It's been more than a year since Cadbury-Schweppes, under pressure from investors, said it would spin off its U.S. beverages business. But finally, it looks like it's actually going to happen: The spinoff, with the somewhat silly-sounding moniker Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, will begin trading on the New York Stock...
It's been more than a year since Cadbury-Schweppes, under pressure from investors, said it would spin off its U.S. beverages business. But finally, it looks like it's actually going to happen: The spinoff, with the somewhat silly-sounding moniker Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, will begin trading on the New York Stock...
In 2006, Hershey Co. made a mistake. Trying to trim costs, it cut way back on its marketing budget. Sales plummeted. Rival Mars took up most of the slack. And now, with Mars growing to gargantuan proportions after its merger with Wm. J. Wrigley Co., things...