United States

The latest results from US food producers Conagra and General Mills continue to point to the difficulty that firms are having in passing on increased commodity costs at a time when... 2011-12-22

US supermarket operator Kroger has continued to defy the gloomy economic environment to post strong results for its latest financial quarter. In the three months to November 5 2011... 2011-12-02

Conagra has demonstrated that it is sticking with a strategy of expansion within the private label sector by announcing the purchase of US private label firm National Pretzel. The move... 2011-11-25

US-based fast food retailers have seen disparate performances with regard to their share prices with Domino's Pizza and Chipotle Mexican Grill outperforming their peers.

The possibility of significant restructuring at US snack and drink giant PepsiCo has increased following the revelation that activist investor Nelson Peltz has built a US$150mn stake... 2011-11-17

The possibility of significant restructuring at US snack and drink giant PepsiCo has increased following the revelation that activist investor Nelson Peltz has built a US$150mn stake... 2011-11-17

The latest results posted by Walmart suggest that it has opted to put sales ahead of profits for the time being - a strategy advocated by BMI following a disappointing series of results... 2011-11-16

The results of the two largest brewers in the US continue to point to declining demand, with sales hit by the difficult economic backdrop. For the first nine months of 2011 the country's... 2011-11-10

Snack and soft drink giant PepsiCo has sealed the acquisition of Brazilian biscuit maker Mabel, according to a report in local newspaper Estado de S. Paulo. The deal is said to be worth... 2011-11-04

US Coffee shop chain Starbucks has managed to defy the weak economic backdrop to report strong growth in both sales and earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter and full year. For the... 2011-11-04