GHANA - Nestle Ghana, a global food and beverage company has appointed Philomina Tan as new Managing Director effective August 2018, succeeding Mrs Freda Duplan who has been promoted as the Market Head of Nestlé Pakistan. Tan was Business Executive Officer (BEO) for Milo Malaysia and Singapore and in her new role she will be…
USA – Nestlé, the multinational food and beverage company, has inaugurated its new U.S. headquarters in Arlington, Virginia through a celebration that will convene Nestlé leadership and employees, elected officials and community members. According to the company, the new location in the Rosslyn neighborhood is home to Nestlé USA’s corporate functions, its Beverage, Baking &…
WORLD - Nestlé and six other food companies have joined forces through the Global Coalition for Animal Welfare (GCAW) to advance animal welfare standards throughout the global food supply chain. According to the company, the GCAW is the world’s first global food industry-led collaboration uniting major companies and animal welfare experts working towards improving standard…
WORLD - The Global Dairy Top 20 list has seen no new entrants but shifts in positions, topped by the world’s largest food and beverage company Nestle SA, then French Lactalis which swapped places with Paris based food products corporation, Danone. Their combined turnover was positively impacted by dairy price recovery which increased 7.2% in…
SWITZERLAND - Swiss food giant Nestlé has reported a 2.3% sales growth to US$43.9 billion in the first half of the year as markets in the US and China improve. According to the company, the organic growth of 2.8% in the first half was due to the expectations and guidance plans for 2018. Real Internal…
ASIA – Nestlé, a Swiss transnational food and drink company, has inaugurated a new NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto capsule production line in Dong Nai Province, Vietnam, expanding the Vietnamese facility production to 130m capsules per year. According to the company, the NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto capsule production line uses raw materials from high quality Vietnamese coffee beans,…
NIGERIA - Nestle Nigeria Managing Director, Mauricio Alarcon has been appointed the second vice president of Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), Beverage Industry news has reported. Alarcon, charged with key roles in the governing council and management committee, was previously involved in the direction of the association for the past one year as a member…
GHANA - Nestle Ghana Ltd will reward US$1.08 million to over 17,615 farmers under the Nestlé Cocoa Plan (NCP) as the company looks to doing business profitably while ensuring sustainable development in the community they operate. The increased premium payment is geared at motivating farmers for quality cocoa production, meet production standards, increase local sourcing…
ASIA - The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has reinstated Nestlé S.A.’s membership following the submission of its time-bound action plan to achieve 100% RSPO certified sustainable palm oil by 2023. Nestle earlier in June had its membership of the industry watchdog RSPO suspended as the Swiss food group had failed to submit a report detailing…
NEW ZEALAND – Nestlé, a multinational food and beverage company, has sold some of its confectionery brands in New Zealand – including Fabulicious Red Licorice, Mackintosh and Black Knight – to Sydney-based firm Quadrant Private Equity. According to FoodBev, the company will cut production at its Wiri factory with as many as 55 jobs likely…
