Strategy

The portfolio being acquired includes a broad range of liquid and dry-mix salad dressing flavors under the Wish-Bone and Western brand names, at a purchase price of $580 million.

The executive joins Mars from Johnson & Johnson where he most recently served as the General Manager-Walmart Global Cross Functional team for the Consumer Products segment.

The proposed transaction includes Campbells national brands of soups, sauces and simple meals, including Liebig and Royco in France, Erasco in Germany, Bl Band in Sweden and Devos Lemmens and Royco in Belgium.

Danone says the purchase, for an undisclosed price, "will advance Danone's ambition to further develop yogurt consumption by notably expanding the various ways in which Americans can enjoy yogurt."

The acquisition of Associated Brands will significantly strengthen TreeHouse's retail presence in private label dry grocery and will introduce a line of specialty tea products to complement its fast growing single serve coffee business.

The Quaker Oats Center of Excellence took another step forward in its commitment to advancing the power of the oat, introducing its Scientific Advisory Board and an online hub for resources and oat research.

The new platform from Accenture and hybris will help Nespresso offer a more personalized and complete customer experience and allow Nespresso to benefit from streamlined and consistent technology and processes across the 41 countries in which it operates.

After an initial success with a few hundred stations in 2011, Costa Express hatched ambitious plans to grow to 3,000 locations in less than five years and expand into new countries.