Foods / beverages

Sara Lee to acquire Philips' stake in Senseo coffee brand for $223 million

27 Jan 2012

Kraft Foods to eliminate 1,600 North American jobs ahead of spin-off

18 Jan 2012

German dairy giant Muller to acquire UK’s Robert Wiseman for $427 mn

17 Jan 2012

Most milk sold in India poisonous, finds food regulator

11 Jan 2012

Coca-Cola and Nestlé end ready-to-drink tea joint venture

07 Jan 2012

Toxins found in milk from China's largest dairy

27 Dec 2011

The latest scare comes after China was hit with a series of food safety scandals starting from 2008, when industrial chemical melamine was illegally added by some dairy companies and local milk suppliers to dairy products

Reliance to enter fast food business

13 Dec 2011

China approves Nestlé $1.7-bn acquisition of local candy maker Hsu Fu Chi

07 Dec 2011

India’s processed food output seen more than tripling by 2015

02 Dec 2011

Global agri-business summit attracts investment proposals worth Rs78,000 crore

01 Dec 2011

Thailand's Charoen Pokphand Foods to buy 74% in Hong Kong affiliate for $2.1 bn

29 Nov 2011

Consuming canned soup linked to greatly elevated levels of the chemical BPA

29 Nov 2011

Entrack opens store in Ahmedabad to market organic food from Germany

25 Nov 2011

London charities feed 5,000 to prove good food need not be wasted

19 Nov 2011

The misshapen carrots and potatoes and tonnes of other food material that supermarkets normally reject are not bad.

Nestlé buys Oscar stocks and sauces business from Finland’s Paulig Group

18 Nov 2011

Nestlé completes acquisition of 60-% stake in China's Yinlu Foods

18 Nov 2011

ConAgra Foods to acquire National Pretzel from Brookstone Holdings

12 Nov 2011

BofA to sell Pizza Hut franchisee stake for $755 mn

08 Nov 2011

Sara Lee gets €115 mn offer for French unit EuroDough from Sagard

07 Nov 2011

PepsiCo acquires Brazil's cookie and cracker producer, Mabel

03 Nov 2011

PepsiCo outbid global rivals Bunge Inc and Mexico's Grupo Bimbo for Mabel.

Unilever sells Culver Speciality Brands division to B&G Foods for $325 mn

01 Nov 2011

Coca-Cola to buy Oklahoma bottler Great Plains for $360 million

27 Oct 2011

Government scales up mega food parks project; plans another 15

25 Oct 2011

Sara Lee to sell majority of coffee business to J M Smucker for $350 mn

25 Oct 2011

Bain Capital may buy Japanese restaurant chain from Nomura for $3.3 bn

12 Oct 2011