| March 7, 2012 | News for the food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry |  |  |
- Snack-maker Snikiddy sees healthy growth
Snikiddy, a healthy snacks company founded in Boulder, Colo., in 2006, saw revenue of more than $9 million in 2011, with distribution online, at Whole Foods locations and at other food stores. Mary Schulman and her mother started the business selling cookies and cheese puffs, and soon decided to focus on salty snacks, adding vegetable chips and baked fries. Inc.com (3/6)       - SABMiller chief: More Africa expansion is likely
SABMiller, already investing $260 million to build capacity in Africa, is expected to add to its investment in 2013, said CEO Graham Mackay. "Africa as a whole is by and large a beer continent ... growth in Africa is partly to do with so many people coming into the cash economy," he said. The Wall Street Journal (3/6)  - Report sees rise in retail-specific marketing
A report from AMG Strategic Advisors finds consumer packaged goods companies are increasingly tailoring their marketing programs to specific retailers. Account-specific marketing is more common with large manufacturers compared with smaller ones, according to the report. Supermarket News (3/6) - Beer companies bet on new flavors
Molson Coors Brewing is out with Coors Light Iced T in Canada, and Anheuser-Busch InBev introduced Michelob Ultra 19th Hole Light Tea and Lemonade. Both beverages are aimed at gaining market share from liquor companies. The Wall Street Journal (3/6)  | Leveraging Cloud Security to Weather Threatening Storms
Web attacks and retribution campaigns are on the rise, and they have become more frequent, more random and more extreme. This paper assesses the current cyber threat environment and discusses the use of distributed cloud services as an effective means to protect against evolving, modern-day IT threats. |
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- Researchers say gluten sensitivity may be overdiagnosed
Writing in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers question the widely cited figure that as many as 17 million Americans are sensitive to gluten, noting there is no official definition of nonceliac gluten sensitivity. They say people with symptoms should undergo challenge tests to determine gluten sensitivity before restricting their diets. FoodNavigator (3/6)  | Principles of Checkweighing - Building an Effective Program
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 | GMA News | | | | - Does your company deserve recognition in reverse logistics management?
The Joint Industry Unsaleables Leadership Team will again honor three retailer–manufacturer teams with the Reverse Logistics Collaboration Award to recognize successful collaborative initiatives among trading partners in one or more areas of reverse logistics management.
Eligible projects or programs must demonstrate significant impacts on either unsaleables or reverse logistics functions in the manufacturing or distribution environments; or enhance the state of knowledge about best practices in managing unsaleables and attacking root causes; and should be relevant and applicable to other companies in the CPG industry.
The deadline to submit applications is March 30. Awards will be presented at the Joint Industry Unsaleables Management Conference on May 17.
For more information, contact GMA's Jessica Martin at (202) 295-3952 or jmartin@gmaonline.org, or download the flier.
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