Archives for April 28, 2003

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Spanish spending more, eating better

Despite a 17 per cent increase in sales of ready meals last year, the traditional Spanish diet - high in olive oil, fruit and vegetables and bread - is at little risk of disappearing, according to the latest consumption data.

Nestlé Waters extends market leadership

A year of acquisitions and growth has helped Nestlé Waters extend its leadership of the bottled water market in 2002 - a performance which the company has already continued into the first quarter of the current year.

Milk-based energy drink launched

Mad Cow, a milk-based energy drink to challenge market leader Red Bull, has been launched in the USA. The product is manufactured by New Jersey-based Liquid Billboards.

A weapon against Montezuma's Revenge

Travelling abroad is often exciting and rewarding, but there is nothing worse than coming down with an acute bout of diarrhoea. An incredible ten million people a year are afflicted.