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Snack food companies

Utz, Metropoulos & Co. form strategic partnership

Investor behind Hostess Brands makes significant investment in the U.S.’s largest independent salty snack company.

Crystal Lindell

October 20, 2016

The largest independent salty snack company in the United States and an investment firm are forming a new partnership.

PepsiCo

Pepsi understands that the future of food is sweeter with less sugar

As the beverage company announces plans to decrease sugar in its products, other companies should follow

Crystal Lindell

October 20, 2016

Admitting you have a problem is the first step in solving it. So Pepsi saying publically that it knows there’s too much sugar in many of its drinks is a big deal

PepsiCo

PepsiCo pledges to use less sugar, reduce environmental impact by 2025

Company announces plans to release healthier products, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve water efficiency.

Crystal Lindell

October 20, 2016

PepsiCo, Inc. has announced an ambitious global sustainability agenda, with goals ranging from reducing the amount of sugar in its products, to helping women and girls around the world.

Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola Co. to acquire Anheuser-Busch InBev's Stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa

Coke says it has a number of existing partners who are highly qualified and interested in these bottling territories.

Crystal Lindell

October 11, 2016

The Coca-Cola Company has announced that it plans to acquire Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (ABI) stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) following the closing of the ABI combination with SABMiller.

Mars Wrigley Confectionery

Packaged Facts: U.S. candy market gets more competitive with new Mars Wrigley Confectionery

The newly formed company makes it among the largest in the world.

Crystal Lindell

October 11, 2016

Food industry titan Mars, Inc. is making a bullish move in both the U.S. candy market and the Windy City.

Progresso sourcing only antibiotic, hormone-free chicken breasts for soups

Jeremy Gerrard

September 28, 2016

The company’s soups are already free of artificial flavors with plans to remove all colors from artificial sources.

Coca-Cola, U.S. Forest Service restore one billion liters of water

September 15, 2016

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and Coca-Cola North America President Sandy Douglas announced their partnership to restore and protect damaged watersheds on national forests achieved a milestone of one billion liters of water restored.

Top 100 Food & Beverage Companies

2016 Top 100: The Top 100 Food and Beverage Companies in the World

Find out which companies made the cut, and which companies came out on top.

Claire Rowan

September 8, 2016

A candy maker, a Brazillian food maker and two soda companies are among the top 5.

Hormel Foods releases annual corporate responsibility report

Hormel CEO to retire

Jeremy Gerrard

September 8, 2016

Hormel Foods Corporation CEO Jeffrey M. Ettinger will retire at the end of October, the company announced this week.

Editor's Note

Food companies need to prepare for a changing world

As techonology and regulations continue to evolve, food makers need to embrace the changes

Debra Schug

September 7, 2016

Figuring out what customers want to eat and how they will buy it is a full-time job, obviously, and there is an army of people trying to do just that.