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Articles in March 14, 2005 issue of Food & Drink Weekly

• U.S. wine export revenue up 28% in 2004
• Alcoholic beverage industry to now publish ad complaints
• Kroger emerged as a possible acquirer of Winn-Dixie in talk among some grocery industry insiders
• Dow Jones Newswires reports that an unnamed government official says Chuck Connor, special assistant to President Bush for agricultural trade and food assistance, has been chosen to be the next deputy secretary of agriculture
• Australian winemaker Southcorp has urged brewer Foster's to drop its hostile takeover bid and instead talk about combining their wine businesses
• U.S. food processors pledge to work on acrylamide assessment
• Poore Brothers
• Both the Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo saw their share of the U.S. soft drink market fall in 2004, while third place Cadbury Schweppes increased its holding on the world's leading market
• Cargill announced that it intends to acquire the global pectin business of Citrico, a manufacturer and international supplier of citrus products for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries
• Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream
• EU approves planting of GM crops
• Surge in Brazilian coffee exports
• U.S. Ag secretary says keeping ban on Canadian beef will cause long term damage
• California schools
• Talks between Danone and Coca-Cola Co over the future of their joint venture water business in the U.S. are continuing