All Co-branding articles – Page 20
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Harry Tuffins vows to stick with water despite flat demand
Independent retailer Harry Tuffins has insisted it will push ahead with its Montgomeryshire Natural Water Company business despite a "difficult year".Accounts filed at Companies House this week for the year to 31 January revealed poor...
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Guinness puts its name to premium meat range
The iconic Guinness name and signature taste is set to grace a wide range of meat products for the first time after Diageo signed a co-branding agreement with sausage specialist Debbie & Andrew's, The Grocer can reveal.The two manufacturers...
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James is first indie to get M&S Simply Food
M&S Simply Food will be trialled at a BP franchise for the first time next year. Leading independent retailer and ACS vice chairman Jonathan James has been chosen as the first franchisee of a BP Connect store to include an M&S Simply Food offer....
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Targeting fat towns
Nine English towns are each to receive a share of a £30m pot as part of the Government’s assault on obesity. Sarah Butler asks just how worthwhile the venture is
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Ready meal premium for Mey Selections farmers
Farmers producing meat for Sainsbury’s ready meals in the Mey Selections range will receive a guaranteed premium under the terms of a new supply agreement. In a deal believed to be a first for ready meals, Sainsbury’s will be paying a higher price...
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Disney lines up Mickey for healthy kids ranges
Disney is hoping to inspire “pester power for healthy food” with its first UK frozen range of children’s favourites, all made in the distinctive shape of Mickey Mouse. Disney Consumer Products (DCP), its UK consumer arm, has spent the past two...
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Double-digit growth target for Mills Group's categories
Mills Group has set out ambitious plans for double-digit sales growth across the majority of its categories this year.The independent retail chain, which operates 75 c-stores and CTNs in the north of England, the Midlands and South...
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Amar buys Mary Berry brand stake
Fine food distributor RH Amar has bought a minority stake in dressings and sauces brand Mary Berry & Daughter. RH Amar has been responsible for distributing the premium range in the UK since 2006, resulting in a 12% rise in annual sales...
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Anchor revamp pushes free-range credentials
Arla Foods is ploughing £10m into its £80m Anchor butter brand this year with a complete packaging relaunch and a concerted push on Lighter Spreadable to reverse slowing sales growth. It has redesigned the range with a more modern twist...
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Tesco axes kids' range for new Disney venture
Tesco is ditching its kids own label to replace it with a healthy range co-branded with Disney. Through the tie up, which will kick off initially on fresh fruit and dairy next month, it believes it can double the 25-strong kids...
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WORLD NEWS- Sobeys launches Disney food range
Sobeys launches Disney food range STELLARTON, NOVA SCOTIA: Canada's second largest food retailer, Sobeys, has teamed up with Disney to launch a co-branded food line for children....
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Nisa and Mills set to roll out joint fascia
Nisa-Today's is in the final stages of developing a new co-branded fascia with independent retail chain Mills Group.The concept will initially be launched at 19 of Mills' 75 stores. Work has begun on the conversions, with the first of...
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The Challenge
Dorset Cereals' move into the mainstream cereal aisle, including low-fat products and cereal bars, means it is up against larger players such as Kellogg's, Weetabix and Nestlé for the first time. Kellogg's continues to be the biggest...
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Golden oldies pair up to create new porridge
Two of the UK's oldest food producers are joining forces to introduce more innovation into the thriving porridge category. Mornflake, which has been milling oats since 1675, and Lyle's Golden Syrup, which dates back to 1883, have blended...
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Innovation in own-label market
The World of Private Label exhibition, organised by the Private Label Manufacturers Association, is the largest annual event for this industry, and is playing host to 3,100 exhibitors from 70 countries this year.
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Pick a flavour any flavour
When Procter & Gamble launched a variant of Pringles for Morrisons late last year it was apparently attempting to tap into the tastes of the northern retailer's consumers. Packs depicted a rural scene of a farmer tilling the land against a...
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In Brief: Lambrini party tights; Wine training pack; Fairtrade promotion; Sparkling gift set
Lambrini party tights Party drink Lambrini is linking up with tights manufacturer Pretty Polly in a £1m on-pack promotion. The brand will offer £600,000 of co-branded party fishnet tights, redeemed by a text-to-win...
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Tayloring MBL to fit
Can Budgens really juggle an ambitious divestment and expansion plan at the same time? Rachel Barnes talks to Musgrave Budgens Londis MD Mike TaylorIt’s been two years since Budgens announced it was to sell off its corporate-owned...
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Venturing into new territories
Corporate ventures can deliver the goods but are high risk and should not be undertaken lightly, says Glynn DavisLast year Wal-Mart announced that it was to enter private equity for the first time with a $25m fund to invest in...
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Fascia takes a strong Stans
Stans Superstore now carries Nisa-Today’s co-branded fascia. Siân Harrington reportsStans Superstore in the village of St Martins, near Oswestry in Shropshire, is used to coming to the rescue of customers needing a specific product or...