MarketWatch: Food - July 2007

Publication Date	July 2007
Publisher	Datamonitor
Product Type	Brief
Pages	35
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	DAT05948

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Summary

Introduction

The Food MarketWatch contains the latest news, analysis and opinion, covering all the month's major issues including mergers and acquisitions, marketing and regulatory issues. It covers the period from May 15 June 14 2007.

Scope

Geographic coverage: global
Category coverage: food

Highlights

Datamonitor's Food MarketWatch provides monthly insight into the key events in the food industry.

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Content

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Catalyst
Summary
Industry Update
- News in brief
New Products Review
- Chocolate tackles slavery issues
- Ice Cream: top flavors in new products
- New food launches Feb-Apr: chipping away at the rankings
- Product claims: new food launches, Feb-Apr
- Bread Products: top launches by corporation
Feature Analysis
- Sainsbury's: recovery to growth
- German retail: moving away from the price focus
- Dobbies: the latest target for Tesco
- US supermarkets: fighting for survival
Industry Comment
- Kwik Save: fall from grace continues
- Whole Foods Market: over here and over priced?
- NEWS
- Headlines
- Dairy Crest mulls Devon site closure
- Tesco's ethics under scrutiny - report
- Asda reveals Q1 sales growth
- Danone to acquire Vialat dairy operations in Chile
- Barry Callebaut to switch Weize plant to green energy
- Chile's Falabella to buy D&S
- Interest in Cadbury's drinks unit grows - report
- P&G to undergo restructuring
- Unilever will not split into two, says chairman
- Campina sells Belgian cheese maker Passendale
- Unilever selects SAP as standard for global IT strategy
- Wal-Mart Q1 profit rises
- SunOpta acquires fruit processor
- Koc may sell Migros stake - report
- Interest in Cadbury's drinks unit grows - report
- Lifeway Foods secures first foodservice distribution contract
- Hershey sues marijuana food maker
- Treatt profit drops as US unit disappoints
- McCambridge may withdraw Inter Link bid
- Asda to offer organic ready meals for children
- BT extends services agreement with Nestle
- Nestle sells US rights to Turtles confectionery brand
- Frutarom posts 8% drop in profit despite sales growth
- NutraSweet, Domino form alliance to market sweeteners
- Campbell Soup Q3 profit rises, lifts outlook
- Maple Leaf Foods sells animal nutrition business
- Mitsubishi acquires three Japanese food companies
- SP Holding Corporation changes its name
- Dairy Crest FY profit rises 24%
- Morrison delivers steady progress in 2007
- Tate & Lyle profits increase, warns of challenges ahead
- Nestle sells US rights to Turtles confectionery brand
- KKR, CVC withdraw from Coles bid
- Tyson completes sale of Alabama plants to Koch Foods
- X5 reports strong Q1
- Cargill to produce biofuels in German plant
- Hain Celestial acquires WhiteWave tofu business
- Greencore reports encouraging start to the year
- Heinz posts 7.8% rise in Q4 profit
- Kellogg elects P&G exec to board
- Lancaster Colony acquires Marshall Biscuit Company
- Thorntons assigns ex-Tesco exec to the board
- Wal-Mart negotiating Indian logistics tie-up - report
- Hormel posts slight rise in profit, high grain prices impact
- Woolworths wins GBP200 million Asda deal
- Clearly Canadian acquires My Organic Baby
- Danone, Wahaha JV continues to cause friction
- WhiteWave Foods launches new all-natural yogurt line
- Dairy Crest recalls Clover in mould mishap
- Meat company Swift acquired by Brazil's JBS
- Starburst and Six Flags form marketing alliance
- Maple Leaf Foods to close Etobicoke plant
- Cadbury to implement cost-cutting drive?
- Heinz appoints new infant food marketing boss
- Drie Mollen to distribute Javo beverages across Europe
- Lance closing Ontario sugar wafer facility
- Lion Capital to acquire Dutch retailer Hema
- Tesco strike called off
- Danone improves manufacturing performance with Ilog software
- AXA to acquire Diana Ingredients
- Wimm-Bill-Dann increases stake in Russian dairy facility
- Cadbury to sell three business units
- Wimm-Bill-Dann delivers 84.8% rise in profits
- Dole Food Company names new president and CEO
- Eroski acquires 75% of Caprabo
- Woolworths, Foodstuffs blocked from Warehouse bid
- ADM to build cocoa processing plant in Ghana
- Cadbury acquires Romanian confectionery group
- Gonnella Baking Company selects AT&T for network overhaul
- Cadbury Schweppes buys Turkish gum business
- Cadbury cuts senior management team by 10%
- Smithfield Foods Q4 profit rises
- Arla Foods terminates emmental cheese production
- Barentz, Ernst Sander form JV
- Santa Maria Foods selects Adonix ERP software
- Cadbury's aggressive restructuring continues
- Ajinomoto, Calpis to integrate operations
- Tesco steps up the campaign against carrier bags
- Dean Foods cuts FY guidance
- Nestle retains services of GAC Samudera Logistics
- Inter Link suspends shares
- PepsiCo to expand snack operations in Russia
- Nestle halts production following ammonia leak
- British Seafood acquires Real Good Food's fish unit
- Hain Celestial acquires WhiteWave Foods unit
- Panera Bread expands in California
- CSM pays $23 million for US baker
- Asda condemned for slashing milk prices
Company Spotlight: Northern Foods
- Northern Foods: biscuit unit for sale if offer is high enough
- Business Background
- SWOT Analysis
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Opportunities
- Threats
Appendix
- Further Reading
- Index
- About MarketWatches
- Editors
List of Tables
- Table 1: Most used flavors in new global ice cream launches, May 2006 - April 2007
- Table 2: Top ten leading global food launches by category, February-April 2007, plus growth compared to the same timescale the year before
- Table 3: Leading worldwide bread product launches by corporation, May 2006 - April 2007
- Table 4: Key Facts
- Table 5: SWOT Analysis
List of Figures
- Figure 1: Tony's Chocolonely Chocolade Reep
- Figure 2: CHupa Chups Relax Lollipop
- Figure 3: SuperFoodsRx Kitchen Frozen Natural Pizza
- Figure 4: MaHeVi Lakkajauhe
- Figure 5: Dulcinea Rosso Bruno Premium Vine-Fresh Tomatoes
- Figure 6: Henry Lambertz Lebkuchen - Bilderrahmen-Dose
- Figure 7: Product claims: new food launches, Feb-Apr