The Wirtz Beverage group has appointed a leadership team for its
national portfolio of wine, spirit and beer distributorships.(G
The Wirtz Beverage Group has appointed a leadership team for its
national portfolio of wine, spirit and beer distributorships. The team,
which will direct around 3,000 employees and $1.5 billion in . . .
Ketil Eriksen.(GRAPEVINE: News About People ...)(The Absolut
Company)(Brief article)
Following completion of its acquisition of V&S Group, maker of
Absolut Vodka, Pernod Ricard has formed a new division or "brand
owner" called The Absolut Company, which has global . . .
Tim How.(GRAPEVINE: News About People ...)(Brief article)
Tim How, the soon to be former chief executive of Majestic Wine,
looks set to become chairman of the Wine and Spirit Trade Association
(WSTA), replacing Christopher Carson. Carson's three-year . . .
Heineken USA announced two executive appointments within the
organization's sales leadership team, which will help enhance the
c
Heineken USA announced two executive appointments within the
organization's sales leadership team, which will help enhance the
company's support of its wholesaler and retailer networks.
Effective . . .
Wrigley.(BUSINESS BRIEFS ...)
Wrigley has set a date for the special meeting of its shareholders
to vote on the proposed acquisition of the gum-maker by Mars. The
meeting will be held on 25 September in Chicago. Two-thirds . . .
Flowers Foods.(BUSINESS BRIEFS ...)(Brief article)
Flowers Foods has completed the acquisition of ButterKrust Bakery.
The deal, which was announced in June, will see Flowers purchase all
issued and outstanding stock of the holding company of . . .
Clearly Canadian Brands.(BUSINESS BRIEFS ...)(Brief
article)
Clearly Canadian Brands is set to buy organic jam business Crofters
Food, it was announced. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, will double
the size of Clearly, the Canadian group said. The food and . . .
ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston.(BUSINESS BRIEFS ...)
ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston has entered into a joint venture with
Ochoa Foods. The company said that it has entered into a 50/50 joint
venture with the Boise-based, privately-owned potato processing . . .
Department of Agriculture (USDA).(BUSINESS BRIEFS ...)
Four milk co-operatives and a dairy farmers' bargaining
association have petitioned the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to
increase the minimum price for drinking milk in several counties in . . .
The National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service.(BUSINESS
BRIEFS ...)
U.S. beef ribs imported late last month have cleared South
Korea's quarantine inspections and could reach consumers soon,
marking the first time in nearly five years Koreans will have access to
the . . .
EC proposes eco-label scheme for food and drink.
The European Commission has proposed extending its eco labeling
scheme to food and drink products for the first time, as part of its new
sustainable production and consumption action plan. The . . .
Food giants race to pass rising costs to shoppers.(Brief
article)
Companies throughout the food chain are changing the way they do
business in response to soaring grain costs, and consumers are likely to
bear the brunt in the form of rising food prices. Farmers . . .
Salmonella tested as cancer fighter.(News Briefs ...)
Salmonella Tested As Cancer Fighter: While most of the country is
trying to avoid salmonella by not eating jalapeno peppers, Neil Forbes
is embracing the bacteria to help fight a deadly disease: . . .
Tomato upset by handling of Salmonella outbreak.
After weeks of implicating domestic tomatoes in an outbreak of
Salmonella saintpaul, federal food-safety sleuths shifted the spotlight
to jalapeno and Serrano peppers grown in Mexico. But before . . .
COOL to cost U.S. firms $2.5 billion; meets congressional
resistance.
U.S. companies will spend $2.5 billion next year complying with new
country-of-origin food label rules, USDA now estimates. USDA also
estimates that the startup costs will be followed by $499 . . .
EPA denies Texas governor's request for waiver of RFS
mandate.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week announced it
has denied the request by Texas Gov. Rick Perry for a 50 percent cut in
the waiver of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) mandate. . . .
Christine Zakarka.(GRAPEVINE: News About People ...)
Christine Zakarka has been named deputy administrator of the policy
and program development program at USDA's Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service. Prior to this appointment, Zakarka was . . .
Steve Weaver.(GRAPEVINE: News About People ...)
The National Pork Board has elected Steve Weaver (Elk Grove,
Calif.) as president and Tim Bierman (Larrabee, Iowa) as vice president.
Weaver and Bierman were elected during the board's summer . . .
Ronald Waters III.(GRAPEVINE: News About People ...)
Fortune Brands has elected a new director to its board. The
company, which owns Beam Global Spirits & Wine, said that Ronald
Waters III will join its board with immediate effect. Waters . . .
Rep. Travis Childers (D-Miss.).(GRAPEVINE: News About People
...)
Rep. Travis Childers (D-Miss.) has been named to the House
Agriculture Committee. His appointment was made following last
month's resignation of Rep. Lincoln Davis (D-Tenn) from . . .
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