KRAFT AND NESTLÉ BATTLE OVER UKRAINE MARKET

BY EUGENE VOROTNIKOV Kraft Foods and Nestle are accelerating expansion in the Ukrainian confectionery market. Last week (Friday, October 17) Kraft Foods Ukraine announced the commissioning of a second biscuit production line under its Vedmedik Barni brand. It will manufacture 6,000 tonnes per year at the company's Trostyanetskaya chocolate factory, joining a first biscuits line launched by the company in November 2011. The combined investment cost USD36 million. A Kraft Foods Ukraine spokesperson told just-food "This year Kraft's total biscuits production ...


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