Canadian retail landscape shifted again late Wednesday when Safeway announced the sale of its operations there to Sobeys Inc. for $5.8 billion.

June 10, 2013
Kroger ratifies labor agreement with UFCW Local 700

Kroger central division employees working at Kroger stores in the Indianapolis area have ratified a new four-year labor agreement with UFCW Local 700.

June 7, 2013
Acquisition of Heinz complete

Berkshire Hathaway and an investment fund affiliated with 3G Capital have completed their acquisition of H.J. Heinz Company.

June 4, 2013
Food Industry Alliance joins others in USDA Food Waste Challenge

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s has launched the Food Waste Challenge to encourage people to reduce, recover and recycle food waste.

May 31, 2013
Cargill CEO appointed to Deere board

Deere & Company has elected Cargill CEO Gregory R. Page to its board of directors. Cargill is an international producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services.

May 31, 2013
Former Land O' Lakes exec new Safeway CIO

Safeway has appointed Land O' Lakes executive Barry Libenson as the company’s SVP and CIO. He succeeds David Ching, who retired earlier this year after 19 years with the company.

May 30, 2013
CEO of SES Spar European named ICSC divisional VP, Europe

The International Council of Shopping Centers’ executive committee has elected Marcus Wild, CEO of SES Spar European Shopping Centers, as divisional VP for the association’s European division.

May 28, 2013
ConAgra exec receives IFMA’s foodservice award

The International Foodservice Manufacturers Association honored ConAgra VP of strategic projects William J. Caskey with the trade association’s newly established Distinguished Foodservice Executive Award.

May 28, 2013
Turkey Hill Daily president Frey retires

Kroger has announced the retirement of Quintin Frey, president of Turkey Hill Dairy. Frey began his career with Kroger at Turkey Hill Dairy in 1980 as a management trainee.

May 22, 2013
Kohl’s adds Starbucks’ Gass to branding team

Kohl’s has appointed Starbucks executive Michelle Gass to the newly created position of chief customer officer. She will report directly to Kohl’s chairman, president and CEO Kevin Mansell.

May 21, 2013
Balance Innovations names former Safeway exec CEO

Balance Innovations, a provider of reconciliation and cash office management solutions for the retail industry in the United States and Canada, has named former Safeway executive Steve Rempel president and CEO.

May 16, 2013
Walmart, Starbucks execs named to PCI board

PCI Security Standards Council has appointed representatives from retail merchants such as Walmart, Woolworths Limited and Starbucks, as well as from the Retail Solution Providers Association, to its board of advisors.

May 14, 2013
Former Mars exec to sit on beauty brand board

Olivier Goudet, partner and CEO of the Joh. A. Benckiser Group and former CFO of Mars Inc., has been appointed global beauty brand Coty’s board of directors. Goudet replaces Bernd Beetz, who stepped down from Coty's board to pursue other interests.

May 3, 2013
Safeway milks social media with dairy contest

Safeway’s Lucerne brand cow is the face of the company’s eighth annual Lucerne: The Art of Dairy art contest. Safeway chose nine student finalists whose life-size fiberglass cows stand to win one of them a $30,000 grand prize.

May 2, 2013
Starbucks beefs up leadership team

Starbucks chairman, president and CEO Howard Schultz announced changes to the company’s senior leadership team, aimed to further accelerate the company’s global growth plans.

May 1, 2013
Smucker & Life Is Good brew up new coffee line

A collaboration between Life is good Company and J.M. Smucker Company will bring a line of coffee products to retail shelves throughout North America.

May 1, 2013
Union derides Target as ‘Walmart junior’ following NLRB ruling

The United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500 representing the greater New York area claimed victory over Target this week and offered some harsh words following a ruling by the National Labor Relations Board.

April 29, 2013
Safeway CEO search ends at home

Robert Edwards will replace Steven Burd as CEO of Safeway, the company announced Monday evening.

April 26, 2013
Americas, Asia bolster Starbucks Q2 profits

Starbucks reported that its second-quarter profit rose 26% to $390.4 million, up from $309.9 million last year, amid sales increases in the Americas and Asia regions.

April 25, 2013
Coca-Cola names former Ernst & Young exec VP

Coca-Cola’s board of directors has elected Robin Moore as one of the company’s VPs.

April 25, 2013
Safeway sales suffer, shares drop

Safeway shares dropped dramatically as the company reported $10 billion in sales for its first quarter 2013 ended March 23, which is essentially flat as compared to the first quarter of 2012.

April 18, 2013
PepsiCo encouraged by Q1 results

PepsiCo reported a net revenue increase of 1% to $12,581 billion from $12,428 billion for the period ended March 23. Its net income declined by slightly more than 1 billion to $1,085 billion from $1,133 billion.

April 17, 2013
Dove turns to forensic artist for latest real beauty campaign

According to research conducted by Unilever's Dove brand, the way women depict themselves is dramatically different from how others perceive them.

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