  | June 5, 2012 | News for the food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry |  |  |
- Udi's Healthy Foods to become part of Smart Balance
Colorado-based Udi's Healthy Foods, maker of gluten-free foods for retail and foodservice, is being acquired by Smart Balance for $125 million. "This acquisition will be transformational to our company, as it will position Smart Balance as a leader in gluten‐free, accelerate our growth rate, and further diversify our mix toward high‐growth natural brands," said Smart Balance chairman and CEO Stephen Hughes. Consumer Goods Technology News (6/4)       - Nestle sees opportunity in coffee machines
Nestle is introducing Professional division machines that are easy to operate and serve a variety of hot drinks. "For Nestle it's all about selling coffee," said Richard Withagen, an analyst at SNS Securities. "The machines make a lot of sense because when you expand your installed base of machines you can be sure people will buy your coffee as well." Bloomberg Businessweek (6/4)  | Your business deserves easy savings.
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  - Drinks get personal
Drink companies including Coca-Cola, Starbucks and deLIFEful Foods are helping customers create beverages to their specifications. Coca-Cola launched the Freestyle fountain machine, with 100 choices; Starbucks' mobile application has the Drink Builder; and deLIFEful lets customers customize fruit and vegetable drinks when they order online. Beverage World Publications Group (6/4) - Next step for local meat is the local slaughterhouse
Prompted by growing consumer demand for locally grown meat, groups such as the Cattle Producers of Washington are building slaughterhouses specifically for small-scale ranchers. "The whole idea is to have quality control and humane processing for local cattle, hogs, sheep and goats that provides consumers in the state with [the] locally produced products they are demanding," said Willard Wolf, president of the group. National Public Radio/The Salt blog (6/4)  | Learn How to Cut HR Costs Without Cutting Production
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 | Corporate Social Responsibility |  |  | | |  | - Companies boost sustainability in China
Multinational companies including Unilever and Procter & Gamble are working to improve sustainability in China, to meet the government's Five-Year Plan, which aims to cut greenhouse emissions and save energy. Unilever launched a worldwide sustainability plan in 2010 focused on its entire supply chain, while P&G has set goals for renewable power, reduced packaging and sending less waste to landfills. China Daily (Beijing) (6/4)  | Advertising & Marketing | |  | |  | Earn 2X rewards points on gasoline purchases with The Business Gold Rewards Card from American Express OPEN. Designed to earn Membership Rewards® points faster:
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  | Retail Spotlight | | | | - Kroger speeds move from gestation crates for pork
Kroger encouraged pork suppliers to stop using gestation crates for sows to accelerate a transition. "Kroger believes that a gestation crate-free environment is more humane and that the pork industry should work toward gestation crate-free housing for pregnant sows," the grocer said. Progressive Grocer (6/4)
| Health & Wellness | | | | - Cherries, blueberries are homegrown superfruits
U.S.-grown blueberries and cherries contain high levels of antioxidants, vitamins and minerals, making them "superfruits" with disease-fighting capabilities. Both are appearing in juices, trail mixes, baked goods, cereals and many more food and beverage items. Food Processing (6/4) | GMA News | | | | - Do you have the right tools in place for prevention of intentional adulteration?
While most food processing firms invest considerable resources in their food safety systems intended to minimize occurrence of accidental adulteration, oftentimes the same cannot be said of programs designed to deter intentional adulteration. Such programs, traditionally referred to as food defense, entail an entirely different tool box to achieve desired objectives. On Wednesday, June 27, join GMA for the Food Defense Fundamentals: Food Safety Modernization, FSIS, and Economically Motivated Adulteration webinar to learn about food defense and economically motivated intentional adulteration tools for food processors. In this workshop, industry experts will cover critical issues and techniques required to minimize opportunities for intentional adulteration. Learn about food defense, why it requires a different tactic than food safety, and how to implement those approaches. Register or get more information.
| Government & Food Safety | | | | - National Turkey Federation praises inspection plan
The National Turkey Federation praised a Department of Agriculture plan to improve food safety through a new poultry inspection system. "The proposed rule will lead to a revamped inspection system that allows the federal inspectors to shift to prevention-oriented inspection systems and redeploy its resources in a manner that better protects the public from food-borne diseases," said NTF President Joel Brandenberger. GroceryHeadquarters.com (5/31)
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