AB InBev

Anheuser-Busch InBev has made an approach to SABMiller Plc regarding a combination of the two companies.Such a deal would help the big beer companies grow international market share, but how would such a merger impact U.S. craft beer companies?

SABMiller has appointed a former Mondelez Europe executive to the newly created role of Group Director, Integrated Supply. Find out more about the new position and who will fill it this December.

Procter & Gamble (P&G) is rumored to announce a massive buying and planning review across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. This comes on the brink of a wave of CPG giants like Coca-Cola, Unilever and L'Oreal, that are already rethinking the way they spend their media dollars. For P&G, it will be the first time in nearly two decades that it has reviewed its U.S. buying account.

From acquisitions and divestitures to name changes and new leadership appointments, 2013 was full of memorable moments. This annual list of the top publicly traded consumer goods companies provides a snapshot of organizations that succeeded in upping their growth games.

NBTY names its new Chief Executive Officer, a 25-year consumer goods industry veteran coming most recently from Coca-Cola.

For independent Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI) distributors, this certification demonstrates that HighJump RCOD has met the highest requirements from ABI in terms of security, functionality and ability.

The combination is a natural next step given the successful long-term partnership between AB InBev and Grupo Modelo, which started more than 20 years ago.

These include an all-cash tender offer of USD 9.15 per share by AB InBev for all the outstanding Grupo Modelo shares it does not already own and, upon completion of the tender offer, the sale of Grupo Modelo's Piedras Negras brewery and stake in Crown to Constellation.