Consumables

UTRECHT, Netherlands — Sara Lee announced that it would boost its coffee business with a five-year sustainable commodity initiative.

By 2015, the company said it will have more than 20% of its entire annual coffee volume certified sustainable.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Addressing customers' demand for affordable and nutritious meal options, Fresh & Easy is expanding its popular Eatwell line.

Building on the success of the Eatwell line, which launched last year, are such meal options as steak and spinach salad, spicy tomato chicken pasta and garlic alfredo salmon. The new meals range in price from $2.49 to $4.99.

Each Eatwell meal contains no more than 25% of the daily values for calories, fat, saturated fat and sodium (based upon a 2,000-calorie diet).

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. — One week after announcing that it would sell off its shoe care business to SC Johnson, Sara Lee is moving ahead with plans to split its business into two units.

According to published reports, Sara Lee will divide its meat and coffee businesses into two separate companies. In addition to its recent transaction with SC Johnson, Sara Lee has been streamlining its business by selling off its beauty and laundry detergent portfolios to Unilever for $1.6 billion. The deal closed last month.

LAS VEGAS — Boasted as the "next big little thing," Reese's is shrinking the size of its iconic peanut butter cups.

Making an unexpected debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Reese’s Minis are the size of a dime but retain the delicious blend of chocolate and peanut butter.

CAMDEN, N.J. — Campbell Soup is teaming up with the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women movement to launch a new campaign that addresses heart disease among women.

The AdDress Your Heart campaign builds on Campbell's commitment in the fight against heart disease among women. 

NORTHFIELD, Ill. — It seems that Kraft Foods' Huddle to Fight Hunger program has reached the end zone.

Kraft said it plans to announce the donation of the monetary equivalent of more than 20 million meals to Feeding America during the inaugural Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl this weekend.

LOS ANGELES — Dr. Fresh said that it has reintroduced a Binaca brand product.

Binaca breath drops, available in a compact-sized bottle (3.7 mL) that fits just as easily into a pocket, gives on-the-go consumers a way to keep their breath fresh. Sold as a three-pack, Binaca fresh drops carry a suggested retail price of $1.99.

PURCHASE, N.Y. — PepsiCo is extending its SoBe brand with a new line of zero-calorie beverages.

SoBe Lifewater with electrolytes, available in Macintosh Apple Cherry and Strawberry Kiwi Lemonade, are infused with vitamins and made with the all-natural sweetener, PureVia, which offers full flavor with zero calories per serving.