All Cakes & biscuits articles – Page 44

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    The winners and losers in the wine market in this critical e

    2002-02-23T00:00:00Z

    The brand showing the best performance was Jacob's Creek from Pernod Ricard which had the top sales and increased its value growth by 20%. The best-seller was also given a big helping hand by the general consumer swing to premium wine. Marketing...

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    Burton's fusion

    2002-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Burton's Foods is fusing its multi-million pound Maryland cookies brand with Nestlé's Sun-Pat peanut butter. The dual branding exercise is being backed by a £150,000 on-pack promotion and instore activity. Maryland senior brand manager Brian...

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    Whistlestop M&S Simply Food Sainsbury's Local

    2002-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Victoria Stn Concourse Victoria Stn Front Allington Street London London London, SW1 Small bottle of wine 2.69 Jacob's Creek Shiraz 25cl 2.29 ...

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    Barry Carter

    2001-12-15T00:00:00Z

    Senior buyer for biscuits, Budgens For Budgens, biscuits are performing extremely well and business is increasing by around 25% year-on-year. A lot of this is down to a project we started two years ago with McVitie's to review and refine our...

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    Parkinson heads McVitie's cakes

    2001-11-24T00:00:00Z

    United Biscuits has made Joy Parkinson director of the McVitie's Cake Company. She replaces Garry Biggs who is taking over as McVitie's marketing director. Parkinson, who will report to Colin Hutchison, UK & Export managing director, will oversee a...

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    stopping the thaw

    2001-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Big changes could be on the way to warm up the frozen cakes market, currently declining 2%. Heinz, which now has the McVitie's frozen dessert business under its wing, is keeping quiet about any plans it may have for the brand but senior brand...

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    Prospects have never looked brighter for the £1.5bn biscuit

    2001-10-27T00:00:00Z

    The focus for development is the newer sectors ­ healthier and snacking ­ plus kids, where growth is strong and the potential is huge. McVitie's has been the pacesetter, putting its key brands such as Jaffa Cakes, Digestives and Chocolate Hob Nobs...

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    Entenmann's returns to the coffee shop

    2001-09-29T00:00:00Z

    Entenmann's will continue to push its products into a wider variety of eating occasion next month with a launch and a redesign. It will introduce a new range of premium Café-Style Muffins which are targeted at snackers ­ particularly at tea or...

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    Jacob's Bakery Limited

    2001-09-22T00:00:00Z

    PO Box 1 Long Lane Liverpool L9 7BQ Tel: 0151 525 3661 Fax: 0151 530 3400 Key personnel Managing director Lorna Davis Sales director Gordon Grant Marketing director Graham Hunter Key brands ...

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    Name: Deborah Spillane

    2001-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Position: Commercial development manager Company: Jacob's The job: As commercial director for Jacob's in the UK, Spillane is responsible for category management and trade marketing across Jacob's biscuits and snacks ranges. She said: "I...

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    From McVitie's to Burton's

    2001-08-25T00:00:00Z

    Burton's Foods has poached Jon Gatfield from arch rival McVitie's to fill the newly created post of operations director. Gatfield takes a seat on the biscuit company's main board and assumes responsibility for purchasing, manufacturing and...

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    Jacob's Creek C&C exclusives

    2001-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Two exclusive promotions for the C&C sector are being launched by Pernod Ricard UK for its leading Australian wine Jacob's Creek. These are an in-pack wine rack and twin-pack gift box. The 12-bottle rack will be offered free inside cases of the...

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    KP McVitie's division scrapped

    2001-05-19T00:00:00Z

    United Biscuits is scrapping its KP McVitie's sales division as it restructures and puts more cash behind activities in the wholesale sector. Up to 400 staff are being axed, including 145 sales reps. A spokeswoman said that few employees would be...

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    Mr Kipling's puffed up for summer

    2001-05-12T00:00:00Z

    RHM Frozen Foods is hoping to capitalise on Manor Bakeries relaunch of its Mr Kipling brand, by adding two new Summer Slices to its Mr Kipling frozen range. The two fruit flavours ­ strawberry and blackcurrant ­ are made from puff pastry and have...

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    Mr Kipling wreaks havoc series

    2001-05-12T00:00:00Z

    "The latest series of ads for Mr Kipling cakes have built cleverly on the veteran catchphrase Exceedingly good' but have brought it up to date. They are quirky and humorous and show the familiar and well-intentioned old gentleman in unfamiliar and...

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    Flippers in flap for Dipper push

    2001-05-05T00:00:00Z

    McVitie's has teamed up with kids' channel Cartoon Network to stage an interactive campaign for Penguin Flipper Dipper. The aim is to get kids on to the Cartoon Network web site (via on air spots and an ad in the Cartoon Network comic) which leads...

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    It's the bite stuff in the tube as Hob Nobs grab nibblers

    2001-04-07T00:00:00Z

    McVitie's is poised to roll out a tongue in cheek ad campaign for Hob Nobs in tubes. This nibbles part of the £20m McVitie's is putting behind its core brands this year, a 20% increase on ad spend for 2000. The Hob Nobs campaign centres round the...

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    McVitie's gives Hutchison dual international role

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    United Biscuits has promoted Colin Hutchison to McVitie's deputy managing director, biscuits, UK and export. Hutchison, who became sales director in 1996, will lead McVitie's UK sales and marketing, and head UB export, UB Ireland and UB North...

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    Havoc let loose as Mr Kipling turns exceedingly relevant'

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Exclusive Mary Carmichael Manor Bakeries has lifted the lid on plans for the £5m makeover of its Mr Kipling brand ­ its first formal review in 30 years ­ and they include a change of image for the genial elderly brand ambassador. The new ads,...

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    Go Ahead! ditches dated lines

    2001-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Exclusive Mary Carmichael A ruthless overhaul of McVitie's superstar better-for- you brand Go Ahead! is to include culling some products, bringing in replacements and revamping the ad campaign ­ all in the name of good taste. "There's no trade...