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Food companies need to prepare for a changing world

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

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.

Post acquires egg producer

Jeremy Gerrard

September 6, 2016

Missouri-based Post Holdings, Inc. has agreed to acquire National Pasteurized Eggs, Inc. (NPE).

Mondelez Int’l no longer pursuing combination with Hershey

Mondelez says it will continue to pursue other acquisition opportunities

Crystal Lindell

August 30, 2016

In a move that’s a bit like saying, ‘No, we broke up with you,’ Mondelēz International, Inc. has announced it has ended discussions with The Hershey Company regarding a possible combination of the two companies.

AB InBev to cut thousands of jobs after merger

Jeremy Gerrard

August 30, 2016

An estimated 6,600 jobs are on the line upon completion of the takeover of SAB Miller.

FSMA

Nestlé expands QAC in Dublin, OH in anticipation of FSMA

Expansion makes it Nestlé’s largest testing facility.

Crystal Lindell

August 16, 2016

The center is now the largest and most sophisticated testing facility in the Nestlé network and possibly the world.

Mars banned from selling M&M’s in Sweden

Forrest Mars Jr., who helped build candy empire, dies at 84

Jeremy Gerrard

July 29, 2016

Forrest E. Mars Jr. died on Tuesday. He was 84.

Nestlé names new CEO

Jeremy Gerrard

June 28, 2016

Swiss food and beverage company Nestlé has tapped Ulf Mark Schneider as the company’s next CEO.

Campbell removing BPA from cans by 2017

Jeremy Gerrard

March 29, 2016

The Campbell Soup Company says it will stop using Bisphenol A (BPA) in the lining of its cans by the middle of 2017 to address some consumers’ concerns.

PepsiCo closes US yogurt business

Jeremy Gerrard

December 21, 2015

PepsiCo Inc. and German dairy company Theo Muller Group are abandoning their joint venture and ending production at the plant.

General Mills to invest in food startups

October 26, 2015

General Mills announced 301 INC, the company’s new business development and venturing unit, will embark on a new strategy that will focus on building partnerships with emerging food brands to create innovations in the food industry.