GLG News by Nuts Experts

Wisdom Natural Brands (Gilbert, AZ) began shipping SweetLeaf tabletop sweetener to stores around the nation on June 2.  By being the first in the race for a good-tasting, natural and nationally available stevia-based tabletop, Wisdom Natural Brands (Gilbert, AZ) stands to establish itself as the...

Eleven peer-reviewed albeit company-sponsored scientific studies, accepted for publication this week in Food and Chemical Toxicology, signify a significant lead for Coca Cola and Cargill in the natural sweetener race.  The media will have much to say about the new sweetener and so will giant brands...

The recent Mars Wrigley courtship is sending veritable tremors ripple across candy land.  Cadbury’s and Hershey’s have to quickly figure out their response to the changing topography.  The more agile mid-market sector will find opportunities to advance their businesses while the smaller and...

Consumers, companies and investors in the organic sector are concerned about the impact of price increases and the economy.  While companies acknowledge the price increase is eroding their profit margins, they also realize that their consumer base is relatively affluent and strong principle-based...

Is Candy Recession Proof?   Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. Executive Chairman Bill Wrigley Jr., and Mars Inc. CEO Paul Michaels, bolstered by Warren Buffet, the Oracle of Omaha, certainly think so.  The two confectionary powerhouses are betting consumers will buy candy and lots of it during down...

Retail sales only chance this Christmas selling season is inflation.  Costs are rising at such a fast rate retailers are stumbling over eaxh other to raise prices and maintain commitments to the street.  Commoditiy cost across the board have gone up.  Weather alone across different sections...

Walmarts attempted  entry into banking was strategic as they usually are.  They send up trial balloons to get resistance and craft their plan of attack to dominate any category they enter. Using the example of grocery retail, grocers have realized they cannot compete with Walmart on price...

Ingredient cost have been rising for several years now in Consumer products.  We have seen natural disasters, weather, and government policy( corn/ehtanol)  dictate inflationary pressure on cost of goods. Companies have done all they can to take other costs out of the system before passing...

Any time you can expand your brand it is a good short term benefit to sales as well as your bottom line.  That is exactly what the agreement between Tommy Hilfiger and Macy's does.  The immediate implications then become an increase in sales and market share, therefore there is no...

First of all beer giants such as Bud, Coors and Miller Light are beginning to seriously feel the effects of the smaller brewers.  They are impacting the sales growth of the major brands, therebye impacting profits. Secondly the consolidations will affect quality much like Chryslers aquisition of...