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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

• Friday Food Tabloid: Kellogg Pot Boycott, Romantic Tap Water, Cadbury Purple, and More

  BNET - 2009-02-13

  Pot smokers boycott Kellogg Marijuana smokers are boycotting Kellogg over its decision not to renew its contract with Michael Phelps after a photo surfaced of the Olympic swimmer smoking marijuana. The head of the Marijuana Policy Project called the move "hypocritical and disgusting." And as wacky...

  Tags: Food, Valentine's Day, 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 People: Sara Lee, Kraft, Cadbury

  BNET - 2008-12-19

  Sara Lee CFO to Step Down In what the company says is "mutual decision" between himself and CEO Brenda Barnes, Theo de Kool, 56, will step down as Sara Lee's finance chief when the fiscal year ends in June. De Kool has been with the...

  Tags: Food, Sara Lee Corp., Cadbury Schweppes Plc., CFO, De Kool, Financial Accounting, Finance, Dan Mitchell

• Food Roundup: No Mergers for PepsiCo, Cadbury is All-Candy, Whole Foods Outlook Grim, and More

  BNET - 2008-12-16

  PepsiCo to Refrain from Acquisitions -- CEO Indra Nooyi said the drinks-and-snacks giant will concentrate on innovation. The company will "significantly" boost its research budget, she said. [Source: Bloomberg] Cadbury Sells off Last of its Beverages Business -- The confectioner also said it will maintain its full-year...

  Tags: Food, Merger, PepsiCo, Whole Foods, Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Sales Strategy, Food & Beverage, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Sales, Manufacturing, Dan Mitchell

• 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

• 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

• In Operation Since 1965, Cadbury Nigeria Is The Market Leader In Sugar Confectionery, Gum And Food Beverages In That Country, With An Overall Market Share Of 58%

  - 2007-06-28

  DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c61126) has announced the addition of "Nigeria Food & Drink Report Q4 2006" to their offering.

  Tags: beverage, Cadbury Schweppes Plc., food

• Modified food cuts as public votes no.

  - 2003-09-08

  Sep 08, 2003 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) In response to heightened consumer demand, many Australian food manufacturers have committed themselves to anti-genetic modification GM policies. A list compiled by Greenpeace has prompted non-complying companies to address the GM issue. Dairy...

  Tags: Cadbury Schweppes Plc., food, General Motors Corp., Greenpeace, Manufacturing, Nestle S.A.

• Obesity Worries Weigh Heavily on Food Industry.

  - 2003-04-18

  By Jim Armitage, Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 18--The rising number of obese people around the developed world was today named as one of the greatest risks facing the food industry, with chocolate giant Cadbury Schweppes being one of...

  Tags: Cadbury Schweppes Plc., food, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Manufacturing