Coke Goes Big on Olympics Sponsorship in China. At Home, Not So Much.
Coca-Cola Co. has been an Olympics supporter for nearly a century. It counts China as its third-largest market after the...
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Unilever Plans Job Cuts as Activist Investor Trian Takes Stake
Unilever UL 8.58% PLC plans to cut thousands of jobs as part of a reorganization aimed at speeding up its...
Winter Olympics Sponsors Caught Between Beijing, U.S.
With less than two weeks to go before the start of the Winter Games in Beijing, several Olympics sponsors are...
Kraft Heinz CFO Paulo Basilio to Depart in March
Paulo Basilio, the two-time finance chief of consumer-goods giant Kraft Heinz Co. who pruned the company's portfolio and brought down...
Unilever Walks Away From Glaxo Consumer-Healthcare Deal
Unilever UL 7.73% PLC said it wouldn’t increase its $68 billion offer for GlaxoSmithKline GSK -2.41% PLC’s consumer-healthcare business, effectively...
Unilever Makes Approach for Glaxo’s Consumer-Healthcare Business
LONDON— Unilever UL 1.14% PLC said it had approached GlaxoSmithKline GSK 0.91% PLC and Pfizer Inc. PFE -1.06% about an...
Monster Beverage Buys Owner of Craft Breweries Cigar City, Oskar Blues for $330 Million
Monster Beverage Corp. MNST 0.41% has been mulling a move into booze for years. It finally took the plunge Thursday,...
Pricey Chicken Puts Thighs on Restaurant Menus
Short supplies and escalating costs of chicken breasts and wings are leading restaurants to add thighs and other dark poultry...
Should Retailers Split E-Commerce From Stores? A High-Level Debate
The separation has allowed Saks to raise money to fuel its growth as e-commerce has surged during the Covid-19 pandemic....
Molson Coors Decided to Reopen Its Offices. Things Got Complicated.
Molson Coors Beverage Co. learned some lessons after bringing corporate employees back to their offices in October. Color-coded wristbands can...
WSJ News Exclusive | Constellation Brands Agrees to Build Large Brewery in Southeastern Mexico
Constellation Brands Inc., the brewer of Corona beer for U.S. consumers, has agreed to build a brewery in southeastern Mexico,...
Tyson’s Meat Production Falls Amid Labor Shortages
Labor challenges cut production volumes for Tyson Foods Inc. in the latest quarter, but the meat company’s sales grew year...
Thanksgiving Dinner Staples Are Low in Stock Thanks to Supply-Chain Issues
The supply-chain crunch is about to hit another part of American life: Thanksgiving dinner. Supplies of food and household items...
Consumers Trade Rib-eye for Ground Beef as Grocery Prices Rise
Americans are cutting back on steak as rising grocery prices squeeze spending. Supermarkets say shoppers are buying more store-brand meat...
WSJ News Exclusive | Coke to Pay $5.6 Billion for Full Control of BodyArmor
Coca-Cola Co. is buying full control of BodyArmor for $5.6 billion in a deal that values the sports drink brand...
Brazil’s JBS Proposes to Buy Rest of Pilgrim’s Pride as Chicken Industry Booms
Brazilian meatpacking giant JBS SA said it plans to buy the portion of U.S. chicken processor Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. that...
WSJ News Exclusive | Chicken Producer Sanderson Farms Nears Sale to Continental Grain, Cargill
Sanderson Farms Inc. is nearing a deal to sell itself for around $4.5 billion, according to people familiar with the...
Coca-Cola Boosts Outlook as Sales Rebound
The beverage giant’s sales plummeted in 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic closed dining and entertainment venues. The company’s revenue in...
Ben & Jerry’s Decision to Stop Sales in West Bank Puts Unilever in Tough Spot
Unilever PLC was engulfed in controversy Tuesday after its ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s said it would no longer...
Companies Target a New Market: The Stressed Out
Drivers climbing into the new Lincoln Nautilus enter “a sanctuary,” Lincoln declares in the car’s ads. Seats offer massage, vents...
