Kraft CEO Tony Vernon Gives The Most Delicious War Rhetoric

Kraft CEO Tony Vernon Gives The Most Delicious War Rhetoric

"On a deeper level, rhetoric also involves cultural specifics. As tribal creatures, we will trust a speaker who seems to be "one of us". This means a speaker must also display shared cultural assumptions, which involves conscious and unconscious allusions, references and cadences. George Bernard Shaw's observation that Britain and America are two countries divided by a common language is acutely relevant here."
          ~ Sam Leith, Moreintelligentlife.com

(Technically Chips Ahoy! is apart of the Nabisco portfolio which is a subsidiary of

 Illinois-based Mondelēz International, Formerly Kraft Foods, but this picture is awesome.)

My personal favorites from Tony Vernon's recent speech:

“Waking up sleeping giants attracts attention, and others want a piece of their success,” Mr. Vernon said. “Here I’m talking about products like Kraft macaroni and cheese, Kraft salad dressing, Oscar Mayer cold cuts, Miracle Whip and Kraft Mayonnaise, where we’ve seen new, aggressive, competitive entries."

"... we will not tolerate incursions into our market share..."

"We will defend and build our key segments, and they do attract some real competitors, especially Mac & Cheese with 80% market share."

 

"Salad dressings, mayonnaise, and Miracle Whip are pitched battles right now. Also Jell-O,"

Read more on the story at FoodNavigator.com.

$4.2B gluten-free food market only expected to keep growing

$4.2B gluten-free

food market only expected to keep growing

(Article written by Roger Riddell for Fooddive.com, original article can be found here)

Dive Summary:

• Packaged Facts reports that gluten-free food sales reached $4.2 billion last year, with the market forecast to top $6.6 billion in 2017.
• Gluten-free foods have become popular due to some consumers' belief that they can't tolerate the protein, which is found in foods processed with grains, and parents who say gluten is harmful to children with autism, though NPD Group senior analyst Harry Balzer expects interest in the category to fade eventually.
• Food giants like Mondelez International, General Mills and Kellogg's all offer gluten-free foods, and restaurants like Domino's Pizza are also beginning to cash in on the latest health interest.

From the article:
... A recent survey released by NPD Group found that 29% of U.S. adults say they want to either cut back or eliminate gluten from their diets, an increase from 24% in 2009. However, NPD senior analyst Harry Balzer tells MSN Money he expects interest in the category to fade, though he isn't sure when.
"This is the health issue of the day," he said, adding that his research doesn't delve into why people want to buy gluten-free goods. ...

READ THE FULL ARTICLE FROM MSN.COM HERE