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Exchange rates affect Nestlé profits
22-Aug-2003 - Exchange rates continued to impact operations at the world's largest food company, Nestlé , but the firm itself preferred to stress the good organic performance in...
Fizz back in Champagne business
22-Aug-2003 - The assets of French group Martin will be divided between two leading Champagne houses, Vranken Monopole and Moët & Chandon (part of the LVMH group),...
Growth for Grundfos
20-Aug-2003 - Grundfos , the Danish manufacturer of water pumps widely used in the food and beverage industry, has reported that for the first six months of 2003...
Lots of bottle
20-Aug-2003 - Rapid growth over the last year has paid dividends for soft drink bottler Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (CCHBC), which has reported a significant rise in...
Drinks boost for WBD
18-Aug-2003 - Russia's Wimm-Bill-Dann group has reported a 12.4 per cent increase in first half volume sales, but the performance was driven not by its core dairy...
Minor setback for Carlsberg
18-Aug-2003 - Baltic Beverages Holding, the joint venture brewing group owned by Carlsberg and Scottish & Newcastle, has boosted results at both companies in recent quarters as...
Amcor gets its fill
05-Aug-2003 - Amcor PET Packaging has won a contract to manufacture a new 0.5 L refill PET bottle for Coca-Cola Germany. The refill bottle are said to...
Lost at sea?
05-Aug-2003 - Continuing uncertainty and senior management turmoil at cranberry supplier Ocean Spray has led Moody's to downgrade the firm's short-term and preferred stock ratings. Ocean Spray's...
ADM answers corn competition concerns
25-Jul-2003 - Agribusiness giant ADM will dissolve a joint venture with US corn sweetener company after the two companies stuck an agreement under the auspices of a...
Danone's water strategy not enough
24-Jul-2003 - Danone , the diversified French food and drink group, saw its sales drop by 8 per cent during the first half of 2003 with currency exchange...
Cadbury Schweppes expansion hits profits
24-Jul-2003 - The increasing costs of the company's rapid expansion have taken their toll on profits at UK-based confectionery and soft drinks group Cadbury Schweppes in the...
New ISO for colloids company
23-Jul-2003 - French acacia gum supplier Colloïdes Naturels International (CNI) continues to drive its quality management spirit with the news this week that it is now certified...
Interbrew 'surprised' by Lasko ruling
22-Jul-2003 - Interbrew , the fast-growing Belgian beer group, has said it is surprised by the decision of the Slovenian competition authorities allowing its main rival Lasko to...
Plenty of fizz left
21-Jul-2003 - Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (CCHBC ), the Greek Coke bottler with operations throughout much of central and eastern Europe, has added the Austrian bottled water group...
Carlsberg sells Swiss soft drinks unit
16-Jul-2003 - Feldschlösschen , the Swiss arm of Danish brewer Carlsberg, is to sell its soft drink bottling plant to compatriot Thurella for DK100 million (€13.5m). The plant,...
CCL finalises European joint venture
10-Jul-2003 - Canada-based CCL Industries, a global manufacturer of packaging and labelling, has announced the completion of its European joint venture with Pachem, a company which specialises...
Soufflet buys Ukrainian maltings
08-Jul-2003 - Soufflet , the French commodity trading group, has bought the Ukrainian company Slavuta Maltings from Baltic Beverages Holding (BBH), the joint venture brewing group owned by...
Damm partners Eckes to push Granini growth
04-Jul-2003 - Damm, the Spanish drinks group, has acquired a 49 per cent stake in Granini Iberica, the company which owns the licence to produce and distribute...
A filling acquisition
03-Jul-2003 - German beverage filling firm KHS has acquired the beverage filling technology of Hamburg-based company alfill. The move reinforces KHS's position as a leading beverage technology...
PET pact signed
25-Jun-2003 - Sidel and Pressco Technology have signed a strategic alliance agreement for the distribution and sale of Pressco's Intellispec PET container vision inspection systems. Sidel will...
Nestlé denies fraud allegations
20-Jun-2003 - Consumers in the US have filed a class action lawsuit against the Nestlé Waters North America unit of Swiss food and drink giant Nestlé , claiming...
Tea time
19-Jun-2003 - Twinings has just carried out a multi-million euro investment at its tea processing and packaging facilities in Andover, UK, which has included carton and erecting...
Nestlé Canada appoints Sonoco
19-Jun-2003 - Nestlé Canada has appointed Sonoco as its exclusive supplier of paperboard cans to package a number of its products within the Canadian market. These include...
Monarch of central Europe
19-Jun-2003 - Monarch Equibonds has been appointed by US-based firm Monarch Beverages Company as the exclusive licensee for central and south east Europe. Under the terms of...
Cargill ups grapefruit production
16-Jun-2003 - In a bid to encourage a closer collaboration between citrus growers and juice manufacturing customers, Cargill Citro Pure - a joint venture between Cargill Citro-America,...
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