 | March 30, 2011 | News for the food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry |  |  |
- Dean Foods to divest Wisconsin plant
Dean Foods will sell its milk-processing plant in Waukesha, Wis., to satisfy antitrust concerns. The company acquired the facility with its 2009 purchase of Foremost Farms USA Cooperative, but an official with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Justice Department said, "the divestiture of a significant milk-processing plant and the provision that requires Dean to notify the department of future milk-plant acquisitions will ensure that competition remains in this important industry." United Press International (3/29), The Wall Street Journal (3/30)        - Kraft Macaroni & Cheese tweets to become commercials
Kraft said it will turn five tweets about its Macaroni & Cheese into ads in a single day. Agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky is working with Kraft to find tweets that mention the brand and create the ads, which will appear on television and on Kraft's Macaroni & Cheese Facebook page. Mashable (3/29)  | Are you keeping up with the changing world of employee health care? Get The Basics of Employee Health Care for Small Business: A Guide to Creating a Company Benefit Plan, and find out what you need to know today. There's no obligation. Click to download a FREE whitepaper. |
 | Trends |  | | | - GMA's chief science officer testifies on food safety
Leon Bruner, GMA's chief science officer, praised new food import requirements in the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act during comments to the Food and Drug Administration. "By requiring that all imported food and food ingredients be produced in accordance with U.S. requirements, this new law will help to maintain a safe and reliable supply chain," he said. Supermarket News (3/29)  | "Hypertension: Controlling the 'silent killer'" — This special report from the experts at Harvard Medical School lays out a step-by-step lifestyle program you can use to lower your blood pressure, improve your health and increase life expectancy. 30% off the cover price and free shipping for SmartBrief readers. Click here to order. |
 | Advertising & Marketing | | | | | Retail Spotlight | | | | - ALDI leads the way on city stores
While chains including Wal-Mart Stores and Target are only starting to open small-format stores in a big city, discount retailer ALDI opened such a store last month in New York City and is set to open another in the Bronx by year's end. "They're not only doing the small format more rapidly, but they're getting into the urban areas more rapidly than either Wal-Mart Express or the city Targets," said Craig Johnson, president of consultancy Customer Growth Partners. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (3/29)
| Science & Technology | | | | - Lawsuit challenges Monsanto's right to sue organic farmers
On behalf of more than 50 groups representing organic farmers and seed dealers, the Public Patent Foundation sued Monsanto in an effort to prevent the company from lodging patent infringement suits against farmers over unintentional mixing of their crops with the firm's biotech seeds. Monsanto said the lawsuit is a "publicity stunt" and that it has never filed cases against farmers whose fields have been found to have inadvertent traces of biotech crops. Reuters (3/29) - EU fails to reach an agreement on rules for food from cloned animals
European Union governments failed to reach a compromise with the European Parliament regarding its proposal to mandate labeling of all food products derived from the offspring of cloned animals instead of imposing a ban on such products, resulting in the collapse of talks on the proposal. As a result, the European Commission is expected to introduce separate proposals on how to regulate novel foods and adoption of cloning in Europe. Reuters (3/29) | Health & Wellness | | | | | GMA News | | | |
| Government & Food Safety | | | | - Colorado bill would remove a beer divide
A bill in Colorado would remove a distinction that has been in place since 1933 between beer with low alcohol content, which is in supermarkets and convenience stores, and beer with a higher alcohol level, which is sold only in liquor stores, restaurants and bars. Supermarkets and convenience stores favor the change, while craft brewers oppose it. The Wall Street Journal (3/30)
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