Its global slogan reads, “Good Food. Good Life.” For that matter, CPG giant Nestlé S.A., Vevey, Switzerland, could take it further and add “good year” to the list.
What qualities does someone need to successfully lead a food company? That topic captivated me last September when Refrigerated & Frozen Foods profiled Nestlé Prepared Foods Co. and, in part, its President and CEO Angelo Iantosca.
Global food giant Nestle S.A., Vevey, Switzerland, said 32-year company veteran Lars Olofsson, executive vice president of Strategic Business Units, Marketing and Sales, will leave the company to pursue other interests.
Stellar, Jacksonville, Fla., said it completed a four-story U.S. "Customer Innovation Campus" in Solon, Ohio, for Nestle Professional, the foodservice arm of Nestle S.A.
Nestlé S.A., Vevey, Switzerland, promoted Luis Cantarell to executive vice president and head of Zone Americas, effective in early September. Cantarell ran Nestlé’s global Nutrition business before he was promoted to head of the company's European operations. He succeeds Paul Polman, who left to pursue opportunities at Unilever PLC.
Consumers know that Omega-3 fatty acids have heart healthy benefits and now they have another easy way to get them - Lean Cuisine Seafood Selection entrees.
Nestle Prepared Foods’ plant in Jonesboro, Ark., is one busy place. With nearly 600 employees working up to seven days a week, this 325,000-square-foot operation produces as many as 50 different frozen entrees.
They say it pays to think big. And considering that the world’s foodservice market is valued at about $366 billion, Nestlé SA is indeed thinking big. In fact, establishing a singular global foodservice business, Nestlé Professional, was one of the food industry powerhouse’s four strategic goals last year.