June 27/M2 PressWIRE -- The USDA-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), chocolate maker Mars and IBM will pool scientific resources to sequence and analyze the entire cocoa genome. Understanding the cocoa genome
June 26 and 27/Financial Deals Tracker -- Flowers Foods Inc. announced plans to acquire a pair of bakeries, as it continues to expand. Flowers Foods Inc. entered into an agreement
July 2/White Plains, NY/PRNewswire-FirstCall -- Bunge Limited announced an agreement to acquire the international sugar trading and marketing division of Tate & Lyle PLC. The acquisition will strengthen Bunge's position
June 24/Business Monitor International -- Unilever announced ts plans to divest its oils business and plantations in Cote D'Ivoire, as a part of its broader strategy of offloading its non-core
July 1/Camden, NJ/Business Wire -- Campbell Soup Company announced it has acquired the Wolfgang Puck soup business from Country Gourmet Foods. Separately, Campbell has entered into a master licensing agreement
July 3, July 1 and June 27/St. Louis and Brussels/Lab Law Weekly, PRNewswire and Scripps Howard News Service -- Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. announced that its board of directors unanimously determined
June 23/White Plains, NY, and Westchester, IL/PRNewswire-FirstCall -- Bunge Limited and Corn Products International Inc. announced they have entered into a definitive agreement in which Bunge will acquire Corn Products
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June 16/Prism Insight -- Sarah Robb O'Hagan has been named the new chief marketing officer for The Gatorade Co., a division of PepsiCo. She is charged with leading marketing efforts
June 9/Smithfield, Va./PRNewswire-FirstCall -- Robert W. Manly IV, executive vice president of Smithfield Foods Inc., has been named to the additional position of chief financial officer, effective July 1. Manly
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