Beverages

Anheuser-Busch InBev, St. Louis

Susan Topel has joined the manufacturer as a shopper insights analyst.

Davigel is a provider of branded frozen and chilled food products, ice-cream and solutions for out of home in Europe.

Nandu Nandkishore, Executive Vice President in charge of Zone Asia, Oceania and Africa (AOA), has decided to take early retirement after a long and distinguished career with Nestl.

Nestl USA announces that all of its 23 factories spanning confections, dairy, frozen and refrigerated meals, ice cream, baking ingredients, and beverages are now landfill-free, contributing zero waste for disposal.

Since Talking Rain's ultimate retail strategy is to be a trusted advisor providing insight to its customer about the right product mix and placement of products, the company needed a technology that would enable the category management, marketing and sales teams to provide retailers with these insights.

Through the use of innovative thinking, technology solutions and even some aggressive marketing, these nine Standout SMB companies should be duly noted for the strategies that helped them grow in the midmarket.

CGT Editor Alarice Rajagopal gives you a sneak peek into the trends and topics discussed in this month's issue.

Amazon set the Internet aflutter when it announced its latest digital innovation the Dash Button. Major CPG companies like P&G, Clorox, Coca-Cola and Kraft are already on board with the e-commerce giant testing with Amazon Prime members. It is already being said that these in-home buttons could give big CPG players the 'leverage they've lacked in e-commerce.'