 | September 10, 2010 | News for the food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry |  |  | - Kraft deal gives Callebaut a boost
Barry Callebaut shares rose 6% on news of a deal with Kraft Foods that will boost production volumes as much as 5%. The deal calls for the Swiss chocolate maker to provide most of Kraft's cocoa products and industrial chocolate. Reuters (9/9)         | Stop waiting for checks that are "in the mail."
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 - Boston Beer founder brews craft beer optimism
Jim Koch, founder of the Boston Beer Co., says craft beer "is the new wine" for consumers in their 20s, and predicts faster growth in the coming years for craft beers compared with the whole U.S. beer market. He also said an increase in launches will prompt retailers to "weed out the slow selling brands." Just-Drinks.com (9/8)  | |  | | | Has Coupon Clipping Become Chic?
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| Science & Technology |  | | | | Health & Wellness | | | | - CDC: Americans fall short on fruit, vegetable consumption
In the past decade, 10 states, including Arizona, Kansas and Maryland, had significant reductions in fruit and vegetable consumption, and no state overall was able to meet the goals of Healthy People 2010 to improve healthy food intake among Americans, according to a CDC report. The report found that in 2009, 67.5% of adults ate fewer than two servings of fruit a day and 73.7% ate fewer than three servings of vegetables. HealthDay News (9/9) | GMA News | | | |
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