The new President and CEO has managed and significantly increased the business of household names, including Taster's Choice Coffee, Nestle Hot Chocolate and Kit Kat.
Dole received unconditional approval from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce to implement the sale of its worldwide packaged foods and Asia fresh produce business to ITOCHU. Two lines of fresh produce business will remain with the new Dole following the the transaction: fresh fruit and fresh vegetables.
The M&A environment for consumer markets companies is primed for a resurgence in the next two to three years, according to KPMG LLP. Nearly 70 percent of respondents in a recent survey expect their companies to make at least one acquisition in 2012, compared with 57 percent in 2011. Here's a recap of recent M&A activity in consumer goods.
With product offerings like fruit and nut based clusters, bars and freeze-dried fruit, Mrs. Mays Naturals will help expand Doles offerings in new sections of the grocery store.
With network optimization as the goal, Transplace recommends strategic assignment of carriers to all of the lanes within the Doles North American freight network.
The largest producer and marketer of high-quality fresh fruit and fresh vegetables in the world creating a fluid, collaborative data collection process that improves tax department control
When it comes to the health of the consumer goods market, is the glass half full or half empty? According to the results of the 2010 Consumer Goods Registry, which ranks the top 100 public companies according to 2009 annual revenues, both viewpoints are correct.
