http://www.just-food.comLatest Ajinomoto industry news - from just-food.com© 2009 All content copyright just-food.com. Published by Aroq Ltd.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:51:40 GMTSat, 21 Nov 2009 02:51:40 GMTjust-food.com - RSS feedjust-food.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss20Japanese food group Ajinomoto said today (6 November) that the global economic recession hit its first-half profits.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108715Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:56:00 GMTAsda today (16 July) claimed a "victory for common sense" when a UK court dismissed Japanese ingredients firm Ajinomoto's lawsuit over Asda's description of the artificial sweetener aspartame as a "nasty".http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107311Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:42:00 GMTJapan's Ajinomoto Co. said that it plans to double its food sales abroad to JPY300bn (US$3.19bn) by accelerating strategic M&A and developing new businesses in new areas.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107210Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:04:00 GMTAjinomoto Co. suffered a huge fall in income for its full year as revenues slipped, costs rose and foreign exchange issues took their toll.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=106615Fri, 15 May 2009 10:01:00 GMTJapanese food giant Ajinomoto has lowered its earnings forecast for the fiscal year ended 31 March as a result of the strength of the yen.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=106543Fri, 08 May 2009 15:26:00 GMTThe US unit of Japanese food giant Ajinomoto has confirmed that it is targeting sales gains in the US with its frozen food offering.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=106343Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:02:00 GMTMaui Land & Pineapple Co. (MLP) has appointed John Durkin as CFO with effect from 15 April.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=105987Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:16:00 GMTJapanese food group Ajinomoto has announced that its board of directors has given the green light to its proposed appointment of Masatoshi Ito as president and CEO.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=105845Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:29:00 GMTAjinomoto unveiled its international strategy to 2010 at a news conference held in Tokyo to mark the company's 100th anniversary.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=105719Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:05:00 GMTJapanese food majors Ajinomoto Co. and Itoham Foods have agreed to set up a venture to establish operations in Thailand.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=105659Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:40:00 GMTJapanese seasoning company Ajinomoto said it will look at merger and acquisition possibilities in the food industry in a bid to expand, according to reports.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=105389Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:47:00 GMTJapanese seasoning company Ajinomoto Co. today (2 February) predicted a full-year loss after it revealed that it swung into a net loss for the nine-month period ended 31 December.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=105268Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:16:00 GMTRising raw material costs pushed Ajinomoto's profits down for the six months ended 30 September.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=104371Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:44:00 GMTAjinomoto said today (31 October) that it expects to record a first-half net loss as rising costs hit its Amoy Foods subsidiary.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=104282Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:20:00 GMTFor the saddest of reasons, food safety issues are front of mind for anyone looking at the Chinese food market. Japanese companies have been active investors in China for some time, and see their high standards of food safety as a key marketing asset, one only likely to be accentuated by recent events. Michael Fitzpatrick and HsiaoYing Lin in Tokyo, and Ben Cooper report.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=103955Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:37:00 GMTAjinomoto, the Japan-based food giant, announced today (22 September) that it had set up a seasonings plant in Vietnam.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=103833Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:33:00 GMTAjinomoto Co. has raised JPY35bn (US$327m) through the sale of 15bn six-year bonds priced to yield 1.371% and 20bn 12-year bonds priced to yield 1.896%.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=103726Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:15:00 GMTUS pasta-to-cheese maker Monterey Gourmet Foods has appointed Mark Frandsen to its board of directors.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=103470Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:42:00 GMTJapanese food company Ajinomoto Group has posted a 43.4% fall in operating income for the first quarter, which dropped to JPY7.9bn, as the slowing Japanese economy, higher fuel and materials costs and flat consumer spending weighed on profits.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=103386Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:11:00 GMTJapanese meat firm Itoham Foods and processed food and seasonings giant Ajinomoto have agreed to work together to cut costs in a challenging trading environment.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=102584Fri, 30 May 2008 13:20:00 GMT