Global Industry: RBI wants to grow by 50 percent

Bremerhaven. (bm) Restaurant Brands International Inc. (RBI) hosted its first investor day in New York City to outline growth plans for «Burger King», «Tim Hortons» and «Popeyes», including plans to grow from approximately 26,000 restaurants to more than 40,000 restaurants globally over the next eight to ten years. This will make RBI one of the largest restaurant companies in the world. Other topics of the week:

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• Flowers Foods: Reports First Quarter 2019 Results [US] Fri 05-17
• Nestle: enters into negotiations to sell Skin Health division [CH] Fri 05-17
• B+G Foods: acquires Clabber Girl Corporation [US] Fri 05-17
• Hain Celestial: appoints teams leader North America [US] Fri 05-17
• DowDuPont: Announces Retirement Of Former CFO [US] Fri 05-17
• Barry Callebaut: First Half 2018-2019 Financial Results [US] Thu 05-16
• FAT Brands: Reports Fiscal Q1-2019 Financial Results [US] Thu 05-16
• Premier Foods: FY 2018-2019 Preliminary Results [UK] Wed 05-15
• Froneri: to buy Fonterra’s «Tip Top» ice cream business [UK] Wed 05-15
• HelloFresh SE: Q1-2019 Interim Statement [DE] Wed 05-15
• Aleph Farms: cultured meat start-up secures 12 million USD [IS] Wed 05-15
• CHS: reports first half fiscal 2019 financial results [US] Tue 05-14
• Ardent Mills: announces four plant closures [US] Tue 05-14
• RiceBran Technologies: Reports Q1-2019 Financial Results [US] Mon 05-13
• Hain Celestial: Q3 Fiscal Year 2019 Financial Results [US] Mon 05-13
• Technomic: Five Ways Legal Marijuana Impacts Restaurants [US] Sat 05-11
• Mars Inc.: Goes 100% Wind for All Mexican Operations [US] Sat 05-11