Christ Panos Foods

Will replace Carla Cooper, who plans to retire

Current tough times aside, ready-to-eat cereals can maintain their primacy by upping their innovation and marketing prowess.

Morning is no longer the only time for cereal and related products

Cub Foods, Roundy’s, Lund’s among participating grocers

Deal worth $545 million, will close by end of next year

The agreement extends the program’s reach to the cereal aisle.

As shoppers increasingly demand better-for-you products from consumer packaged goods companies, major manufacturers, among them General Mills, Sara Lee and Campbell, have been stepping up to the plate by reformulating familiar foods to offer enhanced health benefits.

Manufacturers continue to modify ingredients for health in 2010.