Foods / beverages
China's food-safety situation is grim
02 Mar 2009
Unilever to launch ice cream in Romania
27 Feb 2009
French ad body to sign "obesity" charter
21 Feb 2009
Kraft Foods opts for a delicious logo makeover
19 Feb 2009
KFC to set up 200 new restaurants in UK
18 Feb 2009
Starbucks goes downmarket as recession bites
10 Feb 2009
McDonald’s to invest $2.1 billion in opening 1,000 restaurants
27 Jan 2009
Net profit soared 80 per cent from its previous year, mainly due to growing demand from consumers searching for low-cost meals in a deepening global recession.
Heinz changes label after nearly six decades
24 Jan 2009
Two sentenced to death in China's tainted milk scandal
22 Jan 2009
A Chinese court yesterday sentenced two men to death for their role in the tainted milk scandal that killed at least six children and made nearly 300,000 ill in September last year
Centre for Disease Control broadens list of foods with peanuts following salmonella outbreak
21 Jan 2009
Coke reduces European ad agencies
14 Jan 2009
Dabur enters malted food drink market
02 Jan 2009
British Heart Foundation says companies mislead parents on health food
16 Dec 2008
Food manufacturers are misleading parents by exploiting legal loopholes and making spurious health claims says a new report.
Heinz’s takeover of Golden Circle approved
02 Dec 2008
ITC makes extra offerings
17 Nov 2008
Domino's to expand
17 Nov 2008
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