Supply Chain & Merchandising

Kraft Foods extends its engagement with IBM to build borderless operations through a single enterprise resource planning platform from SAP.

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.

Starbucks acquired Teavana for an aggregate acquisition price of approximately $620 million in cash.

2012 was another exciting and transformational year in the consumer goods industry, from Kraft's new name to Kimberly-Clark's record-breaking digital marketing program. Join CGT as we revisit the most-read sales and marketing-centric headlines of the year.

Located in Twin Falls, Idaho, Chobani has invested $450 million to build this one-million-square-foot operation in less than 11 months. The company's presence in Idaho has already served as a catalyst for hundreds of new jobs and a significant positive economic impact in the region.

Lynn Gust, 59, has been senior vice president of operations since 2011. He started his career with Fred Meyer as a parcel clerk in 1970.

Some things are simply out of our control. Find out how the earthquake that hit Japan literally shook the Tobacco market in 2011.