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Published by Aroq Ltd.Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:09:26 GMTSat, 04 Jul 2009 23:09:26 GMTjust-food.com - RSS feedjust-food.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss20http://www.just-food.com/images/small_logo_food.gifhttp://www.just-food.com10021India should end the ban on foreign companies being able to own and open food retail stores in the country, a key government report has said.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107157Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:50:00 GMTThe head of Cadbury's operations in Europe is to leave the confectionery giant at the end of the month, the company has confirmed to just-food.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107155Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:30:00 GMTPenny, Rewe Group's discount chain, has launched its latest swathe of price cuts as Germany's notoriously price-driven market sees competition intensify.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107166Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:24:00 GMTThe Middle East will be the "growth engine" for dairy giant Fonterra in the years ahead, a leading executive for the New Zealand-based group has told just-food.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107163Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:11:00 GMTAs Fonterra grapples with sharply declining global prices for dairy commodities, the group has tempered its ambitions in some emerging markets - such as China and India. However, it is still forging ahead into new territory and recently announced plans to enter Egypt. In this month's just-food interview, Katy Humphries spoke to Arm Farghal, managing director of Fonterra's Middle Eastern unit, to find out more about the company's plans for this strategically important region.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107162Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:59:00 GMTCadbury has once again bowed to the power of social networking site Facebook with the relaunch of Wispa Gold in the UK.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107167Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:31:00 GMTSmithfield Foods has entered into a US$1bn asset-based revolving credit facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107160Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:08:00 GMTNestlé has invested EUR300,000 in setting up its first 'Shopper Center' in Europe on the site of the Nestlé France headquarters in Noisiel, in the Paris suburbs.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107159Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:07:00 GMTB&G Foods has filed a universal shelf registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to allow it to offer and sell securities up to US$600m.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107158Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:59:00 GMTAldi has launched its latest price-cutting campaign in the UK, the German discount giant has confirmed.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107169Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:40:00 GMTNew Zealand dairy giant Fonterra will appeal the local competition ruling landed against the company over milk suppliers to smaller local dairy processors.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107168Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:38:00 GMTThe European Commission has moved to protect Melton Mowbray Pork Pies from being copied by manufacturers based outside their traditional home region in the English East Midlands.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107165Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:09:00 GMTSeven months into one of the retail world's toughest jobs, Carrefour CEO Lars Olofsson this week detailed his plans to drive growth at the French retail giant. Across the English Channel, another food retailer in difficulty, Marks and Spencer, saw its quarterly sales fall - but the result was an improvement on the previous three months. M&S, meanwhile, would have been one of the world's retailers interested to hear that India's finance ministry has recommended a loosening of rules governing foreign investment in the food retail sector.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107164Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:37:00 GMTMexican conglomerate Alfa, the owner of the local Sigma food business, has said that its chairman and CEO will step down from the role next March.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107161Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:16:00 GMTMarks and Spencer is to revamp its confectionery range in the UK, a move that will include the launch of a Pick & Mix range.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107156Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:20:00 GMTTwo Australian dairy groups, Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory (WCB) and Murray Goulburn, have slashed the milk prices they pay to farmers for the 2009/10 season.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107144Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:15:00 GMTFrozen food business Iglo is to launch a slew of products on the French market this autumn.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107153Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:34:00 GMTEdeka, the German retailer, today (2 July) reaffirmed its plans to expand its discount business, with the opening of new stores and the integration of last year's acquisition, Plus.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107152Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:11:00 GMTSeven & I Holdings today (2 July) posted double-digit declines in first-quarter revenue and profit as the downturn dented consumer spending at the Japanese retailer's supermarket business.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107149Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:25:00 GMTFrench retail group Les Mousquetaires, the company behind the Intermarché chain, has stayed silent on reports that it is looking to quit the Spanish market.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107145Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:22:00 GMT