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What better way to find out about the trends in the food industry than by looking what the leading food companies do?   This presentation from Nestle's Chairman and Chief Executive Peter Brabeck-Letmathe provides you with a glance of Nestle's future c...

McDonald's Corp's chief financial officer reiterated the company's forecast for capital spending of about $2 billion in 2008, split between new restaurants and renovation of existing ones.   Speaking at a conference on Wednesday hosted by Cowen and Co....

McDonald´s Corp, la cadena estadounidense de comida rápida proyecta para el año 2008 invertir en capital una suma de de 2,000 millones de dólares, que se repartirán entre los nuevos restaurantes y la renovación de los locales ya existentes.

Will Chase, the potato farmer who had a public spat with Tesco, could be about to reap a multi-million pounds fortune from the sale of a stake in his upmarket Tyrrells Crisps business in a deal that is likely to value the company at more than £20m. Mr...

Remember the attention last month over McDonald's using the covers of Seminole County elementary school report cards to pitch Happy Meals to kids? The company defended the practice, saying it was simply giving rewards to students who got good grades by...

With its Chinese lettering and unremarkable name, the fast-food outlet in a Shanghai shopping mall looks like many others selling local fare. East Dawning is crowded with customers on this winter evening, and they're sampling a menu that includes pork ...

De overname van Eurofreez en Seru &Annoot door de Nederlandse aardappelverwerker Aviko heeft geen grote gevolgen voor de Vlaamse aardappeltelers. "Beide bedrijven blijven zelstandig bestaan. Seru &Annoot zal de aardappelen van 300 telers i...

India's top tobacco firm, ITC Ltd, on Friday beat market forecasts with a 16 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by strong growth in packaged foods and hotels, as it bolsters its non-cigarette businesses further.

Children's diets are now so poor that more than two-thirds of them do not think fast food is a treat, British Heart Foundation research suggests. A poll of 500 youngsters also found that 82% do not think of crisps as anything special. More than half do...

Eco-Tec is proud to announce that it has recently been awarded the contract for biogas purification by McCain Foods (GB) Ltd., England. As a socially responsible company and a highly trusted brand, McCain Foods practices sustainable agriculture and is ...

Austria-based Agrana announced a revenue increase of 3 per cent in its first three quarters, overcoming the challenges of sugar restrictions and weather-induced crop failures. The sugar, starch and fruit preparation company experienced revenue of €1,4...

Wayne Watson, from Centennial, Colorado, is thought to be the only consumer of popcorn to have developed the rare lung condition bronchiolitis obliterans (popcorn lung).   Watson's lungs have been damaged by the flavour chemical diacetyl in the artif...

Westchester County’s ban on the use of cooking oils that contain trans-fat is now in effect for restaurants, school cafeterias and other licensed food service establishments. Starting January 15, 2007, Health Department inspectors will check for trans...

Procter &Gamble Co. might spin off, instead of sell, its Folgers coffee business.   Media reports, cited unidentified sources, said the Cincinnati-based company, which has said it is exploring sales of slower-growing brands, was interested in a sp...

Workers at North American Foods' dehydrated potato flake processing plant have been told that the operation will be closed March 15.The company, previously RDO Foods Co., employs about 125 people at the plant.Officials at the R.D. Offutt Co. corporate...

On January 24th, 2008 eighty years of potato chip manufacturing
on Chicago's south side will come to a close with the public
auction sale of equipment from Jays Foods manufacturing headquarters
on East 99th Street.

UK biscuit and snack maker United Biscuits said yesterday it will cut its carbon emissions by more than a third by 2020 and reduce water and packaging use by a fifth as part of a new strategy to reduce the impact of its operations on the environment.  ...

De vakbonden en Avebe hebben een nieuw resultaat bereikt in de onderhandelingen over een cao voor het aardappelzetmeelconcern. In december wezen de leden van de vakbonden het toen bereikte onderhandelingsresultaat nog af. De cao voor de Avebe-medewer...