Diageo to sell Whyte & Mackay for £430M
Diageo’s United Spirits has agreed to sell its whisky brand Whyte & Mackay to Philippines-based brandy business Emperador for £430M, following Office of Fair Trading (OFT) concerns.
Archives for May 11, 2014
Sucrose vs. artificial sweeteners: examining energy intake & expenditure
The steady climb in worldwide obesity rates is often dually attributed to an increasingly sedentary lifestyle and the energy content of modern diets, with a growing body of research linking increased sugar consumption with higher body weight (see here...
EDITOR'S COMMENT: ZENITH & BSDA UK SOFT DRINKS CONGRESS 2014
Super-strength squash won’t wash! Overpriced Mio copycats won’t break Britain
Skeptical Englishman and former schoolboy squash drinker Ben Bouckley predicts that Vimto’s super-concentrated squash won’t wash in a market saturated with budget options, despite Mio’s US success.
INTERPACK 2014: DUSSELDORF,GERMANY (MAY 8-14)
‘Packaging is necessary…Packaging is not bad!’ Interpack show director
In this video shot at the show – May 8-14 in Dusseldorf, Germany – Jablonowski explains that it features 2,700 exhibitors across industries as...
European nutrition innovation is dead? Long live fusion innovation!
Consensus was real innovation was difficult to perceive with the naked eye at Vitafoods Europe this year. But that doesn’t mean it didn’t exist, says Healthy Marketing Team president and expert consultant, Peter Wennstrom, in this guest article.