http://www.just-food.com/companies/kraft-foods-group_id693Latest Kraft Foods Group industry news - from just-food.com© 2013 All content copyright just-food.com. Published by Aroq Ltd.Sun, 26 May 2013 03:28:01 GMTSun, 26 May 2013 03:28:01 GMTjust-food.com - RSS feedjust-food.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss20The latest batch of reports from the just-food research store includes emerging food and drinks markets, packaging for an ageing population and packaged food in the US.http://www.just-food.com/news/the-civets-markets-packaged-food-in-the-us_id123170.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=kraft-foods-groupFri, 17 May 2013 08:56:00 GMTAt first it appeared the villain of the piece with the launch of its Alert Energy Caffeine Gum, which prompted an FDA review of caffeine in foods. However, Wrigley was subsequently praised by the regulator for showing "leadership" when it halted production. So far, however, no other food companies have shown that level of support for the FDA's move. Ben Cooper reports.http://www.just-food.com/analysis/wrigley-wins-fda-plaudits-amid-caffeine-scrutiny_id123240.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=kraft-foods-groupThu, 16 May 2013 15:59:00 GMTKraft Foods Group has launched a range of hot dog products under its Oscar Mayer meats brand - including what the US group said was the first bacon hot dog on the market.http://www.just-food.com/news/bacon-hot-dog-features-in-krafts-oscar-mayer-npd_id123189.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=kraft-foods-groupTue, 14 May 2013 13:24:00 GMTMondelez International saw its earnings fall in the first quarter amid costs related to the spin off of its grocery business, while lower coffee prices weighed on revenue growth.http://www.just-food.com/news/spin-off-impacts-mondelez-q1-earnings_id123113.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=kraft-foods-groupWed, 08 May 2013 11:01:00 GMTKraft Foods Group has booked a mixed set of first-quarter results, with higher sales and operating profit failing to offset restructuring charges, which dented the bottom line.http://www.just-food.com/news/kraft-reports-mixed-q1-results_id123074.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=kraft-foods-groupFri, 03 May 2013 14:08:00 GMTWal-Mart, Kroger and Supervalu are among the US retailers presenting at a Barclays sector conference next week. The first-quarter results will continue to roll in, with Kellogg, Kraft Foods Group and Canadian retailer Loblaw part of a group of companies to publish numbers.http://www.just-food.com/news/the-week-ahead-us-retail-conference-kellogg-kraft-q1s_id122985.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=kraft-foods-groupMon, 29 Apr 2013 09:13:00 GMTUS grocery business Kraft Foods Group has added to its cream cheese stable with the launch of two Philadelphia products.http://www.just-food.com/news/kraft-foods-adds-to-philadelphia-line_id122745.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=kraft-foods-groupMon, 08 Apr 2013 17:04:00 GMTCould activist investor Nelson Peltz be at it again? Hot off the heels of one mega-deal in the food industry, the move to take Heinz into private hands, rumours are abound that Peltz is building up a stake in Mondelez International and PepsiCo with a view to merging the companies into a snack food Goliath.http://www.just-food.com/comment/the-logic-behind-a-pepsicomondelez-tie-up_id122606.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=kraft-foods-groupFri, 22 Mar 2013 14:14:00 GMTKraft Foods Group has said it will use the "significant" cash flows it generated in 2012 to increase returns to shareholders by reinvesting in the business, raising the possibility of M&A or share repurchases.http://www.just-food.com/news/kraft-to-leverage-cash-position-to-boost-returns_id122578.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=kraft-foods-groupThu, 21 Mar 2013 13:01:00 GMTKraft Foods Group has said it is improving its product development after admitting its track-record on innovation had not matched its competitors.http://www.just-food.com/news/kraft-foods-group-insists-innovation-improving_id122218.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=kraft-foods-groupTue, 19 Feb 2013 17:13:00 GMTUS food group ConAgra Foods has lifted its forecast for annual earnings on the back of its acquisition of private-label group Ralcorp Holdings - and "strong contributions" from the rest of its business.http://www.just-food.com/news/conagra-ups-fy-earnings-forecast_id122219.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=kraft-foods-groupTue, 19 Feb 2013 18:27:00 GMTKraft Foods Group today (15 February) said it expected to file a near-11% fall in revenues for the last three months of 2012, with sales down across the US grocery group's businesses.http://www.just-food.com/news/kraft-foods-group-q4-sales-down-11_id122186.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=kraft-foods-groupFri, 15 Feb 2013 17:41:00 GMTBetter management of input costs and higher sales in emerging markets have helped global snacks giant Mondelez International report higher underlying profits in 2012.http://www.just-food.com/news/cost-control-developing-markets-boost-mondelez-2012-profits_id122147.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=kraft-foods-groupThu, 14 Feb 2013 11:00:00 GMTOne story has dominated the industry headlines last week - the deepening and widening horse meat contamination, which has now taken in household brand Findus and a supplier in France. Beyond the debate over food standards and the scrutiny of the supply chain, Dairy Crest admitted it was struggling to find suitable M&A targets, Marks and Spencer said its Simply Food ambitions could lead them beyond France and further into Europe, while Kellogg insisted it was seeing improvement in its business in the region.http://www.just-food.com/news/the-highlights-on-just-food-last-week_id122088.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=kraft-foods-groupMon, 11 Feb 2013 08:08:00 GMTFew stories in recent months have caused as much comment as the horse meat scandal, which last week deepened with the news Findus lasagne sold in the UK contained the ingredient. Elsewhere, Dairy Crest said potential takeover targets wanted too much money, Nestle found another country looking at the implications of its Pfizer infant formula acquisition and Kraft Foods Group went to court over the Cracker Barrel trademark.http://www.just-food.com/news/just-foods-week-in-words_id122087.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=kraft-foods-groupMon, 11 Feb 2013 08:07:00 GMTKraft Foods Group has filed a lawsuit against Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBOCS) over the US restaurant chain's plans to sell branded products in mainstream retail stores.http://www.just-food.com/news/kraft-files-cracker-barrel-lawsuit-over-trademark-infringement_id122033.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=kraft-foods-groupMon, 04 Feb 2013 17:03:00 GMTIt may have been just-food's first week back after the Christmas break, but we hit the group running with the news that Unilever has sold its Skippy peanut butter brand to Hormel.http://www.just-food.com/news/the-highlights-on-just-food-this-week_id121623.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=kraft-foods-groupFri, 04 Jan 2013 11:04:00 GMTKraft Foods Group has unveiled plans to launch more than 40 new products, marking the first swathe of NPD since the group separated from Mondelez International and became an independent publicly traded group last October.http://www.just-food.com/news/kraft-plans-launch-of-40-products_id121597.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=kraft-foods-groupWed, 02 Jan 2013 14:09:00 GMTThere were, despite continued economic uncertainty in many Western markets and concerns over slowing growth in the East, signs that M&A activity rebounded in the food sector this year. However, a look at just-food's M&A coverage this year shows there have been few big-ticket, transformational deals.http://www.just-food.com/analysis/ma-revival-but-caution-hinders-big-deals_id121561.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=kraft-foods-groupWed, 19 Dec 2012 19:25:00 GMTKraft Foods Group has called on shareholders to turn down an "unsolicited" mini-tender offer from private-equity firm TRC Capital for a portion of the company's stock.http://www.just-food.com/news/kraft-urges-investors-to-reject-trc-capital-share-offer_id121559.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=kraft-foods-groupTue, 18 Dec 2012 17:45:00 GMT