UK food and drink manufacturers have shown their resilience by launching more than 8,500 new products this year, despite the toughest economic trading conditions in decades, the latest Business Confidence Survey from the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has revealed. Its third-quarter survey showed that this year’s product launches had increased by about 500, signalling that the sector is on course to its growth target of 20% by 2020.

Angela Coleshill, FDF director of competitiveness, said: ...
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An interesting and short presentation compiled by confectionery.com:

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In January issue of strategy+business magazine issued by booz&co there is an interesting article titled "Five Industries Hit the Reset Button". I am copying here the section about consumer goods industry by summarizing it, if you like to read whole article click here, or to read full section about consumer goods industry click here:

Although the consumer sector fared better than many others in 2010, much of this improvement was due to productivity gains. In 2011, leading consumer products comp...
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We are in the last days of 2010...let me share with you my evaluations for 2010 and my expectations for 2011:

• In 2010 commodity prices continued to increase due to speculative transactions from futures markets and due to political problems in supplying countries. We may expect this to continue to be a problem in 2011. Overall food prices may increase in 2011 due to the rising raw material costs.
• Kraft's take-over of Cadbury was the most important M&A action in 2010. Many analysists were ...

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As 2011 is at the corner, you can find many articles, blogs about 2011 trends..herebelow you will find six food trends offered by Phil Lempert who is the contributing editor of Supermarket News and CEO of The Lempert Report and SupermarketGuru.com .


The updated USDA dietary guidelines — in conjunction with technological advancements and the First Lady's ‘Let's Move’ program — will mark 2011 as the year that finally empowers Americans to make permanent, positive changes in their diets. ...

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