Some 301 mergers were recorded by the Food Institute through the end of 2012, down about 21% for the year when compared with 2011.

The Edward Lowe Foundation has named MiDAS Foods International as one of Michigan’s 50 Companies to Watch for the year.

Corn Products International Inc. has again been named as one of America's Most Admired Companies for 2011- 2012, as reported in Fortune Magazine.

The Coca-Cola Company has come under fire from The Children's Food Campaign (CFC) -- an initiative that strives to improve children's health through food education -- for claims about its product, Vitaminwater.

Two out of three U.S. food and beverage executives see their companies being involved in a merger or acquisition over the next two years, as they seek to streamline portfolios and put cash reserves to work.

The nation's largest food companies say they will cut back on marketing unhealthier foods to children, proposing their own set of advertising standards after rejecting similar guidelines proposed by the federal government.