The York Water Company's president and CEO, Jeffrey Hines, has confirmed that the Board of Directors at their November 21st meeting increased the quarterly dividend from $0.131 per share to $0.1336 per share, an increase of 2.0%. Read more
Beghin Say, an international brand in sugar and sweeteners, has expanded its line of nutritional sugars in France with the launch of Beghin Say Ligne, sweetened with natural origin stevia extracts by PureCircle. Read more
Nestlé Waters is investing more than £35m in a new state of the art factory in Buxton (UK). The company hopes the factory will be one of Europe's most innovative and efficient bottling facilities when it opens in spring 2012. Read more
After discovering that [used PET bottles can be turned into light bulbs,](opinion/pet-bottles-as-light-bulbs) I now find that recycled bottles are being converted into road bridges. Read more
Frito-Lay's new distribution facility in Oahu, Hawaii has earned the US Green Building Council Leed Gold certification. Read more
Worldwide Fruit, a UK fruit marketing and distributing company, has signed a new contract with incumbent IT outsourcers, Quiss Technology. Read more
The UK's £1bn ice cream industry is fighting back against the economic downturn by increasing quality and choice, according to the organisers of The National Ice Cream Competition. Read more
Cargill has completed the acquisition of Provimi, a global animal nutrition company for an enterprise value of $2.1bn. Read more
After enduring a challenging period, the UK Bottled Water industry is expected to fare better during next five years as the economy slowly recovers from the recession, according to IBISWorld, a UK publisher of industry research. Read more
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched a new campaign reminding people to wash raw vegetables to help minimise the risk of food poisoning. Read more
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