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Conagra Brands Third Quarter Profit Ahead Of Expectations

Conagra Brands Inc has reported a better-than-expected profit for the third quarter, as it raised prices to offset transportation and commodity costs. E...

Nestlé Portugal Closes 2018 With Sales of €500m

Nestlé Portugal achieved total sales of €500 million in 2018, representing organic growth of 3.2%. Coffee (Nespresso, Nescafé, Nescaf...

Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Lead Euromonitor's List Of Top 100 Megabrands

Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nescafé have emerged as front-runners in the list of the world's 100 most successful FMCG brands in terms of retail sales value...

Reckitt Benckiser Sees Fourth Quarter Sales Top Estimates

British consumer goods group Reckitt Benckiser Group has reported higher-than-expected fourth-quarter sales growth, helped by improvements in both its heal...

Reckitt Benckiser CEO Kapoor Set To Step Down

Reckitt Benckiser has announced that its chief executive, Rakesh Kapoor, is to step down before the end of this year, after more than eight years as CEO an...

Operating Profit Growth Of 5% Expected For CPG Sector In 2019: Moody's

Moody's has given a relatively positive outlook for the packaged-goods, food, and consumer durables sector in 2019, anticipating operating profit growth of...

Henkel Reorganises Syndicated Credit Lines, Opts For Green Loan

Consumer goods giant Henkel has announced that it has concluded a €1.5 billion 'green loan' credit facility that will replace its existing €700 m...

Polman's Replacement As Unilever Chief Executive 'Unexpected', Says Analyst

A leading industry analyst has said that the appointment of Alan Jope as the new chief executive of Unilever 'is unexpected', suggesting that CFO Graeme Pi...