USA

Wal-Mart CEO Makes Progress on Campaign to Spiff Up U.S. Stores

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s push to revamp its U.S. stores may be starting to show results. The retailer’s profit topped analysts’ estimate...

Walmart Tops Profit Estimates As CEO Pursues Sales Turnaround

Walmart Stores topped third-quarter profit estimates and increased the low end of its annual forecast – a sign that the retailer is making...

Kroger Agrees to Acquire Midwestern Supermarket Chain Roundy’s

Kroger Co. agreed to buy the supermarket chain Roundy’s for about $800 million, including debt, adding 151 stores in the Midwestern US Kroger will p...

Brazil Ships Corn to US as Strong Dollar Recasts Export Market

Buried within Brazilian shipping figures two weeks ago was a single data point that raised eyebrows in agricultural markets: a cargo of corn had left the c...

C&C Group Should Use Jameson Template In US: Analysts

London-based Bernstein Research has suggested that cidermakers like C&C Group, parent of the Bulmers and Magners brands, should adopt a brand build...

TreeHouse to Buy ConAgra’s Private Label Brands for $2.7 Billion

TreeHouse Foods Inc. agreed to buy ConAgra Foods Inc.’s private-label unit for $2.7 billion, creating the largest U.S. maker of store-brand groceries...

Colavita To Distribute Cirio Products in the US

Italian agri-food company Conserve Italia has signed a commercial agreement with Colavita for the distribution of Cirio canned tomato in the USA. Colavi...

Snickers Rolls Out Dedicated 'You're Not You When You're Hungry' Packaging

Mars North America has unveiled a new packaging initiative to support its Snickers 'You're Not You When You're Hungry' campaign, which will see individual...