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Ginebra San Miguel, the hard liquor unit of diversifying conglomerate San Miguel Corp., has acquired Pasig-based beverage firm East Pacific Star Bottlers Philippines Inc. for P200 million.
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                    [Title] => San Miguel Purefoods eyes P2-B sales from new products
                    [Summary] => San Miguel Purefoods Co. Inc. expects sales from new products to hit P2 billion this year, according to a top company official. 


Purefoods president Francisco Alejo said new products launched by the company in the past  months had been received warmly by the consuming public.  Among these new products are the Eaji snack foods, coffee, condiments, ice cream, cooking oil, and pancake mix.


Alejo said sales of Eaji for instance, went 40 percent higher than what management projected.


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                    [Title] => SM Purefoods sets aside P2-B for expansion this year
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San Miguel Purefoods Co. Inc. is setting aside P2  billion this year for the continued expansion of its  business to include new segments like snack foods and  noodles, as part of efforts to further improve its  cashflow and enhance the value of the company.    	


Through unit San Miguel Mills Inc., Purefoods intends to launch its first branded snack foods, which is expected to pit the company with leading snack foods  player Universal Robina Corp., maker of Jack & Jill products. URC is the food manufacturing arm of  Gokongwei flagship firm JG Summit Holdings Inc.

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                    [Title] => SMC’s Nat’l Foods posts 4.3% sales hike in 2 mos
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In a statement, National Foods said the volume increases on different distribution channels were accounted for by milk sales in route, juice and yogurt in groceries and bulk cream and cheese sales in new areas.


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                    [Title] => SMC faces uphill battle in bid for New Zealand’s Dairy Foods
                    [Summary] => San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is facing an uphill battle in its bid to acquire New Zealand Dairy Foods Holdings Ltd., which owns the rights to the Anchor butter brand and produces Fernleaf  dairy products,   as it is expected to be joined by large food groups  Nestle S.A. and Groupe Danone in the bidding race.


Analysts said a three-way fight is looming among San Miguel, Nestle and Groupe Danone for control of New Zealand Dairy Foods.  


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                    [Title] => Lucky objects in the Year of the Goat
                    [Summary] => It’s the morning after a rip-roaring night of revelry to welcome the Year of (Yin Water) Goat (Sheep or Ram). So, did you hang those bonsai mandarin oranges on your door? Did you make sure you had a pocketful of coins amounting to 168 (in whatever currency, because when translated in the Chinese dialect, 168 means one road to prosperity)? Did you eat tikoy  or something round, or something that rises and expands (during the cooking, that is)?
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Purefoods president Francisco Alejo said new products launched by the company in the past  months had been received warmly by the consuming public.  Among these new products are the Eaji snack foods, coffee, condiments, ice cream, cooking oil, and pancake mix.


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Through unit San Miguel Mills Inc., Purefoods intends to launch its first branded snack foods, which is expected to pit the company with leading snack foods  player Universal Robina Corp., maker of Jack & Jill products. URC is the food manufacturing arm of  Gokongwei flagship firm JG Summit Holdings Inc.

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Ginebra acquires bottling firm

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | January 29, 2012 - 12:00am

Ginebra San Miguel, the hard liquor unit of diversifying conglomerate San Miguel Corp., has acquired Pasig-based beverage firm East Pacific Star Bottlers Philippines Inc. for P200 million.

Business

San Miguel Purefoods eyes P2-B sales from new products

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | September 26, 2006 - 12:00am

San Miguel Purefoods Co. Inc. expects sales from new products to hit P2 billion this year, according to a top company official. Purefoods president Francisco Alejo said new products launched by the company in the...

Business

SM Purefoods sets aside P2-B for expansion this year

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | May 15, 2006 - 12:00am

San Miguel Purefoods Co. Inc. is setting aside P2 billion this year for the continued expansion of its business to include new segments like snack foods and noodles, as part of efforts to further improve...

Business

SMC’s Nat’l Foods posts 4.3% sales hike in 2 mos

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | March 15, 2006 - 12:00am

Australian dairy giant National Foods Ltd., a subsidiary of San Miguel Corp., reported a 4.3-percent growth in sales across all its principal products in the first two months of the year. In a statement, National...

Business

SMC faces uphill battle in bid for New Zealand’s Dairy Foods

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | March 27, 2005 - 12:00am

San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is facing an uphill battle in its bid to acquire New Zealand Dairy Foods Holdings Ltd., which owns the rights to the Anchor butter brand and produces Fernleaf dairy products, as it is expected...

Business

Lucky objects in the Year of the Goat

By Ching M. Alano | February 1, 2003 - 12:00am

It’s the morning after a rip-roaring night of revelry to welcome the Year of (Yin Water) Goat (Sheep or Ram). So, did you hang those bonsai mandarin oranges on your door? Did you make sure you had a pocketful...

Modern Living