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Cadbury advised to merge with Hershey
Telegraph (London) | 3 days 3 hours 1 minute ago
Cadbury should merge with Hershey and list the combined company's shares in both London and New York, a strategist has advised the British confectioner.... (more)
Hyatt Place Portland AirportCascade Station Opens
Hotel Interactive | 3 days 3 hours 34 minutes ago
Hyatt Hotels Resorts and The Summit Group today announce the opening of Hyatt Place Portland AirportCascade Station the first ever ...... (more)
Imperial Sugar, 2 others to build cane sugar plant
Miami Herald, The | 3 days 3 hours 40 minutes ago
SUGAR LAND, Texas -- Imperial Sugar Co. said Friday it has entered a three-way joint venture to build a cane sugar refinery next to its existing factory in Gramercy, La.... (more)
Imperial Sugar enters three-way joint venture to build cane sugar refinery plant in Louisiana -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 3 days 4 hours 17 minutes ago
SUGAR LAND, Texas (AP) — Imperial Sugar Co. said Friday it has entered a three-way joint venture to build a cane sugar refinery next to its existing factory in Gramercy , La.... (more)
Shoppers going green despite struggling economy
USA TODAY | 3 days 6 hours 56 minutes ago
NEW YORK - Despite the worst U.S. recession in decades, sales of organic and sustainable products have continued to grow, experts say, with shoppers willing to spend a few more dollars in a bid to become more green.... (more)
Kroger gears up for Black Friday
Drug Store News | 3 days 7 hours 30 minutes ago
By Allison CerraCINCINNATI (Nov. 20) Kroger stores will begin a holiday gift card offer on Black Friday worth $10 off for every $100 customers purchase in participating gift cards for a two-week period. Shoppers will receive $10 off their purchase automatically by using their loyalty card at checkout.... (more)
Ex-Parmalat Auditors Settle U.S. Investor Lawsuit for $15 Million
Insurance Journal | 3 days 8 hours 19 minutes ago
Copyright Reuters Two former auditors of Parmalat SpA agreed to pay $15 million to settle a class-action lawsuit by U.S. equity investors over their roles in the Italian dairy company's 2003 collapse.... (more)
Kraft's Cadbury bid could foretell M&A boom
FoodNavigator | 3 days 8 hours 22 minutes ago
Kraft's pursuit of Cadbury could mark the start of a surge in M&A activity for the sector as consumers' focus on value supports a stable outlook for food manufacturers during 2010, Fitch Ratings has predicted.... (more)
Cadbury Should Seek Hershey Dual-Listing Merger to Thwart Kraft, GFI Says
Bloomberg | 3 days 8 hours 51 minutes ago
A combined entity could be 55 percent owned by a proposed Cadbury Hershey Plc that would trade in London, and 45 percent controlled by a New York-listed Cadbury Hershey Inc., Royden wrote in a letter to Cadbury Chief Executive Officer Todd Stitzer dated yesterday and obtained by Bloomberg News.... (more)
Fonterra drops Anchor brand share in UK
DairyReporter.com | 3 days 11 hours 1 minute ago
Fonterra has sold its remaining 25 per cent stake in UK joint venture Arla Foods Fonterra (AFF) to majority owner Arla Foods.... (more)
Rain puts pumpkin pies in peril, Nestle says
Denver Post, The | 3 days 13 hours 30 minutes ago
PORTLAND, Ore. - The holidays may not be so sweet this year. ... (more)
Ferrero could eye Cadbury gum, candy unit: report
CNBC | 3 days 13 hours 38 minutes ago
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian chocolate maker Ferrero could be interested in Cadbury's <CBRY.L> gum and candy division, a unit worth about 5 billion euros ($7.4 billion), in a possible joint takeover bid, business daily Il Sole 24 Ore said on Friday.... (more)
Giant Eagle Gaining Approval to Sell Beer in More Pa. Stores
Progressive Grocer | 3 days 16 hours 8 minutes ago
On the heels of gaining the approval to sell beer in its new Market District concept store that opened two weeks ago in Robinson Township, Giant Eagle is obtaining six more licenses from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) to sell beer in more of its Pennsylvania supermarkets, including one in Washington County?s South Strabane as of today.... (more)
Western Grocers Sweeten Union Deals With Gift Cards
Progressive Grocer | 3 days 16 hours 8 minutes ago
Grocery chains King Soopers and Safeway offered signing bonuses consisting of gift cards worth up to $1,000 to union workers in Colorado and Wyoming as part of contract proposals.... (more)
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- Cadbury
- Chattanooga Bakery
- Fonterra
- Giant Eagle
- Groupe Danone SA
- Hershey Co.
- Imperial Sugar Co
- Kroger Co