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January 31, 2013
Kraft Foods fulfills marketing needs with new role

Kraft Foods Group is stepping up its marketing efforts by naming Deanie Elsner to the newly created role of chief marketing officer, reporting directly to company CEO, Tony Vernon.

September 26, 2012
Kraft Foods' North American product portfolio holds the salt

Kraft Foods is on track to complete a three-year initiative to reduce sodium by an average of 10% across its North American portfolio by the end of 2012.

March 16, 2012
Executives from P&G, Macy's nominated to serve on Kraft Foods board

Kraft Foods has nominated two candidates to serve on the company's board of directors.

January 17, 2012
Kraft gears up for spinoff

Realigning U.S. sales, consolidating U.S. management centers and streamlining corporate and business unit organizations are on the to-do list of Kraft Foods as it prepares to spin off its business in two independent public companies before the end of the year.

August 4, 2011
Kraft reveals plans to split business into two independent, publicly traded companies

NORTHFIELD, Ill. — Kraft Foods is planning to create two independent public companies, which will include a global snacks business and a North American grocery business.

The company expects to create these companies — the high-growth global snacks business, which carries an estimated revenue of approximately $32 billion and the high-margin North American grocery business, which touts an estimated revenue of approximately $16 billion — through a tax-free spinoff of the North American grocery business to Kraft Foods shareholders.

June 30, 2011
Kraft Foods names supply chain leadership

Kraft Foods announced that Daniel Myers will join the company in September as EVP supply chain.

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