Food

The company names David Denholm as president and chief operating officer and Peter McGuinness as chief marketing and brand officer.

As we enter the second half of the year, the editors of CGT revisited the headiness that you read most. What do they tell us? You love a good list, especially if it predicts consumer trends OR ranks competitive products. Let us know what you think of these articles in retrospect. Did market predictions made ring true? Do the leading products still lead? Did key consumer trends take off or taper off? And what do you expect in the second half of 2013?

Company CEO Ken Powell, shares the innovation-fueled plans for growth including more than 200 new items being introduced worldwide in the first half of the year alone.

Harris Teeter brings to Kroger an exceptional brand and complementary base of 212 stores in attractive southeastern and mid-Atlantic markets and in Washington, D.C.

The new SVP, Gobal R&D, joins Campbell with more than 20 years of experience from companies including PepsiCo and Procter & Gamble.

General Mills manages its content publishing and consumer engagement across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google+ and LinkedIn, with a solution from Spredfast.

The $53 million investment is going to focus on frozen and chilled foods research, and will serve Nestle's businesses worldwide.

The new VP and CIO replaces Barry Libenson who left the company earlier this month.