Nestle Usa Inc

If you binge on such high-calorie Nestle products as Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Toll House Morsels chocolate chips and Stouffer's macaroni and cheese, the international food giant has just the answer: a Jenny Craig weight-loss center. In a move that lets Nestle play both sides of the weight game, the company said Monday that it would buy the Carlsbad, Calif.-based Jenny Craig Inc. weight-management chain for $600 million.

Coca-Cola Co. and joint-venture partner Nestle agreed to pay $650,000 in a settlement with 27 states over claims that Enviga green tea burns calories, resulting in weight loss. Connecticut Atty. Gen. Richard Blumenthal began an inquiry in 2007 seeking evidence that consumers who drink Enviga burn more calories than they take in. Blumenthal, who had said the claim might be "voodoo nutrition," led the coalition of states and the District of Columbia in the settlement.

In rural Chaffee County, Colo., one of the world's largest beverage companies has discovered water it deems fit for a bottle: clean and crisp, with the mountain spring flavor people are willing to pay for. Nestle Waters North America wants to tap an aquifer feeding a pair of springs near Salida, southwest of Colorado Springs, and draw 65 million gallons of water per year to bottle and sell under its Arrowhead brand. But many mountain residents say Nestle should go bottle someone else's water.

The California Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over how to handle a $15.6-million jury verdict won by a model who discovered his face on a jar of Taster's Choice coffee. The case is being closely watched by the entertainment and media industries. The Motion Picture Assn. of America and the Los Angeles Times have sided with Nestle USA Inc.

There's a toll to eating raw cookie dough. The Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told consumers Friday not to eat prepackaged Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough because the products may be contaminated with a potentially deadly form of E. coli. Since March, at least 66 people in 28 states have gotten sick after eating the dough. The FDA and Nestle didn't identify the states.

Russell Christoff was standing in line at a Home Depot in the spring of 2002 when a woman leaned over and said, "You look like the guy on my coffee jar." Christoff smiled. The Northern California model had been recognized before after appearing in corporate training films and landing a few movie and TV roles. He had even hosted his own program for public television, "Traveling California State Parks." But Christoff had never appeared on a coffee jar -- or so he thought until several weeks later.

Taster's Choice Instant Coffee's new advertising campaign won't build upon the company's serial romance campaign that ended last fall. Instead of a continuing story line that moves from commercial to commercial, the Nestle USA Beverage Division product will use special effects to create hundreds of separate vignettes that evolve into a single image of a Taster's Choice jar and a cup of coffee. The commercial that was created by McCann Erickson USA Inc.

Joe Weller readily admits that as a young salesman, he never expected to be running the U.S. unit of Swiss food giant Nestle, which has nearly $50 billion in global sales. The Tennessee native began his career 30 years ago with Carnation Co., peddling cat food and canned milk to Memphis-area stores. Later he transferred to the Los Angeles headquarters of Carnation, which was bought by Nestle in 1985.

Nestle USA Inc., the Glendale-based subsidiary of the Swiss food giant, hopes to cash in on the popularity of prepared coffee drinks by offering six flavors of Nescafe iced coffee in cans. The company said its beverage division will sell the cans in convenience stores, and will target 18- to 34-year-olds. Los Angeles will be one of the first markets where the drinks will be sold, along with San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, Portland, Ore., Philadelphia, Boston and Seattle.

Nestle USA Inc., the Glendale subsidiary of the Swiss food giant, said its Nestle Beverage Co. affiliate has agreed to acquire the brands and assets of Koala Springs International. The price was not disclosed. Nestle said the all-cash transaction is subject to legal and regulatory approval. Based in Fremont, Koala Springs markets carbonated fruit drinks, lemonades and teas. It will be integrated into the juice division of Nestle Beverage.