Unilever to Add Activist Investor Nelson Peltz to Board
Unilever UL 9.94% PLC said it would add Nelson Peltz to its board and disclosed his fund now holds a...
Food/Beverages
FDA Eases Baby-Formula Import Rules to Boost Supplies
U.S. health regulators took steps to allow more foreign baby formula on American shelves, easing rules that had effectively prevented...
Baby Formula Shortage Faces Investigation by Lawmakers
WASHINGTON—The House Oversight Committee has launched an investigation into the four major manufacturers of baby formula, including the makers of...
Baby Formula Shortage Could Last Months
Baby-formula manufacturers and retailers say they are working to address a long-running shortage in products on store shelves, but the...
Tyson Foods Profits Soar as Meat Prices Climb
Tyson Foods Inc. TSN 2.22% reported soaring profits as the company raised prices for beef, chicken and pork, citing higher...
Bud Brewer Is Buoyed by Pricier Beer
Beer drinkers are so far stomaching higher prices for their brews. Budweiser owner Anheuser-Busch InBev SA BUD 2.60% said Thursday...
How the Owner of a Frozen-Yogurt Store Has Survived in a Volatile Industry
Veronica Tessler has seen the best and worst of the frozen-yogurt business.When she opened her self-service yogurt shop in 2011,...
Activision Blizzard Names Two Women to Its Board
Activision Blizzard Inc. ATVI -0.02% said it is moving to add two women to its board of directors, months after...
WSJ News Exclusive | FDA Probes Lucky Charms’ Possible Link to Illnesses
Food and Drug Administration officials said they are examining reports from more than 100 consumers who told the agency that...
Price-Fixing Case Against Chicken Company Officials Ends in Mistrial, Again
The U.S. Department of Justice’s effort to prosecute alleged price fixing in the poultry industry suffered a major setback after...
WSJ News Exclusive | Chobani Hires Former Juul CEO as President
Kevin Burns is rejoining Chobani as its new president and CEO. Photo: Guy Wathen/The San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images Chobani Inc....
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to Return as Chain Faces Union Push, Rising Costs
Howard Schultz is returning to lead Starbucks Corp. SBUX 5.16% for a third time, saying the company he helped become...
WSJ News Exclusive | Russian Prosecutors Warn Western Companies of Arrests, Asset Seizures
Russian prosecutors have issued warnings to Western companies in Russia, threatening to arrest corporate leaders there who criticize the government...
Campbell Soup Sales Fall on Labor, Supply Constraints
Campbell Soup Co. CPB 0.60% posted lower quarterly sales as labor and supply constraints weighed on operations and profitability. The...
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Steps Down From Coca-Cola Board
Coca-Cola Co. said Activision Blizzard Inc. Chief Executive Bobby Kotick won’t stand for re-election to its board of directors. “We...
Best Buy Posts Lower Sales on Supply-Chain Hit, Omicron Impact
Best Buy Co. ’s sales for the holiday quarter fell from a year earlier, as reduced store hours due to...
Starbucks Workers Vote to Form Union at Arizona Cafe
Starbucks Corp. baristas voted to unionize at a third company cafe, as the chain has intensified efforts to win over...
Russia-Ukraine Crisis Has Western Companies Bracing for Sanctions Hit
Western companies with operations in Russia and Ukraine are girding for the potential impact of fresh sanctions after Russian President...
Chicken Industry Officials Prepare for Retrial in Price-Fixing Case
Executives who worked for some of the biggest U.S. chicken producers are set to stand trial for a second time...
Chicken Industry Tightens Defenses as Bird Flu Hits Flocks
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday it had identified instances of deadly bird flu in U.S. flocks, putting the...
