In Brief… – for May. 6, 2010

Safety lapse: Four children were injured April 28 after they were thrown from an ATV they were riding on a public road in the Rural Municipality of La Broquerie. The 13-year-old male driver and two of his passengers, aged one and two, were taken to Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre. A 10-year-old female passenger was treated

Organic Foods Finding A Niche, But That’s All

The wave of organic packaged foods may have crested at mainstream retailers. Organic foods and beverages are pulling back from startling growth levels in recent years and settling into a small niche space at mainstream retailers, food industry executives and analysts said while attending the recent Reuters Food Summit. The recession put a halt to



Commodities Down But Food Prices Lag

“It’s not likely we’re going to be reducing prices in the near term.” – DOUGLAS CONANT, CAMPBELL CEO Commodity costs may be off their record highs and consumers may be struggling, but that doesn’t mean food manufacturers are about to slash prices. Many companies such as Campbell Soup Co. and Hormel Foods Corp. are still


Price To Be Key At U. S. Consumer Conference

How much recession-wracked consumers will pay for brand names will be a key focus when executives behind the best-known food, drink and cleaning products meet Wall Street analysts next week. That is a far cry from last year’s Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) conference, when companies were boasting how much they were able