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• Food Roundup: Beverage-Free Cadbury, Phelps-Free Kellogg, WTO Complaints, and More

  BNET - 2009-03-12

  Cadbury done with drink market -- Cadbury is selling Schweppes in Australia, the last of its beverage holdings, to Japanese brewer Asahi for $767 million. The two companies reached a conditional agreement in December, but the Coca-Cola Company still had the right to negotiate with Cadbury over any potential sale....

  Tags: U.S., China, Food, Poultry, World Trade Organization, Beverage, Starbucks Corp., Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Katherine Glover

• Food Roundup: Starbucks Slashes 401(k) Matches, Cadbury Drops CSDs, and More

  BNET - 2008-12-24

  Starbucks stops guaranteeing 401k contributions -- The coffee shop chain said that starting Jan. 1, it will not necessarily match employee contributions to 401k retirement accounts. Instead it will switch to a "discretionary" program, meaning the company can elect whether or not to match contributions. [Source: Wall Street Journal] ...

  Tags: Food, 401(k) Plan, Beverage, Starbucks Corp., Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Chipotle, 401(k), Retirement Plans, Food & Beverage, Investment, Human Resources, Benefits, Manufacturing, Finance, Katherine Glover

• Food News Roundup: RIP Zima, Cadbury joins Olympics, Nestle invests in Russia, and More

  BNET - 2008-10-22

  RIP Zima; Cadbury joins Olympics; Nestle invests in Russia plant; Justice Department joins states to block beef merger; and melamine scare inspires marketing of soy products. by Katherine Glover

  Tags: Beverage, Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Finance, Food, Food & Beverage, Investment, Katherine Glover, Manufacturing, Marketing, Marketing Research, Mergers & Acquisitions, Nestle S.A., Olympic Games, Russia, U.S. Department Of Justice

• Cadbury's US drink business to float in May.

  - 2008-03-11

  Cadbury Schweppes eased concerns over the demerger of its US beverages business after securing a loan from five international banks. Nathalie Olof-Ors Cadbury Schweppes eased concerns over the demerger of its US beverages business after securing a loan from five international banks. ...

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• Cadbury drinks demerger goes ahead at last.

  - 2008-03-11

  TIP UPDATE: You'll get shares in a US company that doesn't pay a dividend and isn't growing. Nathalie Olof-Ors TIP UPDATE: You'll get shares in a US company that doesn't pay a dividend and isn't growing. Nathalie Olof-Ors

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• Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages Taps JDA Software Solutions to Increase Customer Satisfaction and Productivity

  - 2008-02-21

  Third Largest Soft-Drink Maker Reduces Planogram Processing Time 94 Percent

  Tags: beverage, Cadbury Schweppes Plc., customer satisfaction

• Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages has created a line of Snapple juice drinks that harkens back to the brand's "good for you" roots

  - 2008-02-01

  Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages has created a line of Snapple juice drinks that harkens back to the brand's "good for you" roots. Snapple Super Premium Juice Drinks offer flavor combinations from superfruits" and contain all-natural ingredients with added vitamins. The line includes four flavors: Goji Punch and Peach Mangosteen and...

  Tags: beverage, brand, Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Snapple

• Cadbury to demerge US beverages.

  - 2007-10-10

  Credit market turmoil has made a trade sale at a decent price unlikely Nathalie Olof-Ors Credit market turmoil has made a trade sale at a decent price unlikely Nathalie Olof-Ors

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• Cadbury's beverage unit goes independent.(INDUSTRY Issues)(Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages)(Larry Young has been appointed president and chief executive officer)(Gil Cassagne has decided to resign from Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages)(Brief arti

  - 2007-10-01

  Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages, Plano, Texas, will become an independent company following the completion of the proposed spin-off from Cadbury Schweppes plc. Ahead of the separation, Gil Cassagne has decided to resign. Larry Young has been app Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages, Plano, Texas, will become an...

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• Blackstone, CVC capital or Permira

  - 2007-09-03

  The advantage that private equity firms have had over established food and drink companies when it came to making acquisitions may be coming to an end due to credit crunch caused by the recent turmoil on the world markets, according to the UK's Daily Telegraph. The inexpensive debt used to...

  Tags: beverage, Blackstone, Cadbury Schweppes Plc., food