Butter is back, bubbling up with golden demand

That bar of butter on the shelf was once seen as the bad boy of your refrigerator, the artery clogger to be avoided, except for the occasional guilty indulgence. What’s popcorn without butter, after all? Still, sales of margarine and other butter substitutes spiked for years.

#Danone names new CEO as Riboud prepares for succession

Danone said on Tuesday that Chairman and Chief Executive Franck Riboud would split his role after 18 years at the helm of the world’s largest yoghurt maker, which is grappling with a series of setbacks in Asia and in Europe.

Dairy groups need to #milk takeover market

Dairy groups wishing to exploit improved market conditions brought by world economic recovery should retain their appetite for acquisitions – which saw the industry’s deals double last year.