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Dated: 3 October 2007
The H. J. Heinz Company is expanding its nonprofit Micronutrient Campaign to India, where it hopes to benefit more than six million children through the distribution of single-serve packets containing microencapsulated nutrients, vitamins and minerals.
In a joint attempt with the Indian government and Helen Keller International to combat malnutrition and anemia, Heinz has committed $7 million to the campaign, which uses a unique microencapsulated nutrient powder that does not affect the taste of food.
Compliance with traditional methods of delivering these nutrients, such as liquid drops, is low because they taste unpleasant and stain teeth.
The nutrients can be mixed into any food, including staples such as rice, maize or pureed fruits and vegetables.
More than one million children around the world have benefited from the program and Heinz intends to help 10 million children by 2010.
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Unilever's top executives had to baracade themselves in a private dining room at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai last week to prevent themselves from being shot at by terrorists. They then had to smash a window and make a dramatic escape, according to a report in The Times.
A year after unveiling its e-commerce site, Meijer will now begin offering grocery and dry good items bought in bulk from www.meijer.com. Unlike existing online grocery services that charge a delivery fee, Meijer will offer free shipping for orders of US$150 and more.
Tesco's like-for-like sales, excluding petrol, rose by just two per cent rise in the UK for the third quarter, the lowest rise in growth since 1993. However, total group sales rose 11.7 per cent
thanks to strong international performance.
Carrefour will be opening two new stores in Romania. The French retailer entered the supermarket segment in the country by acquiring the 21-store Artima chain last year for €55 million. By the end of this year, 20 Artima stores will be rebranded as Carrefour Express.
Ten Russian food retail companies have asked state banks for a total of €1.4 billion in loans to help survive the global financial crisis. The companies include X5 Retail Group, Magnit, Dixy and Seventh Continent, as well as smaller rivals Lenta, Kopeika, O'key, Holiday, Mosmart and Victoria.
The Rewe Group has been given the go-ahead to takeover 328 Plus stores from Tengelmann in Germany. The German anti-trust body, Bundeskartellamt, has unconditionally approved the acquisition by the country's second-largest food retailer.
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