INDIA: Relax FDI on food retail, says govt report (MEM)

India 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.

EUROPE: Cadbury Europe boss to leave group (MEM)

The 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.

GERMANY: Rewe's Penny cuts prices again (MEM)

Penny, Rewe Group's discount chain, has launched its latest swathe of price cuts as Germany's notoriously price-driven market sees competition intensify.

• NZ: Middle East to be Fonterra "growth engine"
  The 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.
• The just-food interview – Arm Farghal, Fonterra (MEM)
  As 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.
• UK: Facebook drives return of Cadbury's Wispa Gold (REG)
  Cadbury has once again bowed to the power of social networking site Facebook with the relaunch of Wispa Gold in the UK.
• US: Smithfield reorganises financing facilities (REG)
  Smithfield Foods has entered into a US$1bn asset-based revolving credit facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank.
• FRANCE: Nestlé to open "Shopper Center" in Paris (MEM)
  Nestlé 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.
• US: B&G opens up financing options
  B&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.
• UK: Aldi launches price-cuts campaign
  Aldi has launched its latest price-cutting campaign in the UK, the German discount giant has confirmed.

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Innovation, innovation, innovation, says General Mills
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It's obvious: when you've got a good story to tell, you want to go to great lengths to shout about it. General Mills, the US food giant behind bran...

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just-food’s IFE 2009 presentation

In March 2009, just-food’s director of publishing Chris Brook Carter and editor Dean Best presented key findings from just-food’s recently published report: Issues, trends and challenges facing the food and drink industry – forecasts to 2014 at the 11th IFE exhibition held at Excel, London. The report explores the global food and drink market in today’s challenging climate with analysis of trends and conditions expected to influence sales value and volume growth over the next five years. This briefing provides the full transcript from the presentation.

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