| May 18, 2011 | News for the food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry |  |  |
- P&G gives retro packaging a spin
Procter & Gamble is selling Tide, Bounce and Downy laundry products in retro-themed packaging at Target in May. "Now Tide customers can enjoy vintage packaging on the outside with today's performance inside each retro-themed package of Tide, Bounce and Downy," said brand manager Mark Christenson. Adweek/AdFreak blog (5/17), The Cincinnati Enquirer (5/17)        - Kraft posts big gains in India
 For the quarter ending in March, Cadbury Kraft India grew twice as fast as Kraft's China unit, making India the fastest-growing country for Kraft in the Asia-Pacific region and possibly the world. "In India, our business has grown more than 40%," said Kraft Foods Global CFO Tim McLevish. "With our recent launches of Oreo and Tang in India, we are confident that the robust growth will continue." The Economic Times (India) (5/18)  | Is your current phone system still the right choice for your business? Focus research indicates that Voice over Internet Protocol has become an attractive alternative to older telephone technologies for small businesses. Get an apples-to-apples review of key features and data points of the top 10 hosted VoIP phone system solutions by downloading this free white paper. |
 - Journey from farm to plate gets pricier
According to this article, GMA says shipping costs for a truckload of food have gone up from $2.05 per mile in 2010 to $2.50 today, making meals more expensive. A cheeseburger from Square One Burgers in Tampa, Fla., uses ingredients from across the country, including onions from Texas, cheese from Wisconsin and Angus beef from Montana, traveling an estimated total of 8,212 miles. WTVT-TV (Tampa, Fla.) (5/17) - Want to innovate? First, find a strategy
The best innovators are almost uniformly also good strategists, writes Jeffrey Phillips. That's essential to come up with product ideas or process innovations that are useful rather than merely new. "Without clear strategy, many innovators simply spin their wheels," Phillips writes. Innovate on Purpose (5/17)  | "Re-Using" Plant Systems Enhances Food Safety
Production management systems make operations transparent — so you can address quality and food safety risks while they're still recoverable. Learn how industry leaders re-define the role of factory systems — so ensuring and proving food safety are a natural part of their production operations. | - Could the digital revolution make your company obsolete?
There have been six distinct periods of human history in which technological advances have transformed how we do business, and we're in the middle of one of them, says economic historian Elin Whitney-Smith. The digital revolution is disrupting businesses and social institutions in the same ways that the invention of agriculture, writing or the printing press once did, Whitney-Smith says, and only companies that learn the lessons of the past are likely to survive. Strategy+Business online (free registration) (5/16)  | Evaluate your Energy company's top ten, potential risks and loss management strategies with the Zurich Virtual Consultant tool. Sign up to get FREE access today! |
 - Can Wal-Mart make India's farmers rich?
To sustain its economic expansion, India needs to lift rural consumers out of poverty, and Wal-Mart is an important part of that process. The retail giant began buying produce directly from family farms, allowing them to earn more. Wal-Mart now hopes to open rural stores to supply the same communities it's helped enrich. "The only way that we can make a difference to a country like India would be to close that circle," says Wal-Mart India chief Raj Jain. TIME (5/23)  | 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. |
| Health & Wellness |  | | | - Daily coffee intake may protect men from prostate cancer
Data on almost 48,000 men who participated in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study found that those who drank at least six cups of coffee a day were 20% less likely to develop prostate cancer and 60% less likely to develop the more lethal advanced form, compared with those who didn't drink coffee. Researchers wrote in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute that drinking one to three cups of coffee a day reduced the risk of lethal prostate cancer by 30%. HealthDay News (5/17) - Readers of nutrition labels change focus as they shop
Seventy percent of consumers on a shoppers panel said they read food labels, but they look for different things depending on what they are buying. Fat is the top concern for dairy products; calories and ingredients are top considerations for baked goods; and sugar, calories and ingredients are the main factors when buying beverages. Chicago Sun-Times (5/17) | GMA News | | | |
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