Foods / beverages
Coffee machine maker Keurig goes private in $13.9-bn deal
08 Dec 2015
Vermont-based Keurig sells over 400 different products, including coffee – over 60 brands - teas and other beverages, as well as specialty pods, brewers and accessories in the US and Canada through its own brands and in partnerships
Global diet getting sweeter: Study
03 Dec 2015
Tata enters instant coffee market with Coffee Grand
01 Dec 2015
Tata Global Beverages said Tata Coffee Grand was developed in-house and that a 50g bottle will cost Rs130 in the north, west and eastern regions while it has been priced lower in the south
Healthy snacks make people fat: Nutritionist
30 Nov 2015
Eighteen villages in Varanasi want local Coca-Cola plant shut
28 Nov 2015
Coca-Cola exploits groundwater at the expense of the poor, the women, children, farmers and livestock who have to live with less water because Coca-Cola mines groundwater in a water scarce area for profit
Now, Nestle’s pasta sample found to have high lead content
28 Nov 2015
Test reports received on 2 September showed the samples contained lead as much as 6 parts per million against the permissible limit of 2.5 ppm, says the report
Coke under fire for funding non-profit health outfit
25 Nov 2015
The soft drink giant’s chief health and science officer Rhona Applebaum has resigned following revelations that Coca-Cola Co funded research that downplays the role of sugary drinks in obesity
Pinnacle Foods to buy Boulder Brands for $710 mn
25 Nov 2015
Nestle India sells 33 mn packs of Maggi in 10 days as govt’s Rs640-cr suit drags
21 Nov 2015
Nestle India’s instant noodle Maggi is back with a bang, selling about 33 million packs of the fast food in 10 days since it was relaunched in the Indian market last week
FSSAI moves SC over Maggi test remarks
17 Nov 2015
Instant hit: 60,000 Maggi 12-packs sold in 5 minutes on Snapdeal
12 Nov 2015
Returning to the market after a five-month hiatus, Maggi sold 60,000 ‘welcome kits’ of 12 packs each in five minutes flat through its online tie-up with Snapdeal
Snapdeal offers Maggi noodles on 'flash sale’
10 Nov 2015
Marking a first for a food product, Nestle's Maggi noodles is being sold via the unique "flash sale model" on e-commerce platform Snapdeal
Freebies for kids a hit in US fast food joints
02 Nov 2015
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