All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Food & Beverage

The price of agricultural products since 2006 has substantially increased the ingredient costs of dairy and other food companies. As a result, dairy and other food companies experienced unfavorable net operating margins in 2007.

Selling Guinness in the Europe and the United States present little risk as opposed to selling in Nigeria. Guinness has built a marketing machine based on its brew and has a history to prove it. Huge sales in Nigeria are confusing. Guinness has a history here in that US that can be explained and tracked....

The protein industry appears to be accelerating their plans to curb forthcoming supplies due to the inflated feed costs.

As reported in market research firm IGD's Retail Analysis, Whole Foods is set to sign leases for another London Store in the Canary Wharf area as well as a location in Birmingham.  Manchester is reportedly also on the radar.  Yet here at home as the chain integrates its new Wild Oats stores...

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...

Whether you like it or not, organic farming is based on sound science.  Nutrient values, drought resistance, resistance to wind damage and heavy rain damage make it less risky than biotech or conventional crops.   This farm side argument, coupled with the built in low use of petroleum...

- Media have focused a lot on inflation due to raw material cost increase - But other key areas such as new regulations in food industry may impact on cost and profit to the benefit of international players

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...

The American Academy of Neurology announced that Vitamin E holds substantial health benefits for Alzheimer's sufferers.  These findings may increase demand for supplemental Vitamin E.  Vitamin E producers have recently increased prices, primarily, due to exploding feedstock demand.  In...