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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Shares in France's Danone fell Thursday after the world's largest yogurt maker cut its revenue objectives for the next three years, citing a long lasting change in consumer behavior following the economic downturn.
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Shares in France's Danone fell Thursday after the world's largest yogurt maker cut its revenue objectives for the next three years, citing a long lasting change in consumer behavior following the economic downturn.
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Shares in France's Danone fell Thursday after the world's largest yogurt maker cut its revenue objectives for the next three years, citing a long lasting change in consumer behavior following the economic downturn.
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Bloomberg (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks retreated for a third day as Groupe Danone SA cut its sales forecast and mining companies dropped with metal prices. U.S. index futures and Asian shares declined.
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Smart Money (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING: Investors wonder how long consumers will be on spending diet.
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Danone , the French yogurt and dairy group, said after the Paris close that comparable sales growth will be close to 4% in the second half of 2009, with comparable operating margins up between 0.6 and 0.7 percentage points for the year. Underlying adjusted earnings per share are seen up 10%. For the medium term, Danone sees annual sales growth of at least 5% and annual free...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- French food group Danone said Monday that it will launch a tender offer to buy back up to 1.25 billion euros of bonds. It said that the move is expected to reduce gross debt, optimize its debt structure and lower its average cost of debt from 2010 onwards. The tender offer will commence Monday and end on Nov 24. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks...
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getfoodnews (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The judgment handed down by a Swedish arbitration tribunal on September 30 was a victory for Danone over Zong Qinghou, the French food group’s JV partner since 1996 and founder of beverage-maker Wahaha Group. A three-member tribunal convened by the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce’s Arbitration Institute ruled that Mr. Zong had breached confidentiality and non-competition agreements. The tribunal...
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Danone won a partial victory in a commercial dispute with China's Wahaha in a confidential arbitration decision that was handed down on the same day that the French...
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The French food company's feud with Zong Qinghou, its joint venture partner since 1996 and founder of beverage-maker Wahaha Group, has proved a cultural clash case study
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Danone wins a partial victory in its commercial dispute with Wahaha in a decision that was handed down the same day the French group agreed to settle the matter with its Chinese partner
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
BROOKLYN, NY (MARKET WIRE) Blue Ridge Farms today named Mark Kleinman as CEO. A veteran food industry and consumer products leader, Kleinman has driven strong growth at units of ConAgra Foods, Group Danone and other leading companies. The announcement was made by Marvin S. Sussman, who had served as interim CEO, and continues as Chairman of the premier provider of salads, entrees and other premium...
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Danone wins a partial victory in its commercial dispute with Wahaha in a decision that was handed down the same day the French group agreed to settle the matter with its Chinese partner
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The French food group has obtained a pyrrhic victory at a Swedish arbitration tribunal in the dispute with Zong Qinghou, its Chinese joint venture partner since 1996 and founder of beverage maker Wahaha Group
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France24 (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
A Senegalese environmental NGO announced on Friday that it had planted 34 million mangrove trees in three months in a project largely financed by French dairy giant Danone to offset its carbon footprint. According to the environmental organisation Oceanium some 34 million mangrove seedlings were planted between August and November, 27 million in Senegal's southern Casamance region and 7 million in...
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bharatbook | 09/05/2009
Top Global Food and Beverage Companies: Strategies for Success Global branding in the food and beverage consumer packaged goods industry has never been more challenging. Manufacturers are undoubtedly used to working in a ‘fast moving’ industry but in recent years the pace of change has accelerated. In many Western major food and drink markets, the level of competitiveness has been elevated by low volume