  | February 6, 2012 | News for the food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry |  |  |
- P&G chief on creating products that reach people who live on $2 a day
Procter & Gamble Chairman and CEO Bob McDonald was honored by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for his company's charitable and for-profit work in Pakistan and Nigeria. In this Q-and-A, McDonald said building the business in markets that are unstable but have vast potential requires developing products for people who live on $2 a day. "It's not going to be the products you know in the packages you know," he said. "It'll be something we do specifically for them." The Cincinnati Enquirer (2/5)        | 10 Principles for Building an Effective Human Capital Plan
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 | Trends |  |  | | - More people means higher food prices, Cargill exec says
Food output must increase 70% by 2050 to feed an expected world population of 9 billion, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. "You don't have to be a reviving bull on commodities to believe that the era, which went from the '50s, '60s to '70s and early '80s, of ever-decreasing food prices in real terms has probably come to an end," said Cargill Vice Chairman Paul Conway. Bloomberg Businessweek (2/6) - Beverages drive convenience store visits, study shows
Research from NPD Group shows that 58% of consumers purchased a nonalcoholic beverage on their most recent visit to a convenience store. Convenience store beverage trends include double-digit growth for energy drinks, energy shots and sparkling water; continued struggles for carbonated soft drinks; and higher dollar sales for beer on fewer cases sold. CSP (2/2)  | Earn 2X rewards points on advertising costs with The New Business Gold Rewards Card from American Express OPEN. Designed to earn Membership Rewards® points faster:
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 - K-VA-T taps FoodLink for perishable purchases
Foodlink, the buying platform for perishable foods, has signed on retailer K-VA-T Food Stores, which has 104 locations in Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky. "FoodLink represents a big step forward in the way K-VA-T purchases fresh, high-quality food for our customers," said a K-VA-T official. "The minute we went live, we were already seeing efficiencies and bottom-line benefits to our perishables buying team." Progressive Grocer (2/3)  | Do you have free service coverage on your printers? Lighten your load with Xerox eConcierge™! It manages your supplies automatically and provides one-touch ordering so supplies never run out. And when you use the service continuously you get free service coverage on eligible Xerox printers, a Xerox exclusive loyalty benefit. Download for free now. |
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| Health & Wellness | | | | - Smaller plates don't reduce food intake, study says
A study in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics revealed no significant difference in energy intake between overweight or obese women and normal-weight women who used smaller and larger plates at different meals when they were instructed to eat until they were satisfied. Heavier women, however, reported lower levels of hunger before the meal and satiety after the meal compared with normal-weight women, despite a similar consumption level. The findings suggest overweight or obese individuals might be less likely to sense hunger and fullness, researchers said. U.S. News & World Report/HealthDay News (2/3) | GMA News | | | | - GMA now accepting submissions for the 2012 CPG Award for Innovation and Creativity
The GMA Associate Member Council is now accepting entries for the 2012 CPG Award for Innovation and Creativity. This award is given annually to recognize the innovation that occurs every day at GMA member companies and allows for the broad submission by manufacturer members of innovative ideas, with an emphasis on leading the industry forward.
The CPG Award will honor the creative and innovative programs of two manufacturing member companies -- one with sales below $3 billion and one with sales greater than $3 billion.
The deadline to submit applications is June 1, and the winners will be announced at the 2012 GMA Executive Conference in August.
For more information, contact Jackie Lodge at jlodge@gmaonline.org, or download the application form.
| Government & Food Safety | | | | - Three-day food safety conference to begin Feb. 15
The Global Food Safety Conference is scheduled for Feb. 15 to 18 in Orlando, with speakers to include GMA President and CEO Pamela Bailey; FDA Deputy Commissioner Michael Taylor; and officials with McDonald's, Coca-Cola and Kraft. The conference, billed by sponsor DNV Business Assurance as the most important food safety event of the year, is expected to attract about 700 food safety experts from 60 countries. Occupational Health & Safety (2/6)
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