Mexican Cola bottler delves deeper into snacks with two acquisitions
Mexican Coca-Cola bottler Arca Continental (AC) has bought two snack companies as it seeks to deepen its hold in the ‘highly complementary’ snacks arena.
Archives for December 18, 2012
ADM will ‘redeploy’ $450m gained from Gruma sale
Archer Daniels Midland has sold its stake in Mexican corn flour and tortilla firm Gruma SAB for $450m as it shifts cash into more profitable areas.
Researchers investigate natural compound as packaging antioxidant
Packaging incorporating corn-zein laminated films with antioxidant properties has been found to boost the quality and safety of some foods, according to a study.
Anchor Packaging invests $7.6m in new facility
Anchor Packaging is to invest $7.6m in a new facility to add to its existing four US sites.
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‘Drinkifying snacks’: PepsiCo mush or master stroke?
Despite giving us object lessons in corporate word wash, can PepsiCo pull off what seems like a slightly puzzling mission, namely a long-term plan to ‘drinkify' snacks and vice versa under its Power of One banner?
‘Snack foods’ linked to even higher cancer risk in susceptible people
Consumption of junk food and snacks could significantly increase the risk of certain cancers in people with a pre-defined high risk due to a genetic condition, warn researchers.
Innovation key ingredient in cost-cutting recipe, says expert
Food companies are looking for new ways to appeal to frugal consumers while cutting their own costs – and ingredient companies are coming up some innovative answers.