Consumer Affairs & Relations

As part of its commitment to corporate social responsibility, Sara Lee Corporation, the producer of coffee flagship brands such as Douwe Egberts, Merrild, Maison du Cafe and Marcilla, is doubling its worldwide procurement of sustainable coffee.

The Hershey Company announces that David J. West has been named president, chief executive officer and director of the company.

It's been about a year since Tesco PLC announced it would enter the United States some time in 2007, and since then there has been much speculation as to how consumer goods companies and retailers will react.

Supporting long-term environmentally sound practices goes by many names -- going green, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, just to name a few.

AARP names SC Johnson the No. 1 company in the Unites States for workers over 50 years of age.

Some people just love surprises -- surprise parties, surprise visitors, surprise gifts.

According to the The Wall Street Journal and Beer Business Daily, Anheuser-Busch is reshuffling part of its executive team.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation elects Thomas J. Mielke, formerly vice president and chief counsel for the company's North Atlantic consumer businesses, as senior vice president of law, government affairs and chief compliance officer.