Business

Tea, RTD Tea Trends Report
11/06/2009 - Market research publisher Packaged Facts released its fully updated report, “Tea and Ready-to-Drink (RTD) Tea in the U.S.: Retail, Foodservice and Consumer Trends”, which examines the U.S. market for tea across the retail and foodservice spectrum, including ready-to-drink (RTD) tea, leaf (bagged and loose) tea and instant tea. ...

General Mills Invites Innovation
11/05/2009 - General Mills announced the launch of General Mills Worldwide Innovation Network (G-WIN). ...

MGP Ingredients 1Q 2010 Earnings
11/05/2009 - MGP Ingredients, Inc. reports earnings for first quarter 2010. ...

FrieslandCampina Domo Name Change
11/05/2009 - PARAMUS, N.J.— FrieslandCampina Domo, formed as a result of the merger between the two dairy companies Friesland Foods Domo and Campina D.V. on January 1, 2009, announced the company’s official house style and logos changed in October 2009, but contractual and logistical issues such as invoices and packaging will not change until the legal entity change is finalized. These name and house style...

CP Kelco Opens New Facility
11/04/2009 - CP Kelco opened its newest hydrocolloid facility in Taixing, China that complies with China Food GMP standards and has the flexibility to produce carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) for the food, paper, oilfield and industrial markets. ...

Alcohol Sales Predicted to Fall in 2010
11/04/2009 - Total alcohol sales in all away-from-home venues are expected to decline 2.5 percent in 2010 with the largest declines occurring in the casual full-service restaurants and high-end white tablecloth restaurants. ...

IFF Reports 3Q Revenue
11/04/2009 - International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. reported third quarter 2009 revenue of $613 million, one percent lower than the prior year quarter. ...

Halloween Candy Sales Up 2%
10/30/2009 - Halloween candy sales increased nearly 2 percent this year with people spending about $18 on average. ...

Convenience Store Sales Pick Up
10/28/2009 - The recession may have caused several quarters’ decline in purchase incidence at convenience stores, but consumers have returned to purchasing a larger variety of products from the stores in the second quarter of 2009. ...

Cognis Launches Sustainability Internet Portal
10/28/2009 - Cognis, the global specialty chemicals supplier, created a new sustainability portal, Cognis.com/company/sustainability as part of its comprehensive sustainability management efforts.  ...