Indian Budget 2013
Finance minister shows no love for food makers this year
Sometimes, just sometimes, you don’t want to have to say “I told you so”, and this is indeed one of the times.
Archives for March 1, 2013
INDUSTRY VOICES: GUEST ARTICLE, HEAD OF AKTIEFOKUS CHINA, JACOB DE LICHTENBERG
Carlsberg mulls potential $1.2bn China M&A move in Chongqing
After a quiet beginning to 2013, M&A activity is heating up in China’s beer market, as Carlsberg said on Monday it was considering upping its stake in Chongqing Brewery, intensifying the fight among global brewers for production assets there.
United Spirits: India regulator gives green light for $2bn Diageo deal
The Indian Competition Commission (CCI) has approved Diageo’s purchase of a 53.4% stake in United Spirits (USL), saying that the £1.28bn ($2.04bn) purchase may boost the nation’s premium spirits market and improve consumer choice without jeopardizing...
Oxfam thanks food industry for ‘bland’ and ‘complacent’ response to damning CSR report
Oxfam will step up its campaign to improve the treatment of people and resources that form part of the supply chain of the world’s biggest food conglomerates, after it cast industry responses to its damning Behind the Brands report as ‘bland’ and...
Editor's viewpoint
Gulfood: The whole world eyes a slice of the Middle Eastern pie
FoodNavigator was among the hordes at Gulfood in Dubai this week, joining a huge international crowd, which squeezed its way past stands from 110 countries over the past four days.