Dutch-based consumer products giant Unilever has reported strong volume growth in the fourth quarter, albeit at lower prices, with sales for the quarter rising 1.8% on an underlying basis and 3.5% for...

The Chairman, CEO and CFO of UK-based confectioner Cadbury have all announced their intention to resign in the wake of Kraft’s successful takeover offer. The Board of Cadbury had been vehemently...

Australian building materials and sugar group CSR has said they will take time to assess the ramifications of a Federal Court decision yesterday that effectively blocked their plans for a demerger. The...

Asia-Pacific consumer brands will succeed in the recovering economic markets if lessons are learnt from the last two years, according to new research from independent business analyst Datamonitor. The...

The Federal Court of Australia has today blocked the demerger of the building materials and sugar group CSR. CSR had been hoping the Court would approve their plans for a shareholder vote on a separation...

Kraft has overcome the final challenge in wresting control of iconic British firm Cadbury, with the majority of the confectioner’s shareholders voting in favour of the A$21 billion takeover. “Kraft...

Nearly a third (30%) of shoppers claim to have specifically purchased locally-produced food over the last month, double the number from 2006, according to new consumer research released by food and grocery...

The latest Nielsen Top 100 Brands – released this week – has shown food products dominating the leading grocery products in 2009, with Cadbury claiming top place in consumers’ hearts. The...

Packaging leaders agree on the growing importance of sustainability, but there remains a great deal of frustration in the industry at the ‘disproportionate’ focus placed on packaging and confusion...

PepsiCo has confirmed that it is aiming to triple its US$10bn revenues from the healthy drink and food market with the launch of several products. PepsiCo chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi revealed the plan...