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A labour dispute in the Finnish food industry that caused 12,000 workers strike last week has escalated with a bigger strike being mooted for this week. The strike is part of the negotiation process for the renewal of collective bargaining agreements between the Finnish Food and Drink Industries’ Federation (ETL) and the Finnish Food Workers’ Union (SEL).

A proposed new working time model from the ETL which regulates the overtime for weekend work is  the main conflict issue between the ...

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Kraft Foods Europe has appointed Pascal Bourdin as the new president of its biscuits division.

He succeeds François Barbier who has left the group.

Bourdin, 48, was previously the president of Kraft Foods Europe’s chocolate division and prior to that served as vice-president and general manager of its cheese unit.

Tamara Minick-Scokalo will replace Bourdin as head of the chocolate division.
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Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever has appointed former Nestle executive Eugenio Minvielle to oversee the company's North American businesses. Mr. Minvielle who served as president and CEO of Nestle's businesses in France, Mexico and Venezuela, will join Unilever as executive vice president, North America. Mr.Minvielle will be responsible for Unilever’s US$10bn operations in the US, Canada and the Caribbean. He will report to Dave Lewis who was recently appointed to replace Michael P...
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Former Cadbury plc executive Jim Chambers has been named president of confectionery and general manager for Kraft Foods, Inc.’s Immediate Consumption Channel, North America.

He will oversee such Cadbury brands as Trident gum and Halls. According to the company, Chambers will be focused on growing the newly acquired gum business in the U.S., especially in the convenience channel.

Chambers, 52, was previously president for Cadbury North America and now reports to Kraft’s president of Nort...

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Cadbury Turkey announced today a management change. Mr. Ahjaz Ahmad Khan who  is the managing director of Cadbury in Turkey, leaves as of end of February. He will be replaced with Mr. Konstantinos (Kostas) Vlachos who  currently holds assistant general manager post in Cadbury PLC in charge of European Gum Cathegory. Mr. Vlachos also served as the marketing director in Turkey after  acquision of Kent by Cadbury.


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