Archive of all supplier articles – Page 203
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P&G adds Paralympics to sponsorship roster
Ariel and Fairy brand owner P&G is to sponsor the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Following on from the company’s Proud Sponsor of Mums marketing push, P&G’s activity around the games will aim to recognise the achievements of the mothers of Paralympic athletes.
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NewsNew-look Rombouts rolls into Sainsbury’s
Rombouts is rolling out its revamped coffee range to Sainsbury's next month. The brand has been relaunched by the Rombouts family, who bought back its distribution rights from Premier Foods in 2009. "The product had been...
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Comment & Opinion
Oh dear, Defra is still obsessed with plastic bags
The coalition has surprised with the scale, breadth, speed and, though some may not agree, the vision of its reforms.
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Netto ‘space opportunity’ fee stuns Asda suppliers
Asda has asked suppliers for payments of hundreds of thousands of pounds in negotiations linked to its acquisition of Netto.
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Comment & Opinion
We must all do more to encourage recycling
The Waste Review will hopefully set out practical measures – but industry-led intervention is vital too, says Simon Baldry
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NewsArla megadairy gets first ACRID whiff of opposition
The campaign to stop Arla's proposed £150m Aylesbury dairy has officially kicked off amid rising concerns about the impact it could have on traffic and transport infrastructure. Last week, Aylesbury Chiltern Resistance to Inappropriate...
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Comment & Opinion
Putting down Roots
When does the little guy become the big guy? At what point does a cottage industry become a sprawling commercial empire with fingers in every metaphorical pie?
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NewsCoca-Cola signals China intent with Shanghai shares move
Coca-Cola has unveiled plans to list on the Shanghai stock exchange. The soft drinks giant said yesterday it had begun talks with the Chinese authorities over securing a secondary listing in Shanghai – potentially providing a platform to accelerate its growth in the local market.
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Comment & Opinion
When ignorance isn't Bliss
You know you’re in trouble when you’re being called racist by the Daily Mail. That’s the unlikely position Cadbury found itself in yesterday.
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Analysis & FeaturesMPs tell Kraft to ‘Come on Irene!’ But what’s the point?
A new BIS committee report is obsessed over the no-show of Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld at its inquiry. Isn’t this missing the point?
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NewsNew York Style pita chip set to challenge Warburtons snacks
The baked snacks aisle is hotting up. Under the New York style brand, Greek-owned company Chipita will launch into the UK for the first time, taking on Warburtons Baked Pitta Chips and other rivals in this emerging category.
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Comment & Opinion
Long and binding road
Today the Grocery Code Adjudicator Bill was finally published, marking the beginning of the final chapter in this long and tortuous saga. Or perhaps it’s the end of the opening chapter.
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Dairy Crest stands firm on Cheddar promotions
A defiant Dairy Crest has vowed to continue with its aggressive marketing strategy for Cathedral City and said it would 'not be out-promoted by anybody', despite other Cheddar brands warning the category needed to rethink its approach to...
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Canney to leave Kraft for VP sales role at CCE
Coca-Cola Enterprises has appointed Nick Canney as vice president for sales and customer development.Canney will join Coca-Cola Enterprises in July from Kraft Foods UK & Ireland where he was most recently grocery sales director for...
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NewsMr Kipling seeks slice of fresh cake market
Mr Kipling has moved into fresh cakes for the first time as part of Premier Foods' plans to breathe new life into its older brands. It has rolled out a three-strong range of chilled cakes into Asda and will be moving its Ambrosia brand...
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Arla seeds Lurpak with free herbs
Arla Foods is launching its biggest-ever on-pack promotion for Lurpak, offering 'Grow your own herbs' kits on special promotional packs of its reduced-salt and reduced-fat butters.The campaign, which kicks off on Monday, will see free...
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NewsThe Grocer Power 100
Who are the most powerful figures in the grocery industry today? The Grocer team undertook exhaustive research to determine the key players, from the bosses of the biggest retailers and manufacturers to opinion formers, commodity traders, bankers, celebrity chefs and NGOs. After weeks of painstaking deliberations, we present the rankings, ...
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Comment & Opinion
The only thing worse than being talked about
Few people these days will believe there’s really no such thing as bad publicity. Even so, most marketers would consider a few snarky comments from internet critics a price worth paying for acres of free coverage.
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NewsCritical Eye... on Unilever's murky past
It's astonishing how even the biggest companies can make such elementary mistakes. And the blunders featured in Business Nightmares with Evan Davis (8pm, BBC2, 9 May) may have been golden oldies, but they still resonate down the years.
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Comment & Opinion
Ups, downs and notable omissions
Yesterday the Sunday Times published its annual Rich List. Once again, the ranking of the UK’s 1,000 individuals and families with the most cash to splash featured its fair share of figures from our sector.