Bioplastic packaging firm files for bankruptcy
Cereplast, a manufacturer of bio-based, compostable plastics for packaging and other applications, has filed for bankruptcy.
Archives for February 20, 2014
Euromonitor: Grupo Bimbo could face disappointment with Canada Bread
Grupo Bimbo will have its work cut out baking up success in Canada and could be disappointed if it expects too much, says analyst.
'Rumble in the snack soda jungle': Peltz v. PepsiCo
As crusading investor Nelson Peltz lets off another bomb in the Pepsi boardroom – this time in the form of a 37-page letter criticizing the firm’s snack/soda integration – we examine the arguments for and against any split.
Preview: AFFI Con 2014
AFFI-Con to focus on ‘all natural’ labels
‘All natural’ packaging will be thrown into the spotlight at AFFI-Con (The American Frozen Food Institute Convention) next week.
Eagle Packaging to launch stand-up pouch loader
Eagle Packaging is teaming up with its sister company, WeighPack Systems to bring to market automatically loading stand-up pouches into trays and cases.
Goodbye GMOs (and vitamin B12, D, A, and Riboflavin): New non-GMO Grape Nuts and Original Cheerios are ‘certainly less nutritious’, claims professor
The new non-GMO formulations of Original Cheerios and Grape Nuts might be made without ingredients from genetically engineered crops, but they also come with fewer vitamins - although brand owners General Mills and Post Foods won’t say why.
Food Visions: Industry needs to confront its communications crash or lose consumers forever
Food manufacturers, retailers and other food industry players are failing to connect with consumers who are tuning out of mainstream messaging and infesting their own comms channels, says angel investor, business mentor and philanthropist, Mike Greene.