Archive of all Kraft-Heinz articles – Page 13
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Analysis & Features38: Heinz Soup
The terminal decline of ambient soup has stripped £16m from Heinz sales
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Analysis & Features27: Heinz Beanz
Consumer desire to spend less money in uncertain times has squeezed the branded baked beans category
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NewsCity snapshot: Unilever CEO calls for shake-up of UK takeover rules
Unilever boss Paul Polman has called on the Government to tighten up UK takeover rules after the Anglo-Dutch Marmite producer successfully saw off a £115bn bid approach from Kraft Heinz last month. Plus retail shares suffer and all the rest of the latest news from the City
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NewsMedia Bites 15 March: Unilever, UK takeover rules, Ocado
Unilever is considering returning cash to shareholders, making medium-sized acquisitions and more aggressive cost cuts as part of a sweeping review, the results of which it will announce next month.
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NewsHeinz brings Ketchup Super Bowl dog ad to the UK
The clip made its debut in the US under the name Wiener Stampede
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NewsHeinz launches Seriously Good sauces quartet
The supplier has launched a quartet of French-style products
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NewsUnilever shareholders benefit despite failure of takeover
Unilever shareholders may have missed out on the 18% premium but they have been left sitting on a tidy 12.5% profit
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Comment & OpinionPolman must act. And fast.
That was awkward. The barbarians are at the gate. Two days later they’ve sloped home
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Analysis & FeaturesWill Warren Buffett and his Kraft-Heinz mob be back?
The £115bn bid for Unilever has been called off, but it’s sent shockwaves through the fmcg sector
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Comment & OpinionGet healthy, Unilever
Sir, The acquisition would have given Kraft Heinz a route to market for complementary brands in emerging markets
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Comment & OpinionKraft Heinz wash-up will put ‘Persil Paul’ and Unilever growth in the spotlight
With the announcement that the offer is off the table from the Americans, we ask where does all this manouvering leave Unilever and Kraft Heinz?
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NewsCity snapshot: Kraft Heinz ditches £115bn Unilever bid
Unilever shares have fallen back this morning after the announcement last night that Kraft Heinz has walked away from its shock £115bn bid for the group
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Analysis & FeaturesUnilever board speaks for many with rejection of Kraft Heinz overtures
Unilever’s strongly worded rejection of Kraft Heinz’s £115bn approach today did not sound like the words of a board about to roll over and accept a slightly higher offer.
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Analysis & FeaturesKraft Heinz moves on Unilever: a sign of desperate times for big food?
What happens now? How likely is Kraft Heinz to up its bid price? And will CEO Paul Polman allow the company to slip from his control?
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Analysis & FeaturesKraft Heinz makes play for Unilever: analyst reactions
Leading City analysts react to Kraft Heinz’s bid for Unilever
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NewsKraft Heinz makes £115bn mega-merger proposal to Unilever
Kraft Heinz has announced it has made a “comprehensive” proposal to Unilever to combine the two groups, which the UK-listed firm has firmly rejected
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NewsKraft Heinz promotional activity hurts European sales
Sales slumped 3.7% to $6.9bn (£5.5bn) at Kraft Heinz in the fourth quarter, partly driven by increased promotional support in the UK.
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NewsHeinz targets toddlers with Peppa Pig & PAW Patrol snacks
The two biscuit SKUs are Heinz’s first to be aimed at toddlers
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NewsUS nut brand Planters kicks off first UK multimedia campaign
With a £2.5m spend, the push has begun with a 30-second ad featuring an animated Mr Peanut
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Comment & OpinionThe art of product reformulation
Obesity is clearly the nation’s number one long-term health issue. Are we taking it seriously enough?