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LUNA®
Spend this Valentine’s Day With Your New Favorite “Honey”
January 26 2012 --- LUNA®, the makers of the Whole Nutrition Bar for Women®, today introduced its newest LUNA bar flavor, Peanut Honey Pretzel. Kiss your sweet and salty cravings goodbye this Valentine’s Day with a snack that combines complementary flavors, the smooth sweetness of honey layered with the salty crunch of peanuts and pretzels, for a sophisticated sensory experience to delight taste buds.
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Ingredients Network®
January 26 2012 --- Sara Lee Corp. plans to buy full ownership of the Senseo coffeemaker trademark from partner Royal Philips Electronics NV as the U.S. food producer prepares its coffee business for a spinoff.
Sara Lee will pay Philips 170 million euros ($223 million) for the 50 percent Philips currently owns in the Senseo trademark and Philips will be the exclusive Senseo coffee machine manufacturer and distributor until 2020, the companies said in joint statement today.
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Ingredients Network®
January 26 2012 --- The dairy group Arla has announced plans to invest in a stronger dairy structure and the processing of whey ingredients and to focus more on growth markets in 2012.
The company aims to improve its international competitiveness which also generating CO2 and energy savings.
“In times of crisis, it’s vital that we maintain our competitiveness. We believe that these investments in increased efficiency and rationalisation will support our long-term competitiveness and growth ambitions,” said Peder Tuborgh, Arla’s CEO.
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The Wall Street Journal®
January 26 2012 --- Struggling French retailer Carrefour SA is in the home stretch of hiring clothing boss Georges Plassat to replace chief executive Lars Olofsson, according to people close to the situation.
Mr. Plassat could sign on to succeed Mr. Olofsson as early as next week, according to these people. Mr. Plassat is the head of French apparel group Vivarte SA, in which he is also a shareholder.
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