Food & Beverage
June 9, 2008
According to the Associated Press, food maker H.J. Heinz Co. said recently it will build a manufacturing plant in Florence, S.C.The new plant will produce products for its frozen meals
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June 6, 2008
According to Reuters, Smithfield Foods Inc. posted sharply lower quarterly profit recently as losses in its hog unit, due in part to high feed prices, outweighed better results in its
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June 6, 2008
According to the Associated Press, jams and jellies maker J.M. Smucker is adding coffee to its menu of brands by buying Folgers from consumer products company Procter & Gamble
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June 6, 2008
According to the Associated Press, police in the San Francisco Bay area say a woman set fires in the restrooms of two gas stations and a coffee house and told
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June 4, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that truckers and taxi drivers slowed traffic around Paris'' business district to a crawl recently in a protest over rising fuel prices, and hundreds of
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June 2, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that shares of Jamba Inc. surged recently after the company launched a line of ready-to-drink beverages with the U.S. division of Nestle SA, although an
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June 2, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that old-fashioned asthma inhalers that contain environment-harming chemicals will no longer be sold at year''s end -- and the government is urging patients not to
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May 30, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that Kraft Foods Inc. has reformulated several of its Kool-Aid drinks and launched a new Kool-Aid water beverage to revitalize the brand and bring it
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May 27, 2008
According to the Associated Press, brewer Anheuser-Busch Inc. and a Rhode Island beer distributor have agreed to pay $21 million to settle lawsuits brought by survivors of a 2003
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May 21, 2008
Kayem Foods Inc., a meat processor, said recently it agreed to acquire some brands from Tyson Foods Inc., the world''s largest meat producer, the Associated Press is reporting.Kayem will buy
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