Food

For the first time since 1998, Coca-Cola will advertise during the Super Bowl. According to Adweek, Coca-Cola was content buying the pods immediately prior to the telecasts, while competitor Pepsi dominated the in-game airwaves.

Numico, the brand owner of Nutricia, Milupa, Cow & Gate, Mellin and Dumex, selects Agile PLM to provide an end-to-end PLM solution.

Sugar processor Imperial Sugar Co. names John C. Sheptor as executive vice president and chief operating officer.

The Blackstone Group enters into a definitive agreement to acquire Pinnacle Foods Group Inc., a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of branded food products in the United States and Canada, for approximately $2.16 billion in cash.

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.