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Food Babe targets cereal giants Kellogg's and General Mills
2015-02-05 22:56:44| Food - Topix.net
Today she put cereal behemoths Kellogg's and General Mills in her crosshairs - claiming that both companies produce cereals for the United States markets with packagng that contains butylated hydroxytoluene . The potentially harmful chemical is put into cereal packaging to increase shelf life.
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How the worlda s biggest food giants swallowed the pet food industry
2015-02-05 14:36:47| Food - Topix.net
J.M. Smucker -- the megabrand behind Folgers coffee, Jif peanut butter, Pillsbury, Crisco and its namesake jam -- announced this week that it would pay about $5.8 billion to buy Big Heart Pet Brands, maker of Meow Mix, Milk-Bone, Pup-Peroni and Kibbles 'n Bits. That's following last year's $2.9 billion gobbling-up of pet-food lines Iams and Eukanuba by Mars, the candy titan behind M&M's, Snickers and Skittles -- a deal that bulked up Mars' pet-brand portfolio, including Whiskas and Pedigree.
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$9.2B Merger of Grocery Giants Checks Out
2015-02-04 09:02:56| Grocery - Topix.net
BOISE, ID and PLEASANTON, CA-Days after the Federal Trade Commission gave its final okay, the $9.2-billion merger of grocery giants Albertsons and Safeway has been loaded into bags and the buyers have been handed their receipt. The acquisition of Pleasanton, CA-based Safeway by a Cerberus Capital Management -led investor group creates a network of 2,230 stores, 27 distribution facilities and 19 manufacturing plants across 34 states and the District of Columbia.
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Low Oil Prices Hit Industry Giants Hard
2015-02-03 22:38:56| Chemicals - Topix.net
Regular gas cash price is displayed for $1.79 a gallon at a Mobil station January 6, 2015 in Livonia, Michigan. BP and Exxon Mobil attribute their loss in earnings to the steep fall in oil prices.
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Chinese giants back Packer's casino bid
2015-01-18 11:14:05| Airlines - Topix.net
The high-stakes bid to build a massive casino project in Brisbane has intensified, with the rival consortiums unveiling their design plans CHINESE tourism heavyweights China Eastern Airlines and Shanghai Municipal Tourism have thrown their support behind James Packer's Brisbane casino bid, with suggestions new direct flights to Queensland are on the cards. Mr Packer's Crown/Greenland is locked in a battle with Echo Entertainment's Destination Brisbane Consortium to win the rights to build a new integrated resort.
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