View Cart (0 items)

Food & Beverage

Zhongpin resumes production at Deyang plant

June 16, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that Chinese meat processor Zhongpin Inc. said recently it resumed production at its Deyang plant in the Sichuan Province following last month''s earthquake.The company said
Read More

US companies to indicate age on beef for S. Korea

June 4, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that several U.S. beef companies said recently they will begin labeling shipments to South Korea to note how old slaughtered cattle were at the time
Read More

Coke bottle wins trademark in Japan

June 2, 2008
According to the Associated Press, the familiar curvaceous shape of the Coca-Cola bottle is now officially registered as a trademark in Japan -- this nation''s first such recognition of a
Read More

China''s AgFeed Pigs Out

May 30, 2008
Forbes.com is reporting that with pig prices soaring in China, AgFeed is bulking up its hog production business.The Chinese feed and pork producer acquired two commercial hog farms in Fujian
Read More

Anheuser-Busch, beer co. to pay $21M in club fire

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 nightclub
Read More

Ark. court: Cancer claim against poultry firms can proceed

May 14, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that Arkansas poultry producers who were dismissed two years ago from a lawsuit that seeks to hold them responsible for a man''s leukemia are targets
Read More

Coca-Cola seeks more acquisitions to grow business

May 14, 2008
According to Reuters, Coca-Cola Co., the world''s biggest drinks maker, is seeking more acquisition opportunities in the fast-growing soft drinks market to expand its revenue sources, the company''s CEO-in-waiting said
Read More

Brazilian beef firm defends plans to buyout US rivals

May 12, 2008
According to the Associated Press, the head of Brazilian meatpacking company JBS SA tried to assure lawmakers recently that his company''s buyout of two U.S. rivals would mean more jobs
Read More

PepsiCo and bottler acquire Russia-based Sobol-Aqua JSC

May 7, 2008
PepsiCo Inc. and its bottler Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. said that they completed their acquisition of Russia-based Sobol-Aqua JSC, the Associated Press reported recently.Financial terms of the deal were not
Read More

Mars and Buffett team up to buy Wrigley

April 28, 2008
M&M''s candy maker Mars Inc has teamed up with billionaire Warren Buffett to buy Wm Wrigley Jr Co., the world''s largest chewing gum maker, for $23 billion, creating the world''s
Read More