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Single-serve Minute Maid Enhanced Juices

Convenience Store News | 5 hours 5 minutes ago

Single-serve Minute Maid Enhanced Juices November 22, 2009 - The Coca-Cola Co. will give the Minute Maid Enhanced Juice and Juice Drink line an expansion in 2010 with a new 12-fluid-ounce, single-serve, shrink-wrapped package for its three most popular flavors -- Minute Maid Pomegranate Blueberry Flavored 100% Juice Blend; Minute Maid Pomegranate Lemonade; and Minute Maid Strawberry Kiwi Flavored Juice Drink. The packaging is meant to address the needs of on-the-go, health-conscious cons...... (more)


Cadbury Prefers Merger With Hershey Over Kraft: Report

ABC News | 5 hours 52 minutes ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Cadbury Plc would prefer a merger with U.... (more)


Nestle may consider a bid for Cadbury: report

Reuters | 7 hours 51 minutes ago

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss food giant Nestle may consider a bid for Britain's Cadbury to challenge a hostile 9.9 billion pound ($16.3 dollars) bid by Kraft Foods Inc and a potential move by Hershey, Bloomberg reported on Sunday.... (more)


Mexican American former anti-drug chief's reputation on trial

Chicago Tribune | 13 hours 45 minutes ago

Reporting from Nogales, Ariz. - Around here, the grim joke goes, most people work for the government or the mafias.... (more)


Nestle Said to Consider Options for Cadbury, May Challenge Kraft, Hershey

Bloomberg | 15 hours 51 minutes ago

Nestle is reviewing its options with bankers and may decide against a bid, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks are private. Hershey and Ferrero SpA said in statements last week that they were also evaluating options. Ferrero, the maker of Nutella, is unlikely to proceed with an offer, said three people briefed on the situation.... (more)


Hershey mulls $17 billion solo bid for Cadbury: source

Reuters | 17 hours 47 minutes ago

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co is considering launching a bid of at least $17 billion for British chocolatier Cadbury Plc as it seeks to trump a hostile offer by Kraft Foods Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.... (more)


My Chocolate Meltdown

New York Times, The | 17 hours 49 minutes ago

TO investment bankers, it?s welcome news that Kraft Foods is offering more than $16 billion to acquire the British candymaker Cadbury: Maybe the frozen credit markets are thawing. As a chocolate fiend, bunkered in my kitchen alongside a simmering bain-marie, I find it an ominous prospect.... (more)


Royal Bank of Scotland shows lack of loyalty and ethics as it backs Krafts bid for Cadbury

Observer (London), The | 21 hours 39 minutes ago

The state-controlled bank does the chocolate maker a discourtesy as it opts for a quick buck" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://combo.guim.co.uk/82479/common/styles/wide/attention-data.css" media="screen... (more)


RBS kept client Cadbury in the dark as it prepared to back Kraft's hostile bid

Observer (London), The | 21 hours 39 minutes ago

Despite a relationship spanning decades, RBS did not tell the chocolate maker of its planned defection until the eleventh hour" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://combo.guim.co.uk/82479/common/styles/wide/attention-data.css" media="screen... (more)


Margareta Pagano: Is our shareholder democracy all it's cracked up to be

Independent (London), The | 21 hours 54 minutes ago

The Kraft-Cadbury takeover battle raises questions... (more)


Nestle Said to Weigh Options for Cadbury Bid, May Challenge Kraft Offer

Bloomberg | 21 hours 56 minutes ago

Nestle is reviewing its options with bankers and may not make a bid, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks are private. Hershey and Ferrero SpA said in statements this week they were also evaluating options. Ferrero, the maker of Nutella, is unlikely to proceed with an offer, said three people briefed on the situation.... (more)




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