Brands (nyse: YUM - news - people ), PepsiCo (nyse: PEP - news - people ) and Kraft Foods (nyse: KFT - news - people ), makers of high-calorie foods, who some have blamed for the "epidemic" of obesity and the overweight in America.
Following her Kraft homecoming--Rosenfeld had worked for 20 years at Kraft and General Foods before joining PepsiCo--the new chief now has to grapple with high commodity prices, an upcoming spin-off of the company from its 87% owner, Altria, and of course, fierce global competition.
Following her Kraft homecoming--Rosenfeld had worked for 20 years at Kraft and General Foods before joining PepsiCo--the new chief now has to grapple with high commodity prices, an upcoming spin-off of the company from its 87% owner, Altria (nyse: MO - news - people ), and of course, fierce global competition.
But in the U.S., despite persistent concerns, free choice is an overriding ethic, and fast-food and cookie sellers like McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people ), Coca-Cola (nyse: KO - news - people ) and Kraft Foods (nyse: KFT - news - people ) have little short-term fear of such restrictions.
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Early this year Philip Morris' Kraft Foods bought the whey-packed Balance Bar, and its rival Nestl USA snapped up PowerBar.
Recall that Kraft Foods executed a spin-off last year to allow its slow-growing North American grocery business to live apart (keeping the Kraft name) form its faster-growing international snack unit (later called Mondelez International).
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Weight Watchers now allows all foods, including calories from Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (nyse: KKD - news - people ) or Kraft Foods ' (nyse: KFT - news - people ) Oreos, as long as they are within a person's daily allotted points.
On Thursday, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (nyse: BRKA - news - people ) announced it took a 132.4 million stake in Kraft Foods (nyse: KFT - news - people ), making Berkshire the largest single shareholder.
Kraft Foods this month launched a range of lower-carb foods, including fudge brownies and snack bars.
Kraft Foods dished up a tasty-looking second-quarter earnings report on Monday, but after investors digest it, they may have second thoughts.
U.S.-based Kraft Foods Inc. acquired Cadbury in January 2010, seeking to capitalize on the company's strong position in emerging markets like India.
Altria - which is the parent company - is expected to announce plans today to spin-off Kraft Foods, the maker of Oreos, Velveeta and other snacks.
Market Connections International, a small firm in Montclair, New Jersey, pitches "environment-conditioned marketing" to such clients as Colgate-Palmolive, Kraft Foods and Unilever Group.
Analysts also say the favorable ruling should set Altria on a faster pace to spin off its Kraft Foods (nyse: KFT - news - people ) unit from the tobacco business.
Irene Rosenfeld has been in the driver's seat of Kraft Foods (nyse: KFT - news - people ) for less than a month, but she's already on her way to extending the reach of America's No. 1 food company overseas.
It attracts farmers and their groupies: commodities brokers, agronomists, grain buyers, ag reporters and representatives from the likes of Cargill and Kraft Foods (nyse: KFT - news - people ), all looking for hints as to the size of the impending harvest.
Analysts at Panmure Gordon Co. said it was plausible that Kraft Foods (nyse: KFT - news - people ) might team up with a private equity firm to buy Cadbury and divide the assets between them, with Kraft getting the confectionary business and the private equity fund getting the company's stable and profitable beverage unit.
Rising volatile foods prices have also been a problem, one that other food companies like Kraft Foods Group, Kellogg and Coca-Cola have faced.
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Dividend-paying companies, like Kraft Foods, would be disadvantaged if the rate reverts to ordinary rates.
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She also has lucrative endorsement deals with the likes of Nike, Hewlett-Packard, Wilson, Kraft Foods and Gatorade.
What some call an epidemic of obesity in the U.S. has drawn the attention of Coca-Cola , McDonalds , Kraft Foods and others, and has given rise to an industry devoted to the Atkins diet.
Altria sold off its non-tobacco and international divisions, including Kraft Foods and Philip Morris International, over the last three years.
Certainly the most admired agency in the Advertising world, it won such prestigious accounts as Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Kraft Foods, VW, and Burger King.
Ms. Ivie purchased these products, produced by Kraft Foods, Cadbury, and Back to Nature, over a four-year period.
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The company expects to create these companies through a tax-free spin-off of the North American grocery business to Kraft Foods shareholders.
Mars Inc. and Kraft signed a pledge to shift more child-directed advertising to healthier foods.
While a competitor with public food companies like Kraft Foods Group, Kellogg, PepsiCo and Hershey, the 82-year-old company has struggled to maintain peace with its union.
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Elsewhere, Kraft Foods is up about 1% ahead of the open after posting a fourth-quarter adjusted profit of 57 cents per share, matching the consensus estimate.
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In 2005 he bought a Kraft Foods yogurt plant in a neighboring town and worked on perfecting the recipe for Greek-style yogurt.
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