The Cheerios® New Author Contest, which kicked off its search on March 22 for the next great new children’s book author, provides aspiring writers the perfect opportunity to make this dream a reality. One Grand Prize Winner will receive a $5,000 cash prize and a possible publishing deal with Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, in addition to having his or her book featured inside Cheerios cereal boxes nationwide.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, yet the alarming reality is that 1 in 4 children live in homes where food is not always available, sometimes making breakfast hard to come by. As a breakfast leader, Kellogg has partnered with Action for Healthy Kids® to launch the Share Your Breakfast program to encourage Americans to help children who might otherwise go without.

Today General Mills, one of the world’s biggest food brands, announced the huge success of its G-WIN Innovation Portal. This web destination was launched back in 2009 with the aim to help the food producer establish close collaboration with inventors to find fresh and sustainable ideas. General Mills were looking for the solutions on the issues such as «product, package and processing technologies that are applicable to the company’s categories or brands, uniquely meet an unmet consumer need, have been proven technically feasible and can be applied quickly, or are potentially game-changing for the food industry».

Kraft continues to pursue bold tactics for its marketing campaigns. A week ago we reported about its polirizing campaign for Miracle Whip that encouraged each consumer to have their say on why they love or hate the product, and now Kraft’s advertising department introduces a new campaign for Kraft’s Athenos product lineup—even more shocking and controversial and targeting American females in their twenties.

The Coca-Cola Company and H.J. Heinz Company yesterday, February 23, announced a strategic partnership that enables Heinz to produce its ketchup bottles using Coca-Cola’s breakthrough PlantBottle™ packaging. The PET plastic bottles are made partially from plants and have a lower reliance on non-renewable resources compared with traditional PET plastic bottles.