Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: News Editor

Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) announced the appointment of Peter J. Bocian as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: News Editor

Beverages companies shares mixed at the close of trading

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: News Editor

Pepsi unveiled the first-ever crowd-sourced Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show introduction, which starred hundreds of real fans from around the U.S. by using a unique editing technique called "object replacement animation."

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: News Editor

Downing Super Bowl snacks can pack on the calories. Tips to avoid the overload.

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: News Editor

McDonald's says it is offering its first new Happy Meal in a decade: Fish McBites.

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: News Editor

Budweiser has chosen a name for the young Clydesdale that appeared in the Super Bowl commercial.

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: News Editor

Golden State Foods (GSF), one of the largest diversified food processors and distributors in the U.S., announced today that it acquired majority ownership of Groenz Group Limited, manufacturer of sauces, dressings, condiments and powders for the quick ser

Published: Feb 05, 2013

Beam Inc's misconduct review in India has damaged sales more than expected and looks set to hamper growth for most of the year, an analyst has claimed.

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: James Wilmore

Anheuser-Busch InBev will find a way to take control of Grupo Modelo's domestic beer business as it sees this as the “crown jewel” of the proposed US$20.1bn deal, an analyst has predicted.

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: News Editor

Eckrich has expanded availability of its five varieties of Bacon Lovers Deli Meats, a new deli meat line made with real bacon.

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: Ron Sterk

The CME Group said today it will transition open outcry trading of hard red winter wheat futures and options at the Kansas City Board of Trade to its Chicago trading floor beginning July 1, pending Commodity Futures Trading Commission approval.

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: Keith Nunes

Executives with Tyson Foods often cite the company’s focus on beef, chicken and pork as the key to its success, but as the effects of last year’s drought on the beef and pork complexes becomes more apparent, it is clear they see greater promise in the com

Published: Feb 05, 2013

A few weeks after initiating a voluntary recall of its rising crust frozen pizzas, Annie's, Inc. said it will resume shipping the products to stores nationwide on Feb. 11.

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: News Editor

The total amount of edible liquid product from shell eggs broken during December was 231,491,000 lbs, up 7% from November and up 6% from December 2011, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Egg Products report.

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: News Editor

McCain Foods (Aust) Pty. Ltd. has completed the acquisition of the Kitchens of Sara Lee frozen bakery business from Hillshire Brands Co., a move that paves the way for the company to expand its range of products across desserts, meals and snacking occasio

Published: Feb 05, 2013

R-Kane Products, Inc, Pennsauken, NJ is recalling all outstanding supplies of its Z PRO HIGH PROTEIN SUPPLEMENT, because it contains soy and milk, allergens which are not declared on the labels of individual packets of the product.

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: News Editor

Anyone who has visited a convenience store near a school lately knows that snacks on campus have grown a little thin lately. At a C-Store near a suburban Denver high school, the students line up in to be let into the retail business only in “controlled wa

Published: Feb 05, 2013

In 1993, 623 people in the western U.S. fell ill with a little-known bacteria called E. coli O157:H7. Ultimately, four children would die from their infections; many others suffered long-term medical complications.

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: News Editor

A family-owned deli in Northern California was closed for two days last week after its food was linked to at least 45 potential norovirus infections.

Published: Feb 05, 2013

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced a final rule amending the criteria for administrative detention to prevent potentially unsafe food from reaching the marketplace.