Beverages

Despite prolonged economic difficulties, 22 percent of consumers are always looking for new products to try. Here, SymphonyIRI reveals 2011s most successful food and beverage and non-foods CPG brands. As youll soon see, both long-established manufacturers and newcomers to the game are providing innovation that is setting the stage for the CPG world of tomorrow.

CGT connects you with nine standout small to mid-sized consumer goods companies that are hitting it off big with consumers. Some names you'll recognize, other you won't. Find out what they've been up to over the last year and what's they've got in store for the future.

The Target team at Hain Celestial Group Inc. was in a promotion rut. With a limited trade budget, they wanted to determine if they were spending those dollars wisely. And, if not, where those dollars could be better spent.

The Great Recession is finally over! That statement may not ring true for most Americans, but it does for chief executives from the 500 biggest U.S. companies. McKesson's CEO took the No. 1 spot, but consumer goods executives, like Kraft's Irene Rosenfeld and VF's Eric Wiseman, didn't fall far behind on Forbes annual list.

The company operates more than 1,000 selling points in the 19-million consumer Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro regions, where Sara Lee is already the retail market leader.

As a market leader in its region, StarBev provides Molson Coors with a great platform for growth and an excellent foundation from which to extend key brands, such as Carling, into Central and Eastern Europe.

The filing of the Form 10 Registration Statement is an important step in the process of establishing the North American grocery business as a new, stand-alone company with its own strategic focus and priorities.