Trade shows-the good ones, that is-change as their industries change. If you're going to spend precious time away from your business talking with exhibitors, and looking at equipment and ingredient applications, you'd better see something new-something that reflects where you think your business is headed.
Just when it seemed there was no truth to rumors of a hostile takeover of French Danone by a U.S. food company, the buzz is back. Late in September more discussion surfaced, this time involving Kraft Foods and again, PepsiCo.
U.S. export growth is all about having the right ingredients. After years of researching the markets, buyers' needs, and building awareness for U.S. offerings, exporters are enjoying a surge in sales. They've been able to capitalize on a happy convergence in market conditions: Rising demand, curtailed supply from their competitors, a weak dollar, limits on EU export subsidies and improved market access around the world.
Look no further than this global review of new products and marketing tactics to get ideas for future innovations. Though some won't fly for a long time here in the States, with others, it is just a matter of a year or two before either you or your competition introduces them to U.S. supermarkets.
So why is it important to know what flavors are popular half way around the world? The answer is simple-the Great American Melting Pot is no longer homogenous.
RIIHIMÄKI, Finland-Among Finland's most intrinsic national treasures are its vast, pristine forests, harboring berries, reindeer, mushrooms and moose, and linking the country's peoples to a key part of their heritage. Subsequently, this eastern Scandinavian nation's modern paper and pulp industry is one of its most important, and one of the most progressive of its kind in the world. So it is at once ironic and completely natural that Finland's dominant dairy company's most recent capital investment will allow it to reduce its use of paperboard boxes as shipping containers.
USDA has joined with other federal agencies, including the FBI and Department of Homeland Security to institute new protections for the nation's food supply against terrorist threats. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns says the federal agencies will work with states and private industry to improve bio-terror defenses.
Dairy processors from North American and around the world will have a chance next month to see the latest technologies and learn about major trends and issues, and they won't have to miss out on trick or treating to do so.
Cognis, a worldwide supplier of non-GMO plant sterol esters, has established a new facility at Illertissen, Germany. The company says the new plant will help it meet the growing consumer interest in healthy eating and functional foods and dietary supplements.
According to the Chicago Tribune, the United States has the worst maternity leave income plan among industrialized countries. It has none. In fact, out of 168 nations in a 2004 Harvard University study, 163 had some form of paid maternity leave, leaving the United States in the company of Lesotho, Papua New Guinea and Swaziland. (August 1, 2005)
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