The move, by Sara Lee and its Norwegian joint venture partner Kaffehuset Friele, is expected to strengthen the partners' out-of-home business in Norway and Denmark.
Robert Stockton has been a key architect behind Mattel's rapid international growth and also helped shape many of the company's recent growth initiatives.
With the addition of this MeadWestvaco Corporations Consumer & Office Products business, ACCO Brands increases its scale and strengthens its position as an industry leader in school and office products.
It's important to examine the challenges facing DSD suppliers, and how they can respond today, and in the future, to demonstrate the superior value-add of DSD.
The formation of VCT&DG Mexico, a joint venture between Concha y Toro S.A. and Digrans S.A., now serves the Mexican market, creating synergies and a novel commercialization structure to best respond to consumer demand in that country.
While most retailers have already closed their worst performing stores and taken cost-cutting measures to stay afloat, the uncertain economic climate might lead to a substantial number of store closures in the first quarter of 2012.
With the sale of its North American Fresh Bakery business now complete, Sara Lee now turns its focus toward the sale of EuroDough, its European chilled dough business.