Still drinks market growing faster than carbonates
The global still drinks market has lost its cheap image and is booming because beverage companies are concentrating on the premium end.
Archives for February 9, 2006
Unilever to exit European frozen foods, while sales stagnate
In a bid to return its European operations back to an acceptable level of growth, Unilever today put up for sale most of its underperforming frozen foods businesses, which includes four manufacturing plants.
Teamsters join protest against Coca-Cola over workers rights
Coca-Cola is now facing a labour relations problem in the US, after the Teamsters Union joined protesters calling for boycotts against the company over alleged human rights violations in Colombia.
Consumer groups slam food industry labelling initiative
The UK food industry has been slammed by consumer groups for its rejection of an industry-wide colour-coded labelling scheme, just as consultation on a voluntary front of pack labelling scheme ended yesterday.