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Nestle bets on shark tank, startups and students to boost innovation

VEVEY, Switzerland (Reuters) – Food giant Nestle <NESN.S> has set up new structures to turn innovative ideas from outside and inside the company into new products, its technology head told journalists on Wednesday ahead of the publication of the group’s full-year results. Employees, often from Nestle’s research teams, can apply for funding to develop products […]

Factories shift operations in scramble to restock supermarket shelves

By Melissa Fares and Lisa Baertlein NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – With supermarkets stripped of food and many other essentials, consumer product companies halted factory runs of niche items such as scented bleach in order to speed up production of more basic merchandise that is in high demand. Brick-and-mortar retailers have warned that hoarding toilet […]

‘It’s a financial choice’ – Romanian farm workers head west despite coronavirus

By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Carmen Mocanu, a 51-year-old labourer, has spent most springs for 15 years picking fruit and vegetables on a German farm. When her employer called again this April, she decided to go, despite the coronavirus pandemic that has forced countries across Europe to go into lockdown, including her native Romania. […]