The Food Institute Report back issues from August 2000:
Unilever Forms Two Global Divisions, Realigns Top Management.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Aug 07, 2000 ... The Anglo-Dutch consumer products conglomerate, with sales exceeding $45 billion, announced a shakeup-up of its senior management and it is splitting the company into two separate global units as it pursues its Path to Growth strategy. Unilever, well-known for countless brands including, ...
SYSCO Posts Banner Year.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Aug 07, 2000 ... Houston-based SYSCO Corporation, the largest foodservice marketing and distribution organization in North America, touted record sales of $19.3 billion in fiscal 2000, an 11% increase above the $17.4 billion reached in fiscal 1999. Also, earnings rose for the 24th consecutive year--see ...
The Butter Pat Man Is At It Again.(Sandford Redmond)(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... Mr. Sandford Redmond, who is now 75, is back in the game with a whole new line of condiment packaging. Mr. Redmond is best known for designing the machine that automated the production and packaging of butter pats (those thin squares of butter sandwiched between two pieces of paper). A few ...
More Online Couponing Options Introduced.(ValuPage by MyPointscom and Catalina Marketing Corp.;)(Mybrandcoupons.com and the Grocery Manufacturers of America)(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... ValuPage by MyPoints, the result of a strategic alliance between MyPoints.com and Catalina Marketing Corporation, was launched recently. Both the 8 million MyPoints members and the 3.1 million ValuPage users will use the MyPoints program to earn rewards for printing coupons from the ...
Natural Food Stores Continue To Attract Customers.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Aug 07, 2000 ... In a survey detailing the shopping habits of natural food store customers conducted by Whole Foods magazine, 40.6% of respondents indicated they are shopping a natural products store more frequently than a year ago, with 53.8% of respondents shopping the same amount and 5.6% shopping less ....
With Profit Delivery Stalled, Webvan Ventures On.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Aug 07, 2000 ... Since May 1, when the online-grocery delivery service opened for business in Atlanta, it has seen orders climb to 2,000 a day, nearly double what the company had expected, but that still remains about half the number needed for the company's Atlanta operation to break even. Webvan Group, ...
Major Hotels Go B2B With Foodservice Purchases.(business to business)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Aug 07, 2000 ... The electronic procurement revolution has stepped into the typically decentralized lodging arena with three different strategies impacting 40% of the $4.8 billion market, according to ID (July 2000). Marriott International, Washington, DC and Hyatt Corp., Chicago, IL, have ...
Getting A Grip On Unsaleable Products.(Unsaleables Benchmarking Report released by the Grocery Manufacturers of America)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Aug 07, 2000 ... A slim margin exists between the cost of unsaleables and overall profits, as revealed by the 2000 Unsaleables Benchmarking Report released by the Grocery Manufacturers of America, Food Marketing Institute and Food Distributors International. Retailers and distributors surveyed averaged ...
Good Economy, Fad Diets Keep Pasta Sales Flat.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Aug 07, 2000 ... Several pasta companies are struggling to post profitable results, and according to industry executives, unless a change in direction occurs, it will be difficult for the industry to return to the profits that were commonplace over the past 20 years, reported Milling & Baking News (July ...
Frozen Pizza Continues Strong Growth.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... With well over $2 billion in annual sales and a solid 8% growth, frozen pizza has become America's most popular frozen food, according to Frozen Food Age. Overall, pizza has been at the top of the most popular eating trend list for the last five years. In 1989 it was the fifth-most popular ...
Sunkist Growers.(SA San Miguel;)(Citrusvil SA)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Aug 07, 2000 ... * Sunkist Growers, Sherman Oaks, CA, will be marketing Argentine citrus fruit in the United States this year. Two of Argentina's major citrus producers, SA San Miguel and Citrusvil SA, have ...
The Penn Traffic Company.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... * The Penn Traffic Company, Syracuse, NY, will be doing business in Vermont and New Hampshire again following a 10-year hiatus. It has regained operating control of nine supermarkets in the two states ...
Starbucks Coffee Company.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... * Starbucks Coffee Company, Seattle, WA and The New York Times have struck a three-year agreement whereby The New York Times will use its national advertising resources to promote Starbucks products and retail locations as a destination for readers. Although other newspapers will still be ...
Starbucks Coffee Japan Ltd.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... * Starbucks Coffee Japan Ltd. plans to ...
IBP, inc.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... * IBP, inc., Dakota Dunes, SD, plans to spend $40 to $60 million to open a case-ready meats plant in Goodlettsville, TN. The 365,000-sq. ft facility, purchased from Oscar Mayer, will eventually ...
Vitality Beverages Inc.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... * Vitality Beverages Inc., a major player in the private label juice business, will stop orange juice processing at its Aubumdale, FL plant, which will still be ...
Technomic, Inc.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... * Technomic, Inc., Chicago, has announced the publication of two new reports: the 2000 edition of the Public Chain Restaurant Company Report and the ...
The Kellogg Company.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... * The Kellogg Company, Battle Creek, MI, is gearing up to attract consumers on-the-go with its new line of Waf-Fulls scheduled to debut in September. The portable three-variety line of War-Fulls features strawberry, maple and apple-cinnamon fillings ....
Pacific Coast Producers.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... * Pacific Coast Producers has opened a 950,000-sq ....
Kraft Foods, Inc.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... * Kraft Foods, Inc., Northfield, IL-based unit of Philip Morris Cos., Inc., will lower the price of its regular-ground and decaffeinated Maxwell House coffee by 10 cents, ...
America's favorite savory snack.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... * America's favorite savory snack, potato chips, posted steady growth in 1999, reaching $4.69 billion or $2.2% more than 1998's sales. Robust flavors were among the trends in this category, according to the Snack Food Association, ...
Oscar Mayer Foods.
Aug 07, 2000 ... * Oscar Mayer Foods is launching a new campaign for its reformulated sliced ham, letting consumers know that it is more than just hot dogs and bologna. The message will be delivered through a variety of means including 3-D billboards, bus shelters and heads of lettuce. Stickers will be ...
Fired Up Inc.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... Fired Up Inc., Austin, TX, inked an agreement for 25 Johnny Carino's Country Italian restaurants in two states and opened its first international unit in Kuwait ....
Nestle USA.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... Nestle LISA, Glendale, CA-based unit of Swiss-based Nestle SA, is expanding its Nescafe Frothe line of coffee ...
Harris Teeter, Inc.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... Harris Teeter, Inc., Matthews, NC-based subsidiary of Ruddick Corporation, plans to open three ...
In Other Pizza News...(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... ...Pizza Hut is back in Moscow with the opening of a new unit under Russian management. The Russian restaurant chain Rusryba, which acquired the right to use the Pizza ...
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... Creative Host Services, Inc., San Diego, CA, has signed a letter of intent to acquire GladCo Enterprises, Inc., a Pittsburgh, PA-based hospitality and service company with $10.5 million in annual revenues. GladCo operates food and beverage concessions at four airports: Pittsburgh ...
LATEST FINANCIAL REPORTS (000 omitted).(Statistical Data Included)
Aug 07, 2000 ... <Pre>Current Year % Year Ago Chge. ANHEUSER-BUSCH COS. (St. Louis, MO) Quarter to June 30 Sales 3,265,500 3,080,700 6.0% Net Income 477,700 431,000 ...
Horsepower.com.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... Horsepower.com of Tipton, CA, a business-to-business online marketplace for farmers, processors and suppliers, formed an alliance with Morning Star Packing Company, ...
Networld Exchange Inc.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... Networld Exchange Inc., the leading provider of business-to-business e-commerce services in the foodservice/hospitality industry, ...
Priceline.com Inc.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... * Priceline.com Inc. will form a joint venture with Softbank Corp., Tokyo, to launch a version of its name-your-own-price service in Japan. Priceline and ...
Webvan Group, Inc.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... * Webvan Group, Inc., Foster City, CA, expanded its online shopping service to the Greater Chicago Area on Aug. 1. Operating from its 370,000-sq. ft. distribution center in Carol Stream, IL, ...
Top Pizza Chains Ranked by U.S. Systemwide Sales.
Aug 07, 2000 ... <Pre> (Source: Nation's Restaurant News Research) Latest Prev. U.S. Systemwide Foodservice Sales Yr. Yr.(By FY, In Millions) Rank Rank ChainFY EndedLatest* 11Pizza Hut ...
Top Chicken Chains Ranked by U.S. Systemwide Sales.
Aug 07, 2000 ... <Pre> (Source: Nation's Restaurant News Research) Latest Prev.U.S. Systemwide Foodservice Sales Yr. Yr. (By FY, In Millions) Rank Rank Chain FY EndedLatest* 11 KFC Dec. '99$4,300.0 ...
Top Grill-Buffet Chains Ranked by U.S. Systemwide Sales.
Aug 07, 2000 ... <Pre> (Source: Nation's Restaurant News Research) Latest Prev. U.S. Systemwide Foodservice Sales Yr. Yr.(By FY, In Millions) Rank Rank Chain FY Ended Latest* 11 Golden ...
USDA Offers Government Sugar To Farmers.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Aug 07, 2000 ... Reminiscent of the farm policies of the Great Depression, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering to give government-owned sugar to farmers who agree to destroy some of this year's sugar crop - USDA's latest bid to shore up U.S. sugar prices In effect, USDA will be ...
Mott's To Change Some Juice Labels.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... After New York's attorney general complained that some consumers were being misled, Mott's, Inc., Stamford, CT subsidiary of Cadbury Schweppes PLC, agreed to some minor changes to some labels. Mott's admitted no wrongdoing but did agree to pay $177,500 to cover the cost of the ...
Commerce Terminates The Suspension Agreement On PRC Honey.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... The Department of Commerce, via the July 28 Federal Register, said it was terminating the suspended antidumping investigation of Chinese honey on Aug. 16 since no domestic party was participating in the Sunset Review. (According to the law, if no domestic party is interested in ...
Producers Protected By New USDA Rules.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... Designed to protect rights of farmers and ranchers, USDA is preparing new regulations that, among other things, will require processors to disclose basic terms of contracts with producers. Scheduled to be issued this fall, the roles also would bar disclosure restrictions that prevent ...
Heinz Halting Canadian Baby Food Practices.
Aug 07, 2000 ... Heinz Canada, unit of H. J. Heinz, has given the Canadian government a binding agreement that it will halt "anticompetitive practices" regarding the sale of baby food in Canada. The country's Competition Bureau, outlined the Wall Street Journal (Aug. 2), said the practices made Heinz ...
20/20 Organic Foods Report Challenged.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... An ABC News 20/20 report by correspondent John Stossel that asserted organic food is not necessarily healthier than conventional food - and might actually be dangerous -- has been called into question. Specifically, Mr. Stossel cited tests that found conventional produce does not ...
EU And US Relations On GMOS Better Than Last Year....(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... .... John Richardson, deputy head of the EU delegation to the U.S. told a July 28 news briefing in Washington DC. Mr. Richardson, reported Food Chemical News Daily (Aug. 1), said the two trading blocs are "talking instead of fighting" and forecast an eventual "transatlantic consensus" on ...
Jac Pac Voluntary Recalls Ground Meat.
Aug 07, 2000 ... Manchester, NH-based Jac Pac Foods commenced a voluntary recall of approximately 210,000 pounds of ground beef produced June 9 after a product sample analyzed in distribution by USDA was found to contain E. coli O157:H7. Only 15,760 pounds are known to be affected and it was stressed there ...
OREGON & WASHINGTON HAZELNUTS.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... OREGON & WASHINGTON HAZELNUTS: This AMS, USDA final rule increases the assessment rate established for the Hazelnut Marketing Board (Board) for the 2000-2001 and subsequent marketing years from $0.004 to $0.005 per pound of hazelnuts handled. The Board locally administers the marketing ...
CALIFORNIA AND IMPORTED KIWIFRUIT.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... CALIFORNIA AND IMPORTED KIWIFRUIT: This rule would relax the current minimum maturity requirements for fresh shipments of kiwifruit grown in CA and for kiwifruit imported into the U.S. The Kiwifruit Administrative Committee which locally administers the marketing order for CA kiwifruit ...
CERTAIN FLORIDA CITRUS.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... CERTAIN FLORIDA CITRUS: This AMS, USDA proposed rule would increase the minimum size requirements for Dancy, Robinson, and Sunburst tangerines grown in Florida. The minimum size requirements would be increased to 2 - 6/16 inches diameter for both domestic and export shipments. The ...
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) finalizes crop provisions for the insurance of the Figs, Pears, Walnuts, Almonds, Prunes, Table Grapes, Peaches, Plums, Apples and ...
PESTICIDE TOLERANCE ON BASIL.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Aug 07, 2000 ... PESTICIDE TOLERANCE ON BASIL: This regulation re-establishes a time-limited tolerance for the combined residues of the insecticide and miticide avermectin in or on basil at 0.05 parts per million (ppm) for an additional 19-month period. This tolerance will expire and is revoked on July 31, ...
PRC CRAWFISH.(People's Republic of China )(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... PRC CRAWFISH: On November 15, 1999, the Department of Commerce published in the Federal Register (64 FR 61833) a notice announcing the initiation of six new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from the People's Republic of China (PRC), covering ...
.... U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky applauded a July 31 WTO panel report.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... .... U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky applauded a July 31 WTO panel report which concluded that Korea's import regime for beef discriminates against imports from the U.S. and ...
.... The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled Aug. 2 that tin products imported from Japan are hurting U.S. industry.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... .... The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled Aug. 2 that tin products imported from Japan are hurting U.S. industry, clearing the way for ...
.... U.S. District Court Judge J. Garvan Murtha refused to issue an injunction.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... .... U.S. District Court Judge J. Garvan Murtha refused to issue an injunction to stop the slaughter of ...
.... A San Francisco jury decided last Monday (July 31) that Interstate Bakeries Corp.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Aug 07, 2000 ... .... A San Francisco jury decided last Monday (July 31) that Interstate Bakeries Corp., Kansas City, MO, discriminated against 21 black ...
.... At the first congressional hearing into the Hunts Point scandal.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... .... At the first congressional hearing into the Hunts Point scandal growers told the lawmakers they must offer more than sympathy. Growers said they want: * More time to file claims with the Agriculture Department. * Restitution for economic losses * ...
.... The U.S. Citrus Science Council.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Aug 07, 2000 ... .... The U.S. Citrus Science Council filed a 30-page complaint last week in Fresno's U.S ....
.... Eschenbach & Boysa Management Co.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... .... Eschenbach & Boysa Management Co., owners of a Sizzler linked to the fatal E. coli outbreak, ...
.... Novartis.(Brief Article)
Aug 07, 2000 ... .... Novartis, one the largest producers of genetically modified seeds, announced it made its own food products GM-free because of consumer concerns ...
Wholesale Food Prices Flat.(Brief Article)
Aug 14, 2000 ... In the wake of June's 0.5% decline in wholesale food prices, July's Producer Price Index for all finished consumer foods climbed a marginal 0.1% for the month and stood 2.1% higher than July 1999. For the first seven months of 2000 wholesale food price inflation remains well below the ...
FUNCTIONAL FOOD SALES TO TOP $16 BILLION.(Brief Article)
Aug 14, 2000 ... (Source: Nutrition Business Journal) Functional food are projected to grow a healthy 9-10% in 1999 and 2000, with sales reaching an estimated $16.28 billion in 1999, according to the fourth annual report on ...
Making Dinner Reservations Online.(Brief Article)
Aug 14, 2000 ... Until recently, online reservations were seldom used in the restaurant business, mostly because of its fragmented nature and the traditional leanings of many chefs and owners, according to The New York Times (Aug. 6). However, about six months ago, an invasion of young Web entrepreneurs ...
Start-Up Company Cloning For The Dinner Table.(Brief Article)
Aug 14, 2000 ... A Georgia company wants to harness the technology of cloning to help producers create leaner bacon and meatier chops. ProLinia, Inc., a biotech start-up at the University of Georgia in Athens, wants to clone livestock on a mass scale in hopes of changing the way farm animals are bred and ...
Interstate Bakeries Corp. Launches New Ad Campaign.
Aug 14, 2000 ... With hopes of luring the under-35 set to its Wonder Bread franchise, Interstate Bakeries Corp., Kansas City, MO. has launched a new $11 million campaign focusing on the specific health attributes of the bread, according to Advertising Age (Aug. 7). Interstate will specifically market ...
Ralcorp, Agribrands Agree To Merge.(Brief Article)
Aug 14, 2000 ... Two former divisions of Ralston Purina Co. - Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. and Agribrands International, Inc. - have agreed to merge in a stock-for-stock transaction, creating a company with $2.3 billion in annual sales. Boards of directors for the two companies - both based in St. Louis, MO - ...
ACNielsen And IRI Wage Battle in Court As Consolidation Takes Its Toll.(Brief Article)
Aug 14, 2000 ... Chicago, IL-based Information Resources Inc.'s $350 million lawsuit charging Stamford CT-based ACNielsen with anti-competitive practices may not be the only thing the two companies will be fighting over given the recent wave of consolidation in the consumer package-goods industry, ...
PriceLine Going National By Year-End.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Aug 14, 2000 ... PriceLine founder Jay Walker has indicated that he is willing to sell up to a 5% interest in the company, as he expects demands to increase further as the gasoline service rolls out nationwide later this year and Kroger stores are gradually added to the service, making PriceLine available ...