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- 10/29/2012
CGT Reveals 2012 Innovation Award Winners
Over the last few years, with budgets slashed and resources limited, many CG companies have focused innovation efforts on mere line extensions or slight variations of existing concepts. But, there are exceptions. Here, <em>CGT</em> honors two companies that delivered truly revolutionary new products with 2012 Innovation Awards. <br /> - 10/29/2012
Kellogg Commits $500,000 to Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts
The donation includes a $250,000 cash contribution from Kellogg's Corporate Citizenship Fund to the American Red Cross and $250,000 in food to Feeding America. <br /> - 10/28/2012
Flower Foods to Acquire Certain Sara Lee, Earthgrains Assets
<div>The Oklahoma City license will be completed shortly, and the first phase of the California transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of fiscal 2013.</div><br /> - 10/28/2012
Mondelez Launches Coffee Farmer Program
<div>Coffee Made Happy builds on the companys previous commitment to sustainably source 100 percent of its European coffee by 2015.</div><div></div><br /> - 10/25/2012
Newell Rubbermaid Reveals Bold New Model/Leadership
<div>By increasing the pace of its transformation, the company intends to more quickly realize its Growth Game Plan ambition of becoming a bigger, faster-growing, more-global, more-profitable Newell Rubbermaid.</div><br /> - 10/23/2012
Halloween Sales to Hit Record High of $8B
<div>As consumers continue to relieve their pent-up demand that lingered from the recession, almost every Halloween category will benefit, with revenue for the decorations segment anticipated to grow the fastest.</div><br /> - 10/23/2012
P&G, Clorox, Coca-Cola Share New Business Strategies
Some of the best minds in the CG industry met in Orlando, Fla. earlier this week for the 14th annual Consumer Goods Business & Technology Leadership Conference. There, they swapped insight-driven strategies for driving top-line growth. Hot topics included retailer collaboration, demand chain excellence, IT enablement and much more. Get a sneak peak behind the scenes here.<br /> - 10/22/2012
PepsiCo and Suntory to Form Beverage Alliance in Vietnam
<div>PepsiCo will retain marketing and innovation responsibilities for its portfolio of beverage brands in Vietnam, including Pepsi-Cola, 7-UP, Sting, Mirinda, Tropicana Twister, Lipton and Aquafina. Suntory brings a long history of developing beverages for the Asia market.</div><br /> - 10/22/2012
Beam Completes Phase Three of Pricing Software Rollout
<div>Each successive phase of implementation has increased value chain visibility and improved the companys ability to manage price, promotions and mix, according to a senior director.</div><br /> - 10/22/2012
AFS Technologies Acquires Quofore and MEI
The acquisitions strengthen the company as a leading provider of end-to-end trade promotion optimization and mobile field sales solutions, and expand its reach to over 40 global markets. <br />