Food

7-Eleven Inc. announces winners of its 2006 Retailer Initiative Awards, which formally recognize those suppliers that excelled at helping 7-Eleven meet its convenience customers' changing needs through team merchandising, demandchain solutions, cost of goods, category management and contributing to creative advertising and promotional programs.

The temptation for small to midsized businesses is to implement a quick-fix point solution as each new business process problem comes to the fore, and each functional department cries out for a remedy.

Kellogg Company says it's coming to the rescue of woman looking for an evening snack without the guilt, with new Special K Chocolatey Delight.

Brown-Forman, one of the leading producers and marketers of distilled spirits such as Jack Daniels and Southern Comfort, sought to enhance communications and business processes for its employees.

Some might call it nepotism. But customers should be suspicious if a company doesn't deploy its own technology.

As General Mills began planning a recent expansion to its corporate campus in Minneapolis, Minn., the company's IS team realized it was the perfect time to implement new functionality and performance into its existing HP ProCurve network.

In a recent survey commissioned by Sara Lee Food & Beverage, 73 percent of consumers incorrectly identified their bread as 100 percent whole wheat when it actually has similar nutritional make-up to traditional white bread.

Unlike water through its faucets, information did not always flow smoothly at bathroom fittings manufacturer Hansgrohe AG.