04-Oct-2000 - Kellog emerged as the leading pretender to acquire Keebler Foods, the second US cookie and cracker manufacturer, after a bidding process which included Cadbury Schweppes,...
03-Oct-2000 - Aventis CropScience, the company that makes the biotech corn linked to a massive recall of Kraft Foods taco shells in the US, agreed Friday to...
03-Oct-2000 - The European Commission yesterday accused Interbrew and Alken Maes, Belgium's two largest brewers, of operating illegal cartels in an EU-widecrackdown against anti-competitive practices in the...
29-Sep-2000 - Rhodia, the French food ingredients company, has established a new production and marketing venture for vanillin in China. The company has acquired the existing business...
29-Sep-2000 - Carrefour, the French supermarket giant, is to invest 1.2 billion Euros in Spain. The company intends to double its current hypermarket presence, currently 120, in four years.
28-Sep-2000 - More than 2000 dairy farmers and 1200 other farmers have registered with the first of the big e-commerce Internet sites to be set up by...
28-Sep-2000 - Swiss food giant Nestle has announced it will join forces with the beleaguered Japanese food processor, Snow Brand Milk Products. Earlier this year the Japanese...
28-Sep-2000 - Cadbury Schweppes, the UK confectionery and beverages group, will face higher funding costs if it refinances a $2bn (€2.3bn) bridge facility put in place for...
27-Sep-2000 - One-third of the average American's diet is made up of ``junk'' foods, according to an analysis of the eating patterns of over fifteen thousand American...
27-Sep-2000 - Shareholders of US food group General Mills showed strong support this week for the company's decision to use genetically-modified ingredients in Big G cereals and...
26-Sep-2000 - Stockholders at the Archer Daniels Midland Co. annual meeting in October are to vote on a controversial proposal to ban genetically modified crops in ADM...
26-Sep-2000 - Unigate, the UK foods group, announced this week that results from its Malton food division continued to be poor during the first half of this...
25-Sep-2000 - US food group Kraft Foods announced a nationwide recall of taco shells this weekend after confirming that they contained a genetically engineered corn not approved...
25-Sep-2000 - This week's deadline for indicative bids for the drinks business of Canada's Seagram is a complex event, the Financial Times reported yesterday. Major global drinks...
25-Sep-2000 - Eridana Beghin-Say, the French ingredients group, announced last week the completion of a major expansion project of its research and development facilities in Vilvoorde, near...
22-Sep-2000 - ConAgra, the US food products giant, announced an increase in per-share profits by 11 per cent during its fiscal first quarter. Excluding $47 million in...
22-Sep-2000 - US food gum maker CP Kelco is to give the European high yield market a new issue. Investors and analysts reacted positively to the news...
21-Sep-2000 - The food industry is finally embracing e-commerce, according to FoodTRENDS 2000, a study sponsored by US company Thomas Food Industry Register and American Express Co....
21-Sep-2000 - Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch consumer products group, could be forced to sell the famous Oxo brand as the price to pay for EU approval of its...
20-Sep-2000 - Asda, the UK supermarket, is to pay suppliers 2p per litre more for milk all of which will go to farmers, the company said yesterday....
20-Sep-2000 - Hain Celestial Group, the US natural and organic food company, reported yesterday a net loss of $17.1 million for the fiscal year ending June 2000....
19-Sep-2000 - Cadbury Schweppes, the sweets and fizzy drinks company, confirmed yesterday that it had acquired Snapple, the US juice company, for $1.45 billion (£1 billion) yesterday....
19-Sep-2000 - AmBev and Danone Group agreed to buy 57.34% of Compania Salus in Uruguay. The acquisition was made through a joint company of which Danone Group...
19-Sep-2000 - China's food industry has fixed its development targets for the next five years, according to Asia Pulse. The sugar-refining industry will make efforts to raise...
18-Sep-2000 - Cadbury Schweppes, the UK-based confectionery and drinks group, is currently in talks to acquire Snapple, the bottled soft drinks company, from Triarc, the US beverages...