Daily news archive

• Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company appoints Dimitris Lois to the newly created post of Chief Operating Officer, effective August 1 2009
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• Highland Spring partners with the Lawn Tennis Association to launch The Hot Shots Tour UK roadshow to encourage children`s interest in tennis
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• In the UK, Britvic sponsors a new children`s television series called Skillicious With Fruit Shoot H20, which aims to introduce children to new activities
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• SkyPeople Fruit Juice, a leading Chinese processor and manufacturer of concentrated juice products establishes a California, US-based sales subsidiary, named Harmony MN
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• Jamba, the parent company of Jamba Juice announces the sale of nine restaurants in Oregon to existing Jamba franchisee The Cinnamon Bums, for an undisclosed sum
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• US food group General Mills posts an 8% increase in FY 2009 net sales to US$14.7bn, with strong performance in the retail segment boosted by a 14% increase in Yoplait net sales
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• Anheuser-Busch InBev sells four of its US soft drink beverage can plants to Ball Corporation for US$577m
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• US-based Constellation Brands reports a 15% decline in Q1 2010 net sales to US$791.6m, partly due to the stronger dollar
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• Diageo announces plans to cut up to 900 jobs in Scotland as part of a restructuring plan that will see the closure of the Port Dundas distillery and a packaging plant in Kilmarnock
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• In India, Bisleri International reveals plans to set up 25 new bottling plants in the country, although neither timeline nor investment details are disclosed
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• World's biggest employers - see new blog by Zenith Chairman Richard Hall on www.bevblog.net
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• Nestlé Waters North America forges partnership with US-based AriZona Beverages to launch a new line of organic tea-infused waters, AriZona Tea Waters
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• Singaporean drinks company Fraser & Neave extends its bottling arrangement with Coca-Cola Company in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei from 26 January 2010 to 30 September 2011
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• Swedish packaging company Tetra Pak announces the global launch of chilled liquid dairy products carton Tetra Brik Edge
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• According to reports, Coca-Cola Company starts construction of its 39th bottling facility in Inner Mongolia, North China, with US$19m investment, due to open in 2010
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• UK bottled water company Highland Spring launches seventh joint advertising campaign with Scotland`s tourism agency VisitScotland themed `Perfect Setting`
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• Danish brewer Carlsberg sells its brewery in Braunschweig, Germany, to Oettinger Brauerei for an undisclosed sum, effective 1 August 2009
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• In the US, The Gatorade Company, a division of PepsiCo, appoints Jennifer Storms as its new Senior Vice President of Sports Marketing
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• The Coca-Cola Company wins Point of Sale category award at the 2009 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival for its new interactive video vending machine, developed in partnership with Samsung
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• India`s Shaw Wallace & Company is to sell its entire 10.27% stake in India`s United Spirits in the open market through the stock exchange
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