Kellogg

Kellogg to use Nutri-Score in France

23 Jan 2020

Kellogg has become the latest major manufacturer to decide to use the Nutri-Score nutrition labels on products.

New products - Nestle's plant-based sausages hit Europe, US; Turkey giant Butterball moves into meat snacks; Danone debuts simple ingredient yogurts; Hershey's Krave in new segment

17 Jan 2020

New product launches that caught the eye this week include a new milk chocolate KitKat variant from Nestlé and dairy-free ice cream from Alden's Organic.

Big Food's stake in the future - in-house venture-capital funds

15 Jan 2020

Kraft Heinz is the latest food major to have used its in-house venture-capital unit to invest in an up-and-coming firm in a niche area. Here's our guide of notable VC arms.

Kellogg targets vending market with Pringles launch

3 Jan 2020

Kellogg is eyeing the vending channel in a number of markets with a new product from flagship savoury-snacks brand Pringles.

2019 - The year in food industry M&A

11 Dec 2019

Andy Coyne looks at significant transactions and emerging themes in merger, acquisition and investment activity in the global food sector during 2019.

New products - Nestle debuts plant-based DiGiorno, Stouffer's duo; Kellogg to-go granola bowls, All-Bran Prebiotic; Soylent marks UK grocery bow; General Mills dairy-free Oui

6 Dec 2019

The new products we picked out this week include plant-based pizza and lasagne from Nestlé, dairy-free yogurts from General Mills, and Soylents UK grocery entry.

US start-up Caulipower features alongside Big Food in product innovation awards

4 Dec 2019

Food industry start-up Caulipower has been included in a list of product innovation winners in the consumer packaged goods space.

Big FMCG needs fresh thinking on e-commerce – Kellogg

6 Nov 2019

Kellogg argues the world's major FMCG companies need to change the way they approach – and resource – e-commerce to capitalise on the growth in the channel.

Burger King chooses Impossible Foods over Morningstar Farms as US plant-based partner

1 Nov 2019

Fast-food giant Burger King has chosen its plant-based burger supplier in the US, which means ditching the current provider.

Kellogg settles US legal suit linked to 'false health claims' on cereals

24 Oct 2019

US cereal heavyweight Kellogg has settled a lawsuit alleging it made false health claims about some of its breakfast products.

Cereal isn’t dead - it just needs better strategy and some ‘snap, crackle and pop’

17 Oct 2019

just-food's US columnist Victor Martino takes a close look at the US cereal category and suggests ways in which product providers might up their game.

Nestle calls on industry to improve on deforestation

2 Oct 2019

Nestlé has admitted it will miss a 2020 target on deforestation it set ten years ago - but the company has set out how it believes the wider industry can end the practice.

Danone, Mars, McCain vow to "restore" biodiversity

23 Sep 2019

Food companies including Danone, Mars and McCain Foods are joining forces in areas such as regenerative agriculture and deforestation.

New products - Addo adds vegan options to Wall's pastries; Beyond Meat launches plant-based sausage in UK; Ginsters, Quorn combine in plant-based pasty; Moma Foods enters new arena

20 Sep 2019

This week's batch of new products includes an alt-meat version of jerky from US food giant Kellogg and Jack Link's moving its Peperami meat-snack brand into a new area.

Who might be in the race for UK sports-nutrition business Grenade?

11 Sep 2019

We weigh up the possible runners and riders for Grenade, the UK sports-nutrition business that could be set for fresh ownership.

Kellogg confirms Geneva office to shut

6 Sep 2019

US cereal giant Kellogg has confirmed that it is "streamlining" its European operations - an initiative that includes closing its Geneva office.

New products - Kroger launches Simple Truth plant-based assortment; Kellogg rolls out plant-based brand Incogmeato; Arla adds to Arla & More snacks range

6 Sep 2019

This week's batch of new product launches includes a new plant-based range from both Kellogg and Kroger, and more innovation in snacks from European dairy giant Arla Foods.

Food companies back Swiss sugar reduction plan

30 Aug 2019

Food businesses have signed up to a Swiss government initiative linked to the amount of sugar in yogurt and breakfast cereals.

New products - Dairy Farmers of America 'blended' milk drinks; PepsiCo's Hint of Salt crisps from Walkers; Kellogg new category for RXBar; Halo Top takes bars to Canada

16 Aug 2019

This week's most notable new products include Dairy Farmers of America 'blended' milk drinks and a new food-to-go range from Quorn Foods.

How M&A in packaged food looked in H1 2019

13 Aug 2019

Using data from just-food.com and parent organisation GlobalData, we present a flavour of M&A activity in the international packaged food sector in the first half of the year.

Kellogg to close US plant

7 Aug 2019

Kellogg, the US cereal, snacks and frozen-food giant, is to shut one of its domestic plants, it has emerged.

Sales, investment, US cereal forecast - the six things to learn from Kellogg's latest results

5 Aug 2019

Kellogg has seen its best quarter of organic sales growth for three years, sending the company's shares rising. We outline the top takeaways from the US giant's latest figures.

New products - Nestle's ice cream push in China; Kellogg's Nutri-Grain for kids; Chobani nut butter yogurt; Danone's So Delicious yogurt alternatives

19 Jul 2019

This week's batch of new products includes Kellogg pushing Nutri-Grain into US kids category and a nut butter line of Greek yogurts from Chobani. 

Kellogg jobs to go in wake of Ferrero asset deal

18 Jun 2019

Kellogg is to cut more than 100 jobs from its operations in North America in the wake of the sale of a clutch of snacks assets to Ferrero.

Food giants issue new pledge on trans fat

20 May 2019

Twelve of the world's largest food and drinks companies are to "enhance their commitment" to reduce the level of trans fat in the global food supply.

Kellogg wants to "simplify" Europe division

14 May 2019

Kellogg has outlined plans to shake up its business in Europe, according to an SEC filing from the US food giant.

New products - Kellogg's Off the Grid frozen waffles; Coca-Cola Amatil's alternative ice cream; Vivera adds to meat-free range; Bio-tiful Dairy rolls out kefir quark compote

10 May 2019

This week's batch of new products includes frozen waffles from Kellogg, a dairy-free ice cream from Coca-Cola Amatil and a new meat-free range from Vivera.

Kellogg cuts guidance to reflect asset disposals as CFO Fareed Khan set to depart

2 May 2019

Kellogg has cut its full-year guidance to reflect the disposal of assets to Italy's Ferrero and at the same time announced the departure of its finance chief. 

Norwegian wealth fund calls for annual elections to Kellogg's board

24 Apr 2019

Norway's sovereign wealth fund said it will support a shareholder proposal seeking annual elections of board members at US food giant Kellogg. 

Kellogg confirms Italy's Ferrero secures its cookies and snacks brands

1 Apr 2019

US-based food giant Kellogg has confirmed it has agreed to sell its select cookies and snacks business to Italy's Ferrero.