Unilever PLC has kicked off the search for a new chief executive, according to a person familiar with the matter—initiating what is expected to be a monthslong process to replace longtime head Paul Polman. The search at Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch packaged-goods giant that makes household staples such as Hellmann’s mayonnaise and Dove soap, comes at time when sweeping changes in tastes are buffeting the consumer-goods industry as a whole. It also follows close on the heels of Kraft Heinz Co.’s surprise $143 billion bid for...

Source: Wall Street Journal November 24, 2017 21:00 UTC