Archives for December 2, 2002

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Lunch - a disappearing culture?

Hectic lifestyles and increased snacking are reducing the average office worker to ‘desk-dining’, reveals a new report from Reuters Business Insight that examines our current lunchtime eating habits. While the French like a tipple and a sit down, the...

A Treatt in store?

UK flavour and fragrance company Treatt saw turnover increase 11 per cent for the year with a slight dip in pre-tax profit from £2.83m in 2001, to £2.77m for 2002, the company reports today. Investment in the USA is paying off.

Private label: a move upmarket

The premium private label products - both food and non-food - of the leading UK retailers Tesco and Sainsbury are now worth more than some of the brands they were originally created to emulate, according to new data from Euromonitor.

Sale delay for Novartis health

Novartis is delaying the planned sale of its health food and slimming and sports nutrition businesses due to a lack of attractive offers in the current weak economy, the company said last week.

Ground-breaking GMO legislation cleared

European ministers have reached a political agreement on genetically modified foods and feed, paving the way towards some of the toughest legislation on GMOs in the world. Although a supporter of GM labelling, the European food industry has clearly...

Water to flow faster than pop by 2005

Health concerns are leading to increasing consumption of bottled and bulk water, so much so in fact that water is set to overtake carbonates as the leading soft drink within just three years, according to a new report by Canadean.