Articles Tagged with ''food and beverage industry''

Brad Kelley joined the MANE organization over seven year ago as VP of Operations to lead the fast track growth and expansion of the team. Under Kelley’s leadership, the US facilities boasts two expanded manufacturing sites and a newly constructed state-of-the art Creative Development Center spanning 85,000 plus square feet.

ConAgra Foods, Inc. announced restructuring plans to improve profitability, advance its growth agenda and unlock shareholder value. ConAgra Foods expects to realize at least $300 million of efficiency benefits within the next three years through a combination of reductions in SG&A and enhancements to trade spend processes and tools.

Archer Daniels Midland Company announced an agreement to purchase Eatem Foods Company, a developer and producer of premium traditional, natural and organic savory flavor systems.

Walkers Shortbread, Inc., the wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of Scotland-based Walkers Shortbread Ltd., announced the appointment of Mark Kleinman as CEO, effective January 1, 2016. Kleinman, who held senior posts at ConAgra Foods, Groupe Danone and Novartis, has joined the company and is working closely with current CEO Steve Dawson.

Cargill's board of directors today elected David W. MacLennan, currently Cargill's president and chief executive officer, as chairman of the board in addition to his current responsibilities.

Harmless Harvest, manufacturer of critically and commercially acclaimed Harmless Coconut® Water, announced that Giannella Alvarez will be joining the company as the new CEO and that Brad Paris will take on the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer (COO), beginning Sept. 21, 2015.

More than half of 2015 has transpired, which is at once baffling and comforting. Time keeps slipping away, but its passage allows us a glimpse at patterns that may influence the months and years ahead.

These demographic changes are leading to changes in household dynamics and eating behaviors, such as multi-shopper households, more meals being eaten alone, and frequent snacking on more occasions.