Foods / beverages
Starbucks to pay Kraft $2.76 bn in damages to settle coffee dispute
14 Nov 2013
Starbucks annual retail-grocery coffee sales grew from $50 million to $500 million since signing the deal in 1998, but sales growth fell and market share plunged from 33 per cent in 2005 to about 25 per cent 2010 in premium coffee sales after termination of the agreement
PepsiCo reignites cola war with proposed $5.5 bn market push
12 Nov 2013
Rival carbonated drinks maker Coca-Cola said its investments in India between 2012 and 2020 would rise to $5 billion
US FDA to phase out trans fats from food on health concerns
08 Nov 2013
Declaring a war of trans fats, the US Food and Drug Administration said yesterday, it would require food makers to gradually phase out all artificial trans fats from its products
D E Master Blenders to take majority stake in Norwegian coffee company Kaffehuset Friele
08 Nov 2013
Washington state voters reject labelling of foods containing genetically modified ingredients
07 Nov 2013
FDA proposes rules to regulate animal feed
26 Oct 2013
Maple Leaf launches auction of Canada Bread
25 Oct 2013
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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
02 Apr 2023
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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