  | December 28, 2010 | News for the food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry |  |  |
- Dr Pepper Snapple gains market share as soda prices rise
 Soda prices are going up after a series of deep discounts on soft drinks failed to drum up demand. While consumers are buying fewer cola drinks, Dr Pepper Snapple Group has gained market share with its flavored drinks such as 7UP and A&W root beer. That trend could help the company's bottom line as the prices of raw ingredients rise, said CEO Larry Young. The Wall Street Journal (12/28)        - Leadership guru tapped for Supply Chain Conference
Dr. John C. Maxwell, rated a World's Top Leadership Guru, will give the keynote speech at next year's FMI-GMA Supply Chain Conference. The author said he hopes to "help this group of supply chain experts learn how to get the best out of their teams and how to work within the framework of their companies to multiply value." Progressive Grocer (12/27) - Once popular pork-belly futures flop
Pork-belly futures used to be one of the most active agriculture items on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, but the commodity hardly gets traded these days. The lull has caused significant price fluctuations in the pork belly, the once inexpensive cut used to make bacon. "It's getting completely out of whack," a pig processor said. The Wall Street Journal (12/27)  | Get a handle on untamed costs that can deplete precious working capital critical to your ongoing operations and new expansions, by taking systematic steps to improve operational efficiency. Learn more about how an integrated business software system allows you to institute and efficient automated process that can reduce waste, overtime, and a host of other cost factors. |
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 - ShopRite, Coca-Cola give children a holiday to remember
ShopRite and Coca-Cola teamed up to send 1,000 children to the Radio City Christmas Spectacular in New York City. The youngsters are affiliated with the Garden of Dreams Foundation, which gives kids facing crises a chance to live their dreams. "This is one small way we can make kids' dreams come true," a ShopRite spokeswoman said. Progressive Grocer (12/27)  | New! 2010 SMB Phone Systems Comparison Guide
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| Science & Technology |  | | | - USDA chief's decision on biotech crops should be based on science
 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack seems to be politicizing the system for approving biotech alfalfa and other bioengineered crops by seeking comments from biotech critics and activists on how to attach conditions or restrictions to approvals of such crops, according to this Wall Street Journal opinion piece. "If nonscience criteria are introduced as considerations for allowing the sale of biotech crops, the effect would be disastrous for the USDA's regulatory reputation," it says. The Wall Street Journal (12/27) | GMA News | | | |
| Government & Food Safety | | | | - Salmonella traced to sprouts from Illinois organic farm
Salmonella contamination in more than 15 states may have originated in alfalfa sprouts from Tiny Greens Organic Farm in Illinois, the Food and Drug Administration said. Federal and state regulators said they have been working with the farm, which supplies Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches, to curb the outbreak. Many of the 89 people who have fallen sick are Illinois residents who ate at the sandwich chain, which has temporarily stopped serving sprouts in that state. FoodSafetyNews.com (12/28)
| International | | | | - Nestle bids for control of Turkish confectionery firms
 Nestle is expanding in Turkey, where it agreed to buy majority shares in Turkish chocolate and value confectionery makers Dogan and Balaban Gida. They belong to a $2.3 billion market segment that makes up about half of all confectionery sales. The deal is pending government antitrust approval. Reuters (12/27) | SmartQuote | | | |  | All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others."
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