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    Heinz Snap Pots in first ad campaign

    2008-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Snap Pots from Heinz is to benefit from a £3m push in the first advertising for the brand since it hit supermarket shelves last year. A TV campaign next week is followed by press ads later in the year highlighting its convenience...

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    Princes gives canned food premium values

    2008-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Princes is launching a premium canned range in a bid to revitalise the brand and inject value into the struggling category. The range will still be branded Princes but will feature distinctive silver labelling to distinguish the premium...

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    Health theme for Giant's new TV ad

    2008-01-07T00:00:00Z

    General Mills UK is investing £3m in advertising the Green Giant brand this year, kicking off with a new TV campaign next week. The campaign has been timed to coincide with the new year health drive, and highlights the health benefits of...

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    Heinz Hidden Veg

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Market leader Heinz is helping mums to smuggle essential vegetables into their kids' meals by introducing a new range of Beanz, Hoops and Spag Bol. Heinz Hidden Veg is part of Heinz's £6m investment in its beans, kids (pasta ranges) and meals...

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    Heinz Bean Meals

    2007-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Heinz is adding beans with bite to its range of baked beans. Aimed at young men, Heinz Bean Meals provide a hearty and convenient meal, leaving hunger and taste buds satisfied. The Heinz Bean Meal range comes in three varieties: Beanz with...

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    'Intelligent' label for Branston pickle

    2007-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Branston Original pickle is the first brand to trial a new smart label that is hoped to put an end to out-of-date store cupboard staples and encourage more frequent repeat repurchase.Premier Foods, which sells 23 million jars of Branston...

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    Premier Foods to meet expectations

    2007-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Premier Foods has said it expects to meet market expectations for 2007 despite rising raw material and packaging costs. In a trading update released this morning, the food manufacturer, which owns brands including Branston, Hovis, Oxo and...

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    Heinz UK promotes Armstrong to run global supply taskforce

    2007-11-10T00:00:00Z

    Heinz UK's logistics director David Armstrong has been promoted to the new role of project director for the group's global supply chain taskforce. He will be part of an initiative that was created in January to improve capital efficiency...

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    A baked bean celebration

    2007-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Heinz is pushing its heritage message in its latest brand activity for its iconic Baked Beanz by linking up with Fortnum & Mason. The launch of 3,000 limited-edition and collectable cans into Fortnum's celebrates the retailer's 300th...

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    Lea & Perrins gets premium appeal

    2007-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Heinz is taking Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce into the premium market with a special edition bottle and extra mature variety to encourage its wider use as a condiment. The Extra Matured Special Edition version has been matured for...

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    Supply problems with HP Sauce worsening

    2007-10-20T00:00:00Z

    The problems of supplying HP Sauce that blighted wholesalers earlier this year have worsened despite Heinz claiming it was getting to grips with the issue. One leading wholesale boss said the problems had spread from the 255g pack, which...

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    Heinz Snap Pots

    2007-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Heinz is adding a new super-convenient Snap Pots format to its iconic Beanz and Pasta ranges to cater for consumers who want an even quicker way to prepare a light snack.2007 is set to be the biggest-ever year of innovation for the Heinz...

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    Letter of the week - 'Like comparing Prada to Primark'

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    I was astounded by your observation that "the price of Waitrose's own-label baked beans had increased from 29p to 35p - more than double the price of Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco versions. [The Grocer 33 Price Survey, The Grocer, 29...

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    Heinz is left behind as wind fills Captain's sails

    2007-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Birds Eye has taken the top spot in branded activity chart this week. It accounted for 29% of the promotional space taken by the top five brands in the Assosia survey, placing it nine percentage points above Heinz. 

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    Heinz conceals veg to help kids eat 5-a-day

    2007-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Heinz is launching a kids' range with 'hidden' vegetables to help youngsters to reach the recommended 5-a-day.The Heinz Hidden Veg range, available from next week, comes in Hoops, SpagBol and Beanz varieties and will sit alongside the...

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    Symington's buy-in spurs range growth

    2007-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Symington's, owner of the licences to the Ainsley Harriott and Crosse & Blackwell brands, is planning to expand its ranges and double turnover following a management buy-in this week.Led by ex-Arla Foods and Grampian Country Foods boss...

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    Asda tests brand equity

    2007-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Asda is putting the brand equity of Britain's food and drink brands to the test in an attempt to weed out needless duplication and offer customers greater choice. Earlier this summer the UK's second-largest supermarket delisted Princes tuna...

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    Man from Del Monte he say 'yes' to Jenks

    2007-09-19T00:00:00Z

    The man from Del Monte, UK MD Peter Miller, says he can grow its £140m UK food sales by more than 10% over the next year now it has outsourced a large chunk of its UK business to food broker Jenks. It's a bold statement of intent but...

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    Del Monte to push healthy attributes

    2007-09-19T00:00:00Z

    Del Monte is to put health at the centre of its promotional activity following plans to outsource its sales and marketing operations from next month.As part of the overhaul of its canned fruit, drinks and snack businesses, which will...

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    Supplier warns of potato shortages

    2007-09-15T00:00:00Z

    The Real Potato Co is warning that supplies of its Piccolo and Bellini potatoes are shorter than forecast because of the wet summer. The farmer-owned brand, which is part of Tesco potato supplier Branston, will start to run short of...