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Big Cap 20: Food And Drink Host A Banquet Of Profit
2015-02-24 04:13:23| Beverages - Topix.net
Whole Foods is recovering from a disappointing earnings report last May. The company reported EPS that was flat from a year ago. The stock gapped down and closed nearly 19% lower.
J M Smucker moves into pet food segment with $3.2bn Big Heart Pet Brands acquisition
2015-02-04 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
American Food Company J M Smucker has agreed to acquire Big Heart Pet Brands in a deal worth $5.8bn.
Big Food tripled spending this year to stifle growing GMO labeling movement
2014-09-09 10:24:20| Beverages - Topix.net
It is something that, as an American and a consumer, ought to outrage you: Big Food companies spending tens of millions of dollars just to keep information from you -- to prevent you from knowing all that there is to know about a substance, or substances, that could be harming your health, as well as the overall health of the American agricultural industry. As Reuters reported recently, Big Food, which opposes mandatory labeling of anything manufactured with genetically modified organisms, spent nearly three times what they spent in all of last year in the first six months of this year to keep GMO-labeling laws from becoming reality .
Food Is A Big Expense In Raising Children
2014-08-23 00:39:59| Beef
The USDA says raising a child born in 2013 will cost $245,340 from birth until age 18, with the third-biggest expense being food. BEEF Daily read more
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Ten big food companies emit greenhouse gas
2014-05-24 19:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Punch: The ten largest food and beverage companies, if combined, would be the 25th most polluting country in the world, according to a report by Oxfam. The so-called Big 10, which include Associated British Foods, Coca-Cola, Danone, General Mills, Kellogg, Mars, Mondelez International, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever, emit 263.7 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. This is more than Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway combined, according to the Oxfam report, Standing on the Sidelines, published...