As food gets more and more complicated and involves more technological wizardry, does it also require legal protection? more ›

With more people pinching pennies and setting aside less money for dining out, sales for classic, easy to prepare comfort foods have increased. Sales of macaroni and cheese, for example, have increased 25 percent over the past four years. more ›

British candy maker Cadbury agreed in principle to a $19.5 billion offer from Kraft Foods. The news comes two weeks after Kraft sold its frozen pizza business to Nestle and proposed the authorizing of up to 370 million shares of stock to sweeten an offer Cadbury previously called "derisory." more ›

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Crain's reports that Kraft is in talks to sell its Maxwell House brand coffee to Sara Lee. This is part of Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld's ongoing efforts to raise enough capital to increase its bid to purchase confectioner Cadbury. That bid now stands at over $16 billion. Kraft has until November 9 to raise $9 billion in financing and make a formal offer for Cadbury to the British Takeover Panel. [Crain's] more ›

Mac and cheese = the best. We're behind mac and cheese pizza 100 percent. Still, mac and cheese–flavored crackers? That seems like a stretch, even to us. more ›

Dear Kraft Foods, more ›