Hamburg. (bm) British Whitbread PLC reported its trading update for Q3/2014. Costa Coffee, Europe´s largest coffee shop chain and part of Whitbread, continues to perform strongly, growing total system sales by 15.9 percent to 1’022.0 million GBP, (17.5 percent at constant currency). Within this, franchise sales were up 14.7 percent to 398.1 million GBP. Other topics of the week:
| Title | Region | Date |
| General Mills: Reports Fiscal Q2/2015 Results | (US) | Fri 12-19 |
| ADM: Completes Sale of South American Fertilizer Business | (US) | Fri 12-19 |
| Krispy Kreme: Morgan to Transition to Non-Executive Chairman | (US) | Fri 12-19 |
| Wendy’s: Company Elevates Executive Leadership Assignments | (US) | Fri 12-19 |
| 50 million USD: Gruma to build factory in Russia | (MX) | Thu 12-18 |
| USDA: recognizes unique needs of organic industry | (US) | Thu 12-18 |
| OTA: about check-off exemption for organic | (US) | Thu 12-18 |
| ADM: to Sell Global Cocoa Business to Olam | (US) | Wed 12-17 |
| RBI: Announces Senior Leadership Team and Board of Directors | (CA) | Wed 12-17 |
| Krispy Kreme: New Member Joins Board of Directors | (US) | Wed 12-17 |
| Greggs: Announces H2/2014 Trading Update | (UK) | Tue 12-16 |
| Domino’s Pizza: Opens First Store in Kenya | (US) | Tue 12-16 |
| Restaurant Brands: Completes THI and BKW Transaction | (CA) | Mon 12-15 |
| Berkshire Hathaway: Completes Investment in RBI | (US) | Mon 12-15 |
| ADM: to Establish Tech Center in Erlanger, Kentucky | (US) | Mon 12-15 |
| Food security: Egypt launches country-wide network | (US) | Mon 12-15 |
| Whitbread: reports trading update for Q3/2014 | (UK) | Sat 12-13 |
| Krispy Kreme: Expands Its Presence In South Korea | (US) | Sat 12-13 |