Posted by Turgut Ziyal on Friday, February 19, 2010,
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Speaking to analysts at the CAGNY (Consumer Analysts Group of New York) conference being held in Florida, Zein Abdalla, CEO of PepsiCo Europe, said that the company is focused on expanding its operations from top to bottom in the market. PepsiCo is investing in developing its production and logistics capabilities in Russia, as well as building brands and growing its portfolio, he revealed. “The best is truly yet to come. We have built the largest food and beverage company from a multi-natio... Continue reading ...
Posted by Turgut Ziyal on Thursday, December 24, 2009,
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As 2010 is at our doorsteps, I like to share my expectations for coming year for food industry. 2009 was a year of global crisis, we have observed serious shifts in consumer behaviors. I believe in 2010 the effects of these shifts will continue. The most prominent change was the shift for cheaper alternative brands. This shift helped to prosper the private label market in 2009. I think the private label market will keep growing in 2010 since several researches' findings (most of which was ci... Continue reading ...
Posted by Turgut Ziyal on Tuesday, December 8, 2009,
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The UN Climate Change Conference got underway in Copenhagen. Over the next two weeks, delegates from 192 countries will be negotiating targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, in particular by developed countries.
Throughout the conference, food production and agriculture will be much discussed. As the Confederation of the Food and Drinks Industries of the EU (CIAA) points out in a paper prepared in advance of Copenhagen, the issues of climate change and food security are "intrinsi... Continue reading ...
Posted by Turgut Ziyal on Thursday, December 3, 2009,
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I have discovered a new facility in the blog site I am using. So, if you open one of my postings, now you should be able write your comments in the box you will see at the very bottom of my post. Let me know please if you have any problem in commenting. You are also very welcomed to send your comments directly to me ( turgut@ziyal.com) I can post them in the blog... Continue reading ...
Posted by Turgut Ziyal on Monday, November 30, 2009,
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Hi, I was away for a few days due to a religioıus holiday in Turkey...I am back now with fast and accurate food news... best regards, Turgut Continue reading ...
Posted by Turgut Ziyal on Monday, November 9, 2009,
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Affirmations are positive statements that, when read and spoken repeatedly, can be very powerful mind and life changers. If you think about it, we all use affirmations, affirming a certain condition, mindset, or situation in our lives.
Most often these affirmations are negative and may include some statements as, "I am not very... smart, athletic, successful, likeable, thin, healthy, etc. I will never be... successful, happy, prosperous, etc."
Take a moment to reflect upon the statements y... Continue reading ...
Posted by Turgut Ziyal on Tuesday, October 20, 2009,
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AWARENESS
It is not unusual for us to get so caught up in meeting our needs, desires, and goals that we lose sight of what is happening around us. From time to time, we may be stopped in our tracks by some unusual event that will cause us to pay attention to what is important. Those lessons can cause "dents" as happened in the following story.
A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching as kids darted out f... Continue reading ...
Posted by Turgut Ziyal on Friday, October 16, 2009,
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I have just noticed that today, 16 Ocober, is "world food day"! So really the right day for starting a blog on food! 
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization said this week that an estimated 1.02 billion people in the world are going hungry in 2009, and that this figure has spiked sharply as a result of the global economic crisis. Almost all of these live in developing countries, but some 15 million are thought to be in developed countries.
FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf said: “W... Continue reading ...
Posted by Turgut Ziyal on Friday, October 16, 2009,
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Dear Everybody, Here I am starting a new blog to post the developments in food industry and retail world. It will mainly be a blog for marketing and general management, however some breaktrough developments in processing or in ingredients world will be covered as well. To speak about myself; I am a Turkish executive working in fmcg for 30 years of which 25 years were in food industry covering sales, marketing and general management posts. Currently I am holding an executive position in one of t... Continue reading ...
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In this blog I try to compile the news related with food industry. This includes food companies, retailers, ingredients, regulations, mergers&acqusitions and others. In each post I try to designate the source of the news and add a link to the original document.
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