Hamburg. (bm) Pizza Hut, a division of Yum! Brands Inc. and the world’s largest pizza restaurant company with nearly 17’000 restaurants in over 100 countries, and Telepizza Group S.A., the largest non-U.S. pizza delivery company worldwide with more than 1’600 stores in over 20 countries...

Hamburg. (bm) No pilot program and not only for a few test markets: Panera Bread Company, part of Luxembourg’s JAB Holding, announced the expansion of Panera delivery to Panera customers across the United States, with the service now available in 897 cities and 43 states nationwide. Panera...

Hamburg. (bm) Is this the beginning of an overdue renewal? The made-to-order sandwich chain Subway, whose motto is «Eat Fresh», said that CEO Suzanne Greco will step down this summer. Fred DeLuca’s sister first joined the company in 1973 as a «sandwich artist» and worked her way up...

Hamburg. (bm) British Whitbread PLC announces it is committed to a demerger of Costa Coffee, which will provide shareholders with an investment in two distinct, focused and market-leading businesses. Both businesses will be in a strong position to create value by capitalising on significant structural...

Hamburg. (bm) Swiss-Irish Aryzta AG announces the appointment of Gregory Sklikas as CEO Europe as a sucessor to Dermot Murphy, who has decided to step down from his position. Gregory will join Aryzta at the end of May with Dermot providing mentoring and support as Gregory transitions...

Hamburg. (bm) 2017 was a positive year for Spains Cerealto and one of significant growth. The Company ended the year with net sales of 160 million EUR, a 72 percent increase on the figure reached at the close of 2016, and with production reaching 111 thousand tones, a 50 percent...

Hamburg. (bm) PPC Partners announced the acquisition of C.H. Guenther + Son Inc. (CHG), a leading producer of branded and private label food products for foodservice, quick serve restaurant, club and retail customers around the globe. The acquisition was led by PPC Partners in partnership with...

Hamburg. (bm) Campbell Soup Company announced it has completed the acquisition of Snyder’s-Lance Inc. for USD 50 per share in an all-cash transaction, which represents an enterprise value of approximately USD 6.1 billion. Campbell Soup Company and Snyder’s-Lance Inc. announced...

Hamburg. (bm) Starbucks Corporation hosted its 26th Annual Meeting of Shareholders with more than 3’500 attendees, where the Company reflected on past five years of performance that saw a doubling in market value and topline revenue growth from 14 billion to 23 billion US-Dollar. The Company...