Insights and Stories on Kraft

‘Shocking’ farm videos barred at egg-price antitrust trial in Chicago

Sep. 20, 2023 at 3:34 pm CDT

Reuters — A U.S. judge has barred Kraft, Kellogg and other major food producers from showing what the court called “shocking” and “heart-wrenching” videos of conditions inside certain hen houses at an upcoming antitrust trial against egg producers and marketers. In a ruling on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Steven Seeger […]

U.S. CFTC says Kraft, Mondelez to pay $16M in wheat price manipulation case

Aug. 15, 2019 at 9:47 pm CDT

By Reuters

Parmalat’s play for Kraft cheeses clears regulators

May. 31, 2019 at 8:33 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Kraft walks away from ‘friendly’ bid for Unilever

Feb. 20, 2017 at 6:44 am CST

By Carl O'Donnell

Austere empire-building weighs on Kraft’s Unilever bid

Feb. 18, 2017 at 4:04 pm CST

By Lauren Hirsch Michael Flaherty

Ardent to buy major Ontario soft wheat mill

Aug. 20, 2015 at 7:44 pm CDT

The owner of Canada’s Robin Hood flour mills is poised to buy the biggest soft wheat milling operation in the country. Ardent Mills, the joint North American flour venture of agrifood giants Cargill, CHS Inc. and ConAgra, announced Thursday it will buy the former Kraft Milling operation in Mississauga, Ont. […]

By Staff

Kraft Heinz to cut 2,500 jobs in Canada, U.S.

Aug. 12, 2015 at 2:57 pm CDT

Reuters — Kraft Heinz Co. said it will eliminate 2,500 jobs in the U.S. and Canada, including about 700 at its Chicago-area headquarters. Heinz, backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital — known as an aggressive cost-cutter — combined with Kraft in March in […]

By Reuters

Canadian, U.S. regulators clear Heinz and Kraft merger

Jun. 11, 2015 at 6:08 pm CDT

Antitrust regulators in both Canada and the U.S. have fixed their seals of official inaction on ketchup giant H.J. Heinz’s play for control of Kraft Foods Group. Canada’s Competition Bureau has confirmed that it wrapped its review of the proposed deal and issued its “no action” letter to the companies […]

By Staff

Nestle says taking action to keep top slot in food industry

Apr. 16, 2015 at 5:41 pm CDT

London | Reuters — Nestle told shareholders Thursday it is taking steps to maintain its position at the head of the global food industry, where consolidation will create two big new rivals. Nestle chairman Peter Brabeck-Lemathe told the company’s annual shareholder meeting the creation of Kraft Heinz Co. and Jacobs […]

By Martinne Geller

U.S. CFTC sues Kraft, Mondelez over alleged wheat price manipulation

Apr. 1, 2015 at 5:37 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Wednesday charged Kraft Foods Group and Mondelez International with manipulation of prices of wheat used in products such as Oreo and Chips Ahoy cookies. The regulator alleged that Kraft and Mondelez bought $90 million of wheat futures, or a six-month supply, […]

By Anjali Athavaley douwe-miedema

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