Hershey sued over alleged child labor abuses
The Hershey Company faces a lawsuit from a shareholder that claims it uses cocoa produced through unlawful child labor in West Africa.
Archives for November 2, 2012
Maple Leaf CEO identifies signs of improvement in the bread market
Maple Leaf Foods recorded slightly lower bakery sales for the third quarter but its CEO said there were signs of improvement to the challenging bread market.
Rescue plan for Canada's pig sector
The Canadian government and the country’s meat industry have announced a joint action plan to enable hard-pressed pig farmers survive a perfect storm of low prices, high feed costs and trade problems, including the strong Canadian dollar.
Cambodians file complaint with US government vs American Sugar Refining over ‘land-grabbing’ deal
Cambodian villagers who claim they were illegally evicted from their land to make way for a sugar plantation that supplies American Sugar Refining (Domino Sugar), have filed a complaint with a US government office that handles alleged breaches of OECD...
Canadian beef producers welcome resumption of work at XL Foods
Canadian beef producers have welcomed the resumption of work at the XL Foods Inc Lakeside plant, which had been closed in September, following an E.coli outbreak.
DISPATCHES FROM INTERBEV 2012, LAS VEGAS
NürnbergMesse will follow Brau Beviale blueprint with InterBev
Dirk Ebener, CEO and MD of NürnbergMesse North America, tells BeverageDaily.com how satisfied he was with his firm’s first InterBev, after it bought the show from the ABA last September.
US COMMODITIES CORNER
Milk protein prices jump 13% in October
US milk protein prices increased by 13% in October. But does the price increase have the momentum to carry milk protein prices to the "exceptional highs" of 2008? US commodities expert and MilkPrice blogger John Geuss gave DairyReporter.com a breakdown...
Kellogg’s CEO on Mini-Wheats recall: It's the first time we've seen a failure like this
Kellogg’s boss John Bryant said he was "very disappointed" by the recent Mini-Wheats recall in a call with analysts yesterday, but insisted that it was not a reflection of "systemic" supply chain problems.
Ramping up innovation key message in Hillshire's strong earnings report
Hillshire Brands Co. reported strong earnings in its first quarter as an independent company, reporting net income of $53 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2013 that ended Sept. 29.
Dispatch from RT10 in Singapore
‘Name and shame’ irresponsible palm oil producers, says Singapore ambassador-at-large
Palm oil producers who use fire to clear land for plantations should be named and shamed, urged Professor Tommy Koh, ambassador-at-large for Singapore’s ministry of foreign affairs and keynote speaker at the RSPO meeting in Singapore this week.
All by myself... Why eating alone is the new norm for Americans
Almost half (46%) of all adult eating occasions are now solitary, according to new research from The Hartman Group.