When ConAgra ponied up about $5-billion for St Louis-based Ralcorp recently, the Omaha-based conglomerate did something that food companies have been doing for a while: It got a lot bigger, to become one of the largest food companies in the world....
In the United States, the entrepreneur's dream is to get on the shelves of Walmart stores across the country. With one deal, personal fortunes are made and brilliant success stories are written. This dream has come true for a trio of startup brands that...
SA’s food producers are a feisty lot. Instead of fearing Walmart’s much maligned policy of sourcing cheap imports they are unanimous in their opinion: bring on the competition, reports MoneyWeb. ...
The entry of Walmart into South Africa scares a lot of people. It has led to a perfectly absurd spectacle before the Competition Tribunal, in which competitors are whining about competition, and the government is putting the dampers on trade, industry and economic development. [A...