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Jones Soda Co. Founder Peter van Stolk will step down from his position as chairman of the board of directors and as chief executive officer at the end of the year.

PepsiCo's North American truckload network includes all inbound and outbound truckload shipments for Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay North America and Pepsi Cola North America, consisting of 8,000 lanes of traffic and a multi-million dollar spend.

TASSIMO, the hot beverage system owned by Kraft Foods Inc., has added four Starbucks coffee varieties to its single-serve convenience collection.

Smart Balance, the makers of low fat, heart healthy buttery spreads and other foods, along with Alacer Corporation, a world leader in Vitamin C Technology; Kettle Foods, the maker of all natural, hand-cooked Kettle brand potato chips; and Quaker Maid Meats, a provider of frozen sandwich steaks and other frozen meat products, have set plans in motion to enhance their trade promotion management strategies this month.

In order to work on ventures that leverage strategic consumer insights and innovation, Thomas K. Hernquist, senior vice president, global chief growth officer, will resign from The Hershey Company, effective December 31, 2007.

A consumer goods perspective

It's been a year of changes -- up and down.

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