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Heinz will spin off its North American petfoods, StarKist tu
David Lidington has succeeded Peter Ainsworth as Conservative environment, food and rural affairs spokesman. Ainsworth has stepped down because his wife is suffering from cancer. Lidington was appointed shadow minister for agriculture and fisheries...
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Jolly moves in Princes' reshuffle
Princes, the international foods and soft drinks group, has promoted Tim Jolly to chief executive of Princes Food Manufacturing Group. Jolly was previously md of Princes' trading division. His appointment forms part of the final wave of a...
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For the first time in a while, there are signs of optimism r
Private equity interest remains high: BC Partners is buying Galbani from Danone, and Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst is the purchaser of a variety of ambient brands from Nestlé, adding the likes of Crosse & Blackwell, Branston and Sarson's to existing...
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Dealing with the emotions
Heinz Tomato Ketchup is back on TV this weekend with the first of two bursts of new ads boasting You can't eat without it'. Heinz's general manager, sauces, Steven Turner, said the new theme, which represented a switch in strategy, targeted...
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n Mary Carmichael meets a European boss who is modernising
Stephen Thorpe rarely wears a white suit or a panama hat and there's little of the colonial plantation owner about him. Nevertheless, Cirio Del Monte's managing director for Northern Europe does have a few things in common with his company's...
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Heinz goes Deeply into frozen with major cheesecake spend
Mary Carmichael The Heinz brand is making its debut in frozen desserts with a Deeply Delicious range of cheesecakes. And the food giant, which already produces cheesecake under the Devonshire brand as well as own label products, is backing the new...
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Heinz gets into Jubilee mode with a touch of 1952
Heinz is aiming to fuel the Queen's Golden Jubilee this summer by bringing out special commemorative packs of Baked Beans. The packs are set to retail at four cans for the price of three and feature a cue from the 1952 label design. An on-pack...
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Napolina cleans up
Enduring Italian brand Napolina has been given a major packaging overhaul. New owner Princes, which bought the brand from Unilever Bestfoods last May following a period of decline, has also committed a £7.8m marketing spend to the brand over the...
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Heinz waves its 5-A-Day credentials
Heinz is bidding to woo even more health-conscious consumers with a new healthy-eating initiative and an organic version of salad cream. The tinned foods giant yesterday launched a 5-A-Day' scheme, aiming to persuade consumers that more than 70 of...
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Vegetarian food is shaking off the final vestiges of that s
TNS Superpanel values the entire frozen and chilled meat free category at £539m, and reports that sales have shot up by over 16% in the year to February 3 2002. Chilled has led the growth at over 17.5%. Heinz, which owns frozen brand Linda...
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Heinz is adding four frozen desserts to its WeightWatchers r
Yeo Valley Organic has launched seven new yogurt lines. Blackcurrant, plum, and strawberry and grain come in 150g and 450g packs, and are joined by a 1kg tub of natural yogurt. The fat-free range, meanwhile, has been boosted with a 500g natural...
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AND DON'T FORGET the
PICKles and dressings Hazlewood Sauces & Pickles says pickles are becoming increasingly popular as an accompaniment for barbecue and other summer eating occasions. It is now rolling out a 440g jar of Heinz Pickles, which it makes under licence, in...
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The big brands have rushed out a host of new barbecue accomp
Heinz Condiment Sauces Rsp: £1.09 for 180ml A range of four contemporary table sauces in garlic, sundried tomato, Mediterranean olive and exotic flavours designed to encourage consumers to experiment with new tastes, which have also found a...
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HEINZ SURPRISES WITH COLOUR trial
Heinz is to broaden the spectrum of its US EZ Squirt tomato ketchup range with the launch of another colour. It is rolling out one million camouflaged bottles containing either pink, orange or teal (greeny-blue) sauce. Consumers won't know which...
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Heinz Tomato Ketchup
Created by: Leo Burnett Launched: 2000 A celebration of the yeuch' factor, this series of ads included a young man retrieving a piece of pizza from his bed and recycling it with Heinz Salad Cream, and a much-criticised execution where a tramp...
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WESTOF EDEN
n Heinz's development of the Indian Ocean Tuna plant in the Seychelles has been a cornerstone of its ambitions in European tuna. Kit Davies reports from Victoria The road from Bel Ombre to Victoria winds its way gently across the densely vegetated...
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Princes Foods is introducing four new steak products to its
Juice brand Tropicana is aiming to drive sales through an exclusive promotion with the Daily Mail next Saturday (February 23). Readers will get a free single serve bottle with every issue. Marks and Spencer has started stocking a rarely...
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It's Wicked Heinz ketchup now goes an orange colour
Exclusive Mary Carmichael Heinz is to add another colour to its tomato ketchup rainbow with the launch of a limited edition Wicked Orange Sauce only in the UK. It joins Eazy Squirt Tomato Ketchup, which comes in more orthodox red, and the...
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Bill and Ben get in shape for Heinz
Traditional kids' favourite Bill and Ben, the Flowerpot Men are to get another new lease of life when they appear on Heinz pasta shapes. The puppets, revamped for a return to TV last year, join Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Butt-Ugly Martians and...
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Just Juice gets an up-to-date new look
Cirio Del Monte is to give its enduring Just Juice brand a facelift in a bid to boost sales. The brand is to get new packaging and a £500,000 round of backing as part of a relaunch next month. One-litre Tetra-paks of Apple, Grapefruit, Orange,...