Company has entered a three-way joint venture to build a cane sugar refinery next to its existing factory in Gramercy, La.

Nestle, which sells nearly all the canned pumpkin in the U.S., says poor weather hurt its harvest, creating a potential shortage of its Libby's pumpkin pie products.

Packaged foods company says it's buying frozen-vegetable company Birds Eye Foods for $1.3 billion to gain access to new food categories.

World Trade Organization opened investigations into European Union ban on American poultry, and U.S. labeling rules for cattle and hogs from Canada and Mexico.

French yogurt and bottled water company reduced its medium term annual sales growth target to 5 percent.

World's second-largest brewer said net profit was down 32 percent to $973 million due to unfavorable currency moves and a decline in lager volumes.

Michigan-based Kellogg says it temporarily halted production of its Eggo brand frozen waffles in September at its plant in Atlanta, Georgia because of flooding there.

Candy makers confirmed Wednesday they are considering a possible offer for Cadbury PLC, which is already the target of a hostile bid by Kraft Foods Inc.

World's largest soft drink maker seeks to double its business in the next decade as it caters to the expected billion people worldwide who will join the middle class by 2020.

World's largest soft drink maker investing $5.8 billion in Brazil in the next five years, where it is opening its first eco-friendly plant in Latin America.