Kraft Foods Group, Inc.

Stocks surge to new highs after hiring climbs

2013-05-03 15:02:00

Stocks surged to all-time highs Friday when a surprisingly good jobs report finally gave investors a clear sign of U.S. economic strength after weeks of conflicting signals. The market jumped from the opening, traders donned party hats, and a wave of...

Jobs report spurs Dow beyond 15,000 for the first time

2013-05-03 10:42:00

NEW YORK -- It’s only a few days into May, but already investors have seen one surprise after another, as the Dow Jones industrial average passed 15,000 for the first time Friday on the strength of a better-than-expected jobs report. The S&P 500,...

Oh Yeah: Kool-Aid Man gets a modern makeover

2013-04-15 10:08:00

When the Kool-Aid Man next hurtles through some unsuspecting homeowner’s wall, he’ll look snazzier, more up-to-date, more “lifelike,” according to parent company Kraft Foods Group Inc. Which means that Kool-Aid Man -- a giant,...

Tomato company owner gets 6 years in prison for price-fixing

2013-02-12 13:01:00

A man who built one of California’s most successful food companies was sentenced to six years in prison for scheming to inflate tomato prices and deceiving consumers about his products' quality. Frederick Scott Salyer, former owner of SK Foods,...

Zubin Mehta's heady days as Los Angeles Philharmonic music director

2012-12-08 10:00:00

Bombay born and Vienna trained, debonair enough to impress Hollywood and with a swashbuckling podium style, Zubin Mehta conducted his first concert as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic 50 years ago. On Nov. 15, 1962, he was 26, the youngest...

'Coaching Confidential' delivers stories from inside NFL circles

2012-12-06 14:30:00

If you’re looking for an intriguing book for an NFL fan, check out the recently released “Coaching Confidential” by Gary Myers, which examines the high-pressure lives of coaches in the league. Through interviews with more than 20...

New Cadbury chocolate doesn't melt, even at 104 degrees

2012-11-27 10:52:00

Children’s pockets everywhere are safer and parents are breathing a sigh of relief now that Cadbury UK has created a form of chocolate resistant to melting. The sweets maker, owned by American company Kraft, tested the chocolate against its...

Chris Dufresne's look at the season's college football bowl games

2012-12-12 18:41:00

ESPN's "Octomom" family of networks hopes you enjoy this year's cavalcade of commercials and center snaps as it furiously tries to secure the two games it doesn't broadcast. Conspicuously missing from the lineup is Ohio State (12-0) vs. Louisiana Tech...

Following the money and the races with Times voter guide

2012-10-02 11:12:46

Is Chick-fil-A anti-gay marriage? 'Guilty as charged,' leader says

2012-07-18 09:27:00

Chick-fil-A is “very much supportive of the family,” according to Dan Cathy, president of the popular fast food chain. That is, “the biblical definition of the family unit,” he said. And that doesn’t include Adam and Steve,...

Frank Peppiatt dies at 85; co-creator of 'Hee Haw'

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Frank Peppiatt, the co-creator of "Hee Haw," a landmark variety show mixing country music with "corny" humor that became one of TV's most unlikely and longest-running hits, has died. He was 85. Peppiatt died Wednesday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., of...

'Bad News Bears' remake actress dead in suspected DUI crash

2012-10-10 17:12:49

Kraft, which split off a large position of its business, fell from No. 50 last year when it posted revenue of $54.4 billion. Kraft Macaroni & Cheese on a grocery store shelf. (Reuters file photo)

2013-05-06 08:32:00

Mondelez did not appear in the Fortune 500 last year. It was previously a unit of Kraft Foods.

2013-05-06 08:11:00

Kraft Foods Group Inc. campus in Northfield.

2013-01-18 00:00:00