PARIS-As this issue was going to press, Reuters reported that rumors about PepsiCo, considering a takeover bid for French food group Danone, might have been off the mark. Pepsi told the French market regulator AMF that it was not in fact preparing a takeover.
WASHINGTON-The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has filed two lawsuits against, IDFA, DMI, and several dairy companies that are licensed to use the claims of the Healthy Weight with Dairy campaign.
Unfrozen Novelty An attempt to erect the world's largest water ice treat in Manhattan's Union square ended with a kiwi-strawberry flood that sent pedestrians scurrying for higher ground in June.
PORTLAND, Maine-Oakhurst Dairy continues to honor Maine Army Reserve veterans returning home from Iraq with welcome home messages on their gallon-sized milk labels.
The Coca-Cola Company may have finally found a realistic way of getting into the flavored milk business. The Atlanta-based soft drink leader has agreed to an arrangement under which it would become a stakeholder and master distributor of Bravo! Foods Intl., marketers of the Slammer line of flavored milks.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--Wisconsin cheese producer, Uplands Cheese Company won the coveted "Best of Show" award last month at the 22nd annual American Cheese Society competition. Uplands' Pleasant Ridge Reserve got top honors for a rare second time at the prestigious competition of artisan and farmstead cheesemakers. The same cheese won Best of Show at the 18th annual American Cheese Society competition.
UK dairy group Arla Foods has seen its profits more than double in the six months ending March 31, as improved sales and cost-cutting measures benefited the company.
Dairy Management Inc. is introducing a new website for food processors, innovatewithdairy.com. This single-source site integrates the content from doitwithdairy.com and extraordinarydairy.com with relevant nutrition information. Got Beer? Got Blood?