PARIS-As this issue was going to press, Reuters reported that rumors about PepsiCo, considering a takeover bid for French food group Danone, might have been off the mark. Pepsi told the French market regulator AMF that it was not in fact preparing a takeover.
WASHINGTON-The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has filed two lawsuits against, IDFA, DMI, and several dairy companies that are licensed to use the claims of the Healthy Weight with Dairy campaign.
Unfrozen Novelty An attempt to erect the world's largest water ice treat in Manhattan's Union square ended with a kiwi-strawberry flood that sent pedestrians scurrying for higher ground in June.
PORTLAND, Maine-Oakhurst Dairy continues to honor Maine Army Reserve veterans returning home from Iraq with welcome home messages on their gallon-sized milk labels.
Remember the Seinfeld episode where the characters gain weight eating what is suppose to be low-calorie frozen yogurt? Well, a few years ago, this sit-com scenario was reality for New Yorkers when the CremaLita chain of frozen dessert shops was charged by the Big Apple's Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) with allegedly deceptive and misleading trade practices. The labeling issue arose in 2002 when The New York Times analyzed CremaLita ice cream and found that some of the products had two to four times as many calories as advertised.
The Coca-Cola Company may have finally found a realistic way of getting into the flavored milk business. The Atlanta-based soft drink leader has agreed to an arrangement under which it would become a stakeholder and master distributor of Bravo! Foods Intl., marketers of the Slammer line of flavored milks.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--Wisconsin cheese producer, Uplands Cheese Company won the coveted "Best of Show" award last month at the 22nd annual American Cheese Society competition. Uplands' Pleasant Ridge Reserve got top honors for a rare second time at the prestigious competition of artisan and farmstead cheesemakers. The same cheese won Best of Show at the 18th annual American Cheese Society competition.
To effectively manage costs, it is easiest and best to consider sources of costs, quantify the opportunities, and deal with cost management based on specific priority considerations. Priorities can be determined by total cost saving, convenience, need and/or speed. Priorities vary from organization to organization and even within a single organization, so care is necessary when applying an appropriate priority to a cost savings opportunity.
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