Poor weather contributes to Heineken volume slip in Q3
Europe’s biggest brewer Heineken has blamed disappointing third quarter sales volumes on bad weather and continued struggles in the Russian market.
Archives for October 26, 2010
GLG signs stevia distribution deal with ChemPoint for Europe and US
GLG Life Tech has signed a deal with e-distributor ChemPoint for the marketing, sale and distribution of its stevia extracts – and take up of stevia in Europe is expected to be swift post approval due to transfer of know-how from the US.
Chávez plans to nationalise O-I bottling plant
Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez has announced his intentions to take over the local unit of US bottler Owens-Illinois (O-I), as part of ongoing attempts by the government to nationalise parts of the country’s food processing sector.