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...FreshDirect, the Long Island-based food delivery company, was this week selling Gotham Greens’ local basil at $3.99 for 1.5 ounces; basil with provenance marked “USA” was sold at the same price for 2 ounces...
...Walmart, which makes more than half of its $480bn in annual sales from food and beverages, has also opted to cut prices....
...Its YouTube Kids app carries programmes aimed at young kids with advertising from family-friendly brands, under extensive rules that prohibit advertising food or beverages and including material not suitable...
...Shortly after news of the offer, JBS USA, parent company of Pilgrim’s, announced it had temporarily withdrawn an unrelated bond offering on which Morgan Stanley had been lead arranger....
...Privately owned SSP, which operates 2,100 food and beverage concessions in travel hubs worldwide, said new contracts won last year at railways and airports in China and the US – including Phoenix, Arizona...
...“Economic and market environments in the USA and Europe are expected to remain difficult with generally favourable conditions elsewhere, particularly in Latin America and Africa,” he said....
...I am very happy to have got my first choice as I am very interested in the foods and beverages sector. You may already know from reading my blog that I am very passionate about wines for example....
...Heineken USA has distributed Femsa’s beer in the US since 2005, following Femsa’s decision to extract itself from a distribution agreement in 2004 with former partner Interbrew....
...Femsa’s Coca-Cola division is its fastest-growing beverage unit....
...Regulators’ concerns in InBev’s case centered largely on Buffalo, the city in upstate New York in which Labatt USA is headquartered....
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