Food

Reuters reporting on the findings of a Credit Suisse survey said that China is on course to become the world's second-largest consumer market by 2015, with the United States being first.

Sara Lee Corporation intends to simplify the management structure of its International business to better align with the company's multi-year transformation from a diversified holding company to an integrated operating company.

Altria Group Inc. announces the distribution ratio for its previously announced spin off of Kraft Foods Inc. Altria shareholders received approximately 0.69 of a share of Kraft for each share of Altria common stock held.

Land O'Lakes, Inc., a leading dairy cooperative, is implementing Sopheon's Accolade product life cycle management (PLM) system as the technology foundation for its product innovation processes.

Kmart, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sears Holdings Corporation, adds 32 new products to its assortment of private label beverages under the American Fare brand name.

Ce De Candy Inc., manufacturer and distributor of Smarties, implements an enterprise mobility solution from Motorola Inc. and PartnerSelect Solution Provider Portable Technology Solutions (PTS) to meet the FDA's new Food Bioterrorism regulation while also increasing the efficiency and accuracy of manufacturing processes throughout its supply chain and warehouse.

Welch's determined that its internal IT staff was needed to implement and support a new Oracle ERP solution, leaving insufficient resources to maintain and support its existing Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) system. Rather than hire additional staff to manage the EDI system, Welch's elected to outsource this capability to SPS Commerce, a trading partner integration center offering fully outsourced EDI and Catalog functions.

Kraft Foods Inc.'s Board of Directors has nominated Mark D. Ketchum for election at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on April 24, 2007.