  | December 1, 2011 | News for the food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry |  |  |
| Company Watch |  |  | | - Nestle grows in Africa, one tiny store at a time
Nestle salespeople in South Africa are working to get products placed in tiny shops, a laborious process. Though about 61% of Africa's population lives on less than $2 a day, Nestle is counting on Africa as part of its goal of having 45% of sales from emerging markets by 2020. The Wall Street Journal (12/1)        | The Business Platinum Card® from American Express OPEN
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  - Unilever executive talks social responsibility
Keith Weed, chief marketing officer for Unilever, said corporate social responsibility should be woven into the company, not segregated as a stand-alone department. "The only sustainable growth is consumer-demanded growth," he said. "Clearly, in a resourcefully strained world we need to think about environmental and social responsibility." Environmental Leader (11/30) - As earth's population grows, so must food productivity
Food production will need to increase 70% by 2050, compared with 2006, to feed a world population expected to reach 9.3 billion by the middle of the century, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. Since food production already takes 58% of the planet's habitable land, increased productivity will be essential. SustainableBusinessOregon.com (11/28)  | There's a bigger story on HFCS. Read all about it. Changes are happening now with sweeteners. Get the whole story on HFCS with The Changing Ingredient Game, the business case on HFCS. See what scientific experts have to say. Find out what consumers really think. Get the facts on HFCS. Download the white paper: CornNaturally.com/BizCase/WholeStory |
 - Logistics lessons from Apple and Wal-Mart
Apple and Wal-Mart can offer broad lessons on the importance of efficient supply chain management. Apple is known for its innovative devices, but its shrewd handling of logistics allows it to get products into stores and capitalize on consumers' excitement, writes Dave Turbide. "Great product design and slick marketing can create demand for a new product, but you can only sell what you make available to your customers," he writes. SeacoastOnline (Portsmouth, N.H.) (tiered subscription model) (11/28)  | Logistics is much more than the movement of goods and services. It's also your pre-game strategy. Before you step on the court, you need the right players running the right plays at the right time. Learn more about those key plays in this free whitepaper from UPS and get in the game of logistics. |
 | Advertising & Marketing | | | | - Heineken embarks on worldwide media consolidation review
Heineken is looking to concentrate all of its global media planning and buying at a single shop and will decide the winner in a consolidation review that will wrap up by summer. Starcom MediaVest will square off against fellow Heineken roster shop MindShare in a bid to take over the brewer's worldwide media business, which was valued at $351 million in 2009, per data supplied by AdAge. Advertising Age (tiered subscription model) (11/30) | Retail Spotlight | | | | - Save Mart plans smaller format for Maxx Value
Save Mart Supermarkets plans to open more Maxx Value Foods stores, but at 20,000 square feet or less and with about 10,000 SKUs. Typical Save Mart stores are about 50,000 square feet, and the retailer opened a 34,000-square-foot Maxx Value store in 2010. "We need to make it smaller because customers really like a smaller footprint," said an executive. Supermarket News (11/30)
| Health & Wellness | | | | - Group voices concern about meat substitute Quorn
The Center for Science in the Public Interest urged the FDA to pull meat substitute Quorn from store shelves, saying it can cause allergic reactions. The group said it has received 1,700 complaints from the U.S., Europe and Australia over 10 years. "We've sold more than a billion servings, and it's very well tolerated," said David Wilson, who manages the U.S. Quorn business. The Wall Street Journal (12/1) | GMA News | | | | - Only 1 week left to register for Hazard Analysis webinar
In the near future, all food manufacturing facilities will be required to conduct hazard analysis, develop and implement written preventive control plans and house records of both to ensure that food is not adulterated. This requirement will form the basis of a risk assessment for the much-anticipated food safety plan.
To help build a strong foundation for these new requirements, GMA, a recognized leader in HACCP-based approaches to food safety, will host Hazard Analysis and Food Safety Control: Learning By Example, a how-to webinar on hazard analysis for food safety plans on Dec. 8 from 1-3 p.m. (EDT).
For more information or to register click here.
| Government & Food Safety | | | | - FDA budget is up 3% from last year
Congress has increased funding for the Food and Drug Administration to $3.8 billion, a 3% increase over the previous budget that includes $39 million for stronger food safety measures. "At a time when some industries are trying to handcuff their regulators, the food industry is advocating for a stronger regulator with more powers and more resources," said GMA's Scott Faber. The Washington Post (11/30)
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