OCCUPIED JERUSALEM / LONDON: PepsiCo is set to buy carbonated drink-machine maker SodaStream for $3.2 billion as it battles Coca-Cola for an edge in the...
CHICAGO/LONDON: With toilet roll and tissues swept up in an escalating international trade row, it’s not just Procter & Gamble’s Charmin that’s going to get...
LONDON: Food and drink megabrands are seeing their sales chewed away by smaller, nimbler, cooler rivals. They can’t beat them – so now they’re joining them....
LONDON: PepsiCo Inc. has set a target for reducing the amount of sugar in its soft drinks around the world as part of a suite of goals aimed at tackling...
LONDON/JAKARTA: Some of the world’s biggest consumer groups are making halal face creams and shampoos for Indonesia ahead of a new labeling law, part of...
LONDON: Chief executives from Tokyo to Denver Friday prepared for long-term disruption, job cuts and lower profits after Britain’s vote to leave the EU raised...
LONDON: British companies are preparing for the possibility that the country will vote to leave the European Union with extra funds, pre-written statements...
BRUSSELS/LONDON: The world’s two biggest brewers agreed Tuesday to create a company making almost a third of the world’s beer after SABMiller received an...
LONDON: Blaring house music, colored lights, glittery faces and gyrating bodies are not your typical weekday morning. But that’s the way it is for growing...
LONDON: The euro’s slide toward parity with the dollar will provide a much-needed boost for European companies this year and force U.S. rivals to adapt their...
LONDON/MOSCOW: People from Britain who go to Cyprus in August are usually after sun, sea and sand but one Lincolnshire man, a trader in fruit and vegetables,...
LONDON: As a slowdown in emerging markets takes the shine off shares in consumer goods makers like Nestle, Unilever, Danone and Procter & Gamble, hungry...
LONDON/BERLIN: For consumers, one of the great things about shopping online is bypassing the queue to check out. For producers of the candy, magazines and...
NEWTOWN, Connecticut: Two days after a gunman opened fire in a Connecticut elementary school, killing 26 people, several dozen parents and children gathered...
NEW YORK/CHICAGO: The U.S. shopping frenzy known as "Black Friday" kicked off at a more civilized hour welcomed by some shoppers this year, with retailers...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that it was investigating reports of five deaths that may be associated with Monster Beverage Corp's...
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky: In Loretto, Kentucky, Greg Davis of Maker’s Mark carries on an old family tradition of making bourbon with red winter wheat to stimulate...