Archive of all Unilever articles – Page 47

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    Unilever and William Reed Exhibitions have joined the Associ

    2002-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Marks and Spencer has extended its home delivery facility to 28 stores in central London. Customers buying over £50 of food can have it delivered free with a £4 charge for smaller baskets. Sainsbury has opened its third railway station Local...

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    Govt backs Safeway/Unilever RFID trial

    2002-07-20T00:00:00Z

    The government is sponsoring a £5.5m Safeway and Unilever joint trial of radio frequency identification tagging as an anti-crime initiative. Safeway supply and logistics director Mark Aylwin said: "Unilever responded to an advert from the Home...

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    n Unilever Bestfoods has plans to turn global brand Knorr fr

    2002-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Ask any UK shopper what they know about the Knorr brand and the answer is likely to be something along the lines of: "They're the one that makes stock cubes and packet soups, aren't they?" They might possibly remember the Gallic chef in 1980s TV ads...

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    After the cull, Unilever looks to remove the brand barriers

    2002-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Health, hygiene and vitality will be Unilever's buzzwords in the future with a focus on stretching brands like Dove, Knorr and Slim Fast into new categories. Joint chairman Niall Fitzgerald said: "We have removed barriers to brand thinking and...

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    Unilever senior vice-president, corporate development, Iain

    2001-09-29T00:00:00Z

    Bestway has secured planning permission in Birmingham for its 28th cash and carry depot. The 27th site opened in Plymouth this month. Kerry's takeover bid for Golden Vale has received approval from the regulatory authorities in the UK and Irish...

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    Analysts fear for Unilever

    2001-09-29T00:00:00Z

    Unilever failed to impress investors this week with a disappointing third quarter trading update. Its shares tumbled despite food companies having proved relatively safe stock market havens since the US terror attacks on September 11. Unilever...

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    Unilever Bestfoods UK: Getting it together

    2001-02-24T00:00:00Z

    In the colossal process of bringing together two giant companies, Unilever Bestfoods UK is determined not to get so bogged down in integration that business continuity goes by the board, as sales director Tony Smith tells Karen Dempsey in an...

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    Unilever Bestfoods organic buy

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Newly formed Unilever Bestfoods UK has made its first deal in the rapidly growing organics sector with the purchase of small Scottish firm Go Organic. Founded and run by Sheila Ross and Charlotte Mitchell, Go Organic makes organic pasta sauces,...

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    Unilever brands sale: Heinz prime candidate?

    2000-10-07T00:00:00Z

    No clear favourite has emerged in the race to buy the package of brands put up for sale by Unilever ­ although they are likely to fall into American hands. Unilever was forced to start the auction to satisfy EU regulators over its £13.7bn...

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    Unilever gets EU green light for low cost rival to Benecol

    2000-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Unilever's cholesterol lowering spread Flora Pro-activ is poised to go head to head with Benecol in the flourishing functional food market, following EU authorisation. The spread is made with natural plant sterols ­ plant extracts found at low...

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    News analysis: Unilever and Bestfoods

    2000-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Eating to get slim Unilever is in serious and much vaunted trimming and pruning mood as it buys Bestfoods. So what casualties will we see asks Gillian Law For a company that wants to slash the number of brands it owns, Unilever is going about...

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    Brands to be axed in Unilever shakeout

    2000-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Unilever has finally revealed its strategy for increasing profits and culling brands by announcing 25,000 job losses worldwide ­ 10% of its entire workforce. Although turnover increased 2% in the full year to December 31 1999 to £27.63bn, pretax...