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Campbell, Kraft contrast in emerging market strategy (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Cambell Soup Co. (NYSE:CPB) released its fiscal fourth-quarter results Friday, and in the process reminded us that Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE:KFT) is just one of many big food companies looking to expand in the developing world -- and also that there's more than one way to go about this. The...

Posted on September 11, 2009 11:43 AM

Dreaming of stuffing? Some thoughts on Pepperidge Farm and Campbell (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Thanksgiving is to Pepperidge Farm what Christmas is to Toys-R-Us. So what better time to see what the company, best known for its cookies, has been up to. Pepperidge Farm, which was founded in 1937 by Margaret Rudkin and stuffed into the Campbell Soup Co. in a 1961 acquisition, doesn't...

Posted on November 26, 2008 11:50 AM

Campbell adds more international flavor to executive team (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Back in May we told you how Campbell Soup Co. had hired former Lehman Brothers Inc. banker Tarkan Gurkan as vice president of corporate development. Gurkan worked in the bank's global consumer and retail group. On Friday, we learned that he'll have a new boss, one who also has extensive...

Posted on August 29, 2008 12:04 PM

Campbell Soup gets more organic with Wolfgang (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Campbell Soup Co. has scooped up Wolfgang Puck's organic soup business from Country Gourmet Foods and entered into a licensing agreement with Wolfgang Puck Worldwide Inc. The acquisition will extend Campbell's reach in the organic market, a higher-growth part of the food industry. The company has spent the last year...

Posted on July 1, 2008 1:12 PM

Mmm, Mmm growth for Campbell Soup (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Campbell Soup Co. has spent the last year pursuing a strategic restructuring, and now it has a new dealmaker to explore growth initiatives moving forward. The 81-year-old consumer food giant, which in addition to its signature soups owns V8 and Pepperidge Farm, has hired former Lehman Brothers Inc. investment banker Tarkan...

Posted on May 19, 2008 12:15 PM