Foods / beverages
FTC challenges merger of US Foods with Sysco
21 Feb 2015
US regulator okays non-browning GM apples
14 Feb 2015
China, Japan drag down McDonald’s January sales
10 Feb 2015
Starbucks reports first UK profits
05 Feb 2015
Starbucks' strong performance came from better engagement with employees, giving customers more and rebalancing its stores portfolio
UK Cadbury ban leaves chocolate lovers fuming
28 Jan 2015
Super-tomato big enough to feed four launched in UK
27 Jan 2015
The 'Gigantomo' is so big that one tomato alone can serve up to four people and just one slice fills an entire burger bun or sandwich
Mumbai’s bottled ‘mineral water’ is cancerous, finds BARC study
17 Jan 2015
The packaged drinking water, including top brand 'Bisleri', PepsiCo's 'Kinley' and state-run 'Rail Neer', are laden with harmful chemicals formed due to processes involved during treatment of the water before packaging, the BARC study says the study
Singapore’s OLAM to buy ADM’s cocoa business for $1.3 bn
16 Dec 2014
The acquisition will make Olam one of the world’s top three cocoa producers with a combined annual capacity of around 700,000 tonnes
B C Partners consortium to acquire US pet food retailer PetSmart for $8.7 bn
15 Dec 2014
The sell-off comes after the company came under pressure from two of its biggest shareholders who said the company was under-performing
Danone said to target Mead Johnson with sale of $2 bn stake in Yakult
26 Nov 2014
Groupe Danone, the world’s largest yogurt maker, is said to be weighing plans to sell its stake worth $2 billion in Japanese dairy-drink producer Yakult Honsha Co, to raise funds for a possible acquisition of US baby-formula maker Mead Johnson Nutrition Co, valued at $20.5 billion
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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