Wednesday, October 25, 2006
PepsiCo CEO sees no reason to change company strategy
By Christina Cheddar Berk
The Wall Street Journal Europe
25 Oct 2006
Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo Inc.’s new chief executive, looked to reassure investors that the snack and beverage company wasn’t planning to veer from its current course. “I don’t see any need presently to change a strategy that is working,” Ms. Nooyi said at... read more...
Monday, October 23, 2006
Fast food health ‘halo’ clouds sense
JOSEPH HALL HEALTH REPORTER
Toronto Star
20 Oct 2006
It might have worked for Jared, the former fat guy who shed 245 pounds eating nothing but submarine sandwiches for a year. But the emphasis on healthconscious items at Subway restaurants — for which the slimmed-down Jared Fogle is now a spokesman —... read more...
Friday, October 20, 2006
Chinese food the KFC way
By Janet Adamy in Shanghai
The Wall Street Journal Europe
20 Oct 2006
LOOKING FOR a quick lunch, Zheng Li stopped in at East Dawning, a bright, clean fast-food restaurant in this bustling city. Scanning the menu board, she saw crispy pig ears, marinated egg with seaweed and shaved ice topped with corn, peanuts and red... read more...
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Customers flock back to Big Mac
Andrew Clark New York
The Guardian
13 Oct 2006
The golden arches have regained their sparkle. McDonald’s has been battered by tell-all books, Hollywood movies, Jamie Oliver and incandescent dietary experts — but the world’s largest fast food chain has bounced back triumphantly. The 51-year-old... read more...
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Under fire for its junk-food sales, Pepsi pushes lower-calorie snacks
By Chad Terhune in Chicago
The Wall Street Journal Europe
05 Oct 2006
ANEW RACK of PepsiCo Inc.’s Baked Doritos and Baked Lay’s potato chips greets customers inside the door of the Sammy G convenience store here. But most customers who frequent the inner-city store bypass the lower-fat chips. Instead, they grab the... read more...
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Law firm springs into action even before big E. coli news (The Sunday Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 01 Oct 2006, Page F1)
BY HEATHER WON TESORIERO AND PETER LATTMAN The Wall Street Journal
The Sunday Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer
01 Oct 2006
Before health officials warned the public about bad spinach, before grocers yanked fresh spinach off their shelves, before consumers cleaned out their refrigerators, the Seattle law firm Marler Clark had filed its first bad-spinach lawsuit. Then, as... read more...
