Food Processing - February 2008 - (Page 11)

• R E O R G A N I Z AT I O N • Unilever reorganizes U.S. business units Unilever Plc in late JanUary annoUnced plans immediately to combine its U.S. food businesses into one organization under the leadership of amanda Sourry. she was vice president and general manager of the meal solutions and new vitality unit, which includes the Slim-Fast brand. Sourry’s former business unit was combined with the spreads, dressings and beverage groups to form a single unit called the U.S. Foods Business team. the new group will include all of Unilever’s foods except ice cream and will control such brands as lipton, Bertolli, Hellmann’s, lipton, ragu, Slim-Fast and Wish-Bone. anglo-dutch Unilever, with U.S. headquarters in englewood cliffs, n.J., also created a new consumer and customer Solutions organization. lisa Klauser, who was vice • E N V I R O N M E N TA L• president of Brand Building & Marketing excellence, was named vice president of the new unit, which will include integrated and multicultural marketing, visual branding, brand public relations, category management, shopper marketing and consumer market insight. Packaged goods leaders form greenhouse gas coalition SoMe oF tHe Wor ld’S HigHeSt ProFile Food companies have begun a campaign to encourage their suppliers to report greenhouse-gas emissions – in the process, pressuring thousands of vendors and factories to take steps to battle climate change. Both Environmental Leader and the Wall Street Journal late last year reported the creation of Supply chain leadership coalition, which includes Procter & gamble co., Unilever, nestlé Sa, cadbury Schweppes Plc, tesco Plc and imperial tobacco group. they are collectively pressing suppliers to release data about carbon emissions and climate change mitigation strategies. the group apparently was formed in partnership with the carbon disclosure Project, a london-based nonprofit organization that publishes data on the carbon footprints, or carbon dioxide emissions, of many of the world’s largest companies. the cdP apparently will survey the suppliers about their carbon emissions on behalf of the companies in the coalition. the Journal theorized the companies in the coalition eventually could use the information to evaluate suppliers, much as Wal-Mart Stores inc. is doing with its environmentally conscious packaging scorecard (see p.39). Wal-Mart also apparently is working with the cdP to monitor the energy efficiency of its suppliers. as we noted in our october 2007 editor’s Plate, a number of european companies are trying to label individual products with carbon-emissions data. the Journal said cadbury Schweppes “is www.foodProCeSSinG.Com trying to figure out how much carbon is released in the process of making a dairy Milk chocolate bar, from the dairy farm through the factory. eventually, the company plans to stamp the bars with a carbon footprint number, alongside the calorie count.” PeoPle Kraft Foods Inc., northfield, ill., named Jean-Paul rigaudeau president of its european operations, effective Jan. 1. rigaudeau, who has been the head of Kraft’s european chocolate business, will succeed Joachim Krawczyk. nils lommerin was promoted to chief operating officer of San francisco-based Del Monte Foods Co. He was executive vice president of operations. as operating chief, lommerin will be responsible for the company’s marketing divisions as well as continuing to oversee research and development, operations and supply chain. The company said the new structure will enhance integration of marketing and business functions. dallas-based Dean Foods Co. made several changes to its executive team in January. Harrald Kroeker was promoted to president-direct store delivery group. He joined dean in 2006 from a senior operating role at Pepsi bottling Group. longtime exec michelle Goolsby was named to the newly created position of executive vice president of development, sustainability and corporate affairs. Greg mcKelvey has the new position of senior vice president of dean foods strategy and marketing services. febrUary 2008 food ProCeSSinG • 11 http://www.foodprocessing.com

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