Beverages

Many small, organic food companies start with a homegrown story that appeals to its consumer base, however, major consumer goods powerhouses have been recently vacuuming up these niche players. Giants like Coke, General Mills and Kellogg have recently expanded their organic portfolios through acquisition with rumors of more to come. With the risk of being called a sell out, is teaming up with bigger companies better for growth, or is it a death sentence for these smaller players?

HEINEKEN USA announces that Dolf van den Brink will be the new CEO of Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma/HEINEKEN Mexico, succeeded by Ronald den Elzen, the current Managing Director of HEINEKEN Portugal.

More than 80,000 American shoppers determined the winning food & beverage, health & beauty, household and kids brands.

Cokes North American vending fleet which dispenses an average of 15 beverages per second will include 100,000 Apple Pay-enabled machines by the end of 2015.

The acquisition expands Gallo's presence and properties in California's prestigious North Coast wine country.

The definitive merger agreements creates The Kraft Heinz Company, which will make it the third largest food and beverage company in North America and the fifth largest food and beverage company in the world.

A new EVP and COO will direct the joint go-to-market sales activities of both the Bay Valley Foods and Flagstone Foods organizations.

Southern Wine & Spirits announced two key appointments within the company last week: Barry Goldberg will serve as SVP commercial & operations value management and realization, and Ann Dozier will serve as SVP and CIO.