Supply Chain Management

Global beverage alcohol company Diageo is changes the name of its U.S. beer business, announces new products, and appoints

The $100 billion-plus deal will merge the worlds two largest breweries andcombine AB InBev's Budweiser, Stella Artois and Corona with SABMiller's Castle Lager and Miller Genuine Draft.

French cosmetics firm L'Oral SA will acquire U.S.-based IT Cosmetics in a cash deal worth $1.2 billion.

The transition to a peanut-free facility makes products safe for kids with peanut allergies and schools with peanut restrictions.

The "Supply Chain Metrics That Matter" report, based on analysis of financial balance sheet and income statement data within household products and beauty industries, is put together to better understand the state of household products and beauty supply chains, and to determine which companies supply chains did the best on the delivery of a portfolio of metrics over the last decade.

General Mills announces restructuring in its global supply chain, impacting its U.S., Brazil, and China operations.

Utz Quality Foods, Inc. of Hanover, PA, and Golden Enterprises, Inc. entered into a definitive merger agreement on July 18 for Utz to acquire the company.

Procter & Gamble Co. executives are focusing on how consumers buy, experimenting with steps such as one that it just launched in Atlanta called the Tide Wash Club, an online subscription service.