Unilever has agreed to sell its global Skippy peanut butter business to Hormel Foods for about $700 million. The deal, announced Thursday, includes Unilever’s Skippy manufacturing facilities in Little Rock, Ark., and Weifang, China.
AmerisourceBergen Corp. has elected former Campbell Soup Co. chief executive officer Douglas Conant to its board of directors. The pharmaceutical distributor said Wednesday that the addition of Conant increases the number of board directors from nine to 10.
Focusing on what it called the "taste experience," Kraft Foods Group Inc. has announced more than 40 new food and beverage items as part of its product introductions for 2013.
Retail executives, market forecasters and others will gather in Las Vegas to give their insights into how emerging trends are shaping the consumer packaged goods industry at the 2013 SymphonyIRI Summit in April.
Next month, Dr Pepper Snapple Group plans to roll out 10-calorie versions of five of its most popular soda brands. The beverage company said Thursday that 7UP TEN, A&W TEN root beer, Sunkist TEN orange soda, Canada Dry TEN ginger ale and RC TEN Cola will be available in January at select
Miraculins Inc.’s PreVu noninvasive skin cholesterol test is set to be rolled out to all London Drugs stores.
CutisPharma Inc. has been granted a patent regarding a method for the preparation, storage and dispensing of compounded suppositories. The company said Wednesday that the U.S.
Bescot Healthcare Canada’s Cast Comfort, a spray that alleviates discomfort that may arise beneath a cast, is now being carried by Shoppers Home Health Care, a retail unit of Shoppers Drug Mart Corp.
GlaxoSmithKline has received Food and Drug Administration approval for Fluarix Quadrivalent, a four-strain seasonal flu vaccine. GSK said Monday that Fluarix Quadrivalent, for adults and children age 3 and older, represents the first intramuscular vaccine to cover against four influenza strains.
Tostitos has unveiled Tostitos Catina tortilla chips and salsas, a new addition to its roster of snacks.
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Forest Laboratories Inc. have released Linzess, a medication for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), to U.S. pharmacies.
AstraZeneca reported that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld a decision of the U.S. District Court in Delaware that the substance patent protecting its cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor is "valid and enforceable.
SoloHealth reported that its SoloHealth Station health and wellness kiosk has seen consumer engagement surge over 200% since late summer. The company said Thursday that to date nearly 5 million consumers have interacted with the health screening kiosk, up from 2.5 million in late August.
Elite Pharmaceuticals Inc. has shored up its supply of phentermine active ingredient for the next year. The company said Thursday that it has in place an agreement with the its sole supplier of the active pharmaceutical ingredient for its product lines that include phentermine HCl tablets (37.
Markwins International has completed its purchase of Physicians Formula Holdings Inc., a deal valued at about $75 million. Markwins said Wednesday that it has acquired all of the outstanding stock of Physicians Formula for $4.90 per share in cash.
The Emerson Group has named Clark Tyndall, Sue Smith and Brian Schaefer as new partners. The consumer products consulting and services firm said Tuesday that Tyndall, Smith and Schaefer will join its Partner Group.
