BluePrint, a marketer and manufacturer of raw, organic cold-pressed fruit and vegetable juices and juice beverages, generated approximately $20 million in sales in calendar year 2012.
Pfizer Inc. knocked out some competition in the OTC pharmaceutical market when it acquired Wyeth's consumer healthcare brands in 2009. How has the Centrum-brand owner performed compared to the competition since?
No. 1 player P&G made progress toward its purpose-inspired growth strategy, while Unilever reported gains in its transformation to a sustainable growth company. Most of the companies on this list followed their lead with modest sales gains in 2011.
The move may incite a bidding war with Bayer, which offered approximately $1.2 billion in October to acquire the leading provider of branded vitamins, nutrition supplements and nutrition bars in the United States and elsewhere.
The Schiff business is expected to significantly enhance Bayer's presence and position in the United States, which accounts for more over-the-counter and nutritional products sales than any other country in the world.
The giant CG company is confident and focused on its growth and productivity plan, according to its chairman, president and CEO, speaking at its annual shareholders meeting.
The three varieties are now sold in all Harris Teeter stores, including those in North Carolinathe first state where the product line has been introduced.
