Food

Comings & Goings: December 2015
Avocados From Mexico, Dallas. The following have been voted to the new AFM board of directors: Mike Browne, chairman; Antonio Villasenor, vice chair; Ricardo Vega, treasurer; Martin Mendoza, director; Ramon Paz, director; Gary Caloroso, director; Armando Lopez, director; and Ron Campbell, director.
Lotus Bakeries Gains a Sweet View of Forecasting
A cloud-based TPM tool allows Lotus Bakeries North America to consolidate sales, finance and marketing efforts to understand how trade promotions impacted the overall business as well as collect critical data points required for an accurate forecast model.

Gorton's Seafood Moves to Fewer Ingredients

Seafood company Gorton's announces a commitment to simplify ingredients for all of the brand's items by the end of 2017. Find out how else the list of ingredients will change.
Ferrero Improves In-Store Execution

Chocolate company Ferrero Australia announces it has selected StayinFront's mobile field cloud solutions to help support the field team.
Unilever Signs Land Deal with Tatu City

Unilever East Africa has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Tatu City Limited for the acquisition of 70 acres of industrial land for future expansion of its manufacturing operations. Find out how this move is part of a stream of investment activities to drive growth in East Africa.
Barry Callebaut Makes Two Acquisitions

Barry Callebaut has acquired Nyonkopa to cover growing customer need for sustainable and traceable cocoa and the commercial beverages vending activities of FrieslandCampina Kievit.
OREO Invites Fans to Personalize Packaging

OREO Colorfilled allows shoppers to personalize OREO cookie wrappers this holiday season, supporting Mondelez International's Strategy to Grow E-Commerce Revenues to $1 billion by 2020.
Kellogg Company to Implement Mobile Retail Execution and DSD Software

Kellogg Company says StayinFront products will enhance in-store direct store delivery (DSD) efficiency and productivity. Find out how.
CG Leaders Discuss Insights, Innovation and Action for Growth

Insight, innovation and action are key levers of growth that are cross-functional themes. That is why consumer goods community leaders reunited (now in its 17^th year) to engage these important areas of focus, during the 2015 Consumer Goods Business & Technology Leadership Conference.
TreeHouse Foods Makes $2.7B Deal for ConAgra's Private Brands Business

Find out what TreeHouse Foods' acquisition of ConAgra Foods' private brands operations means for its private label operations.

Comings & Goings: December 2015

Lotus Bakeries Gains a Sweet View of Forecasting

Gorton's Seafood Moves to Fewer Ingredients

Ferrero Improves In-Store Execution

Unilever Signs Land Deal with Tatu City

Barry Callebaut Makes Two Acquisitions

OREO Invites Fans to Personalize Packaging

Kellogg Company to Implement Mobile Retail Execution and DSD Software

CG Leaders Discuss Insights, Innovation and Action for Growth

TreeHouse Foods Makes $2.7B Deal for ConAgra's Private Brands Business