Foods / beverages
JAB Holding in pact to buy US bakery chain Panera Bread for $7.2 bn
06 Apr 2017
Panera Bread is a bakery-café fast casual restaurant chain with operations in the US and Canada, where it employs over 100,000 people and generates annual revenues of $5 billion
“World’s strongest coffee” arrives in US stores
01 Apr 2017
MPs call for controlling “deep discounting” of unhealthy foods by supermarkets to tackle childhood obesity
28 Mar 2017
Yogi effect: chicken, mutton, egg dealers down shutters in UP
25 Mar 2017
With Hindutva forces to the fore in Uttar Pradesh, harried sellers of non-vegetarian items have decided to shut shop, not only affecting the diet of citizens but also threatening an escalation of vegetable prices
‘Green’ chicken, lab-grown duck may soon be on your menu
22 Mar 2017
Growing meat in the lab from stem cells is not just a faddish experiment – it is very much a commercial proposition, as rearing meat in the traditional way is resource-intensive and damaging to the environment
Unilever prepares to sell Flora, Bertolli and Stork brands for around £6 bn
20 Mar 2017
Kraft Heinz, which made and then withdrew an unsolicited $143-billion takeover bid for Unilever, may emerge as a possible buyer for the "spreads" business, which generates 4 per cent of Unilever’s entire revenue
Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food expands dog food recall
07 Mar 2017
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