Sainsbury's Wants £445m For Expansion Plans
Sainsbury's has been enjoying a revival amid the recession
Supermarket Sainsbury's today announced plans to raise £445m to ramp-up store expansion as it reported a 7.8% rise in first quarter sales.
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10 Worst Innovation Mistakes In A Recession
Winners provide something new
Business Week's "10 Worst Innovation Mistakes in a Recession" says that stopping NPD in a recession can also hurt a company when growth returns because, not only will they have fewer offerings in the market place, but they will also find it extremely difficult to reverse the company's defensive strategy to an innovative strategy.
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La Voz de los Productores (The Voice of the Growers)
Cafedirect relaunch
Cafédirect are letting their growers do the talking in their new national press and digital advertising campaign as part of the £3m brand relaunch.
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Can The British Lions Emulate Their Sponsor?
FirstCape, partner sponsor of the forthcoming British and Irish Lions Tour
As the British Lions ready themselves for the challenge of South Africa, one South African brand has been making great strides in Britain.
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Sweet Success
Facebook campaign hails the return of the ice cream flavour Chewits
The online campaign was organised by fans of the sweet on social networking sites Facebook and Bebo. Hundreds of members of the public signed up to the campaign and demanded for the flavour to make a comeback.
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Iceland's Profits Far From Icy
Astonishing Sales & Expansion
Frozen food retailer Iceland has secured another year of astonishing sales growth under the chairmanship of retail maverick Malcolm Walker.
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Down The Aisle... Procter & Gamble Buys Zirh
Procter & Gamble, Dairy Farms of Britain, Alpro, Nestle, Bridgend dairy
Procter & Gamble is acquiring the super-premium, male grooming skincare brand Zirh.
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Out To Launch... The Glenrothes Launch Two Vintage Whisky
The Glenrothes, Premier Foods, Cherrygood, Sara Lee, Tickety Moo, Vegemite
The Glenrothes 1988 Vintage and The Glenrothes 1998 Vintage are both being released simultaneously by Bros & Rudd Spirits Ltd
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Supermarket News... DHL To Support Iceland Expansion In £500m Contract
DHL & Iceland, Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's & Camgrain, Sainsbury's Local Convience Stores, Aldi's, Asda, Sir Terry Leahy, Tesco, Ocado, Aldi
DHL Supply Chain has been awarded a contract worth £500m across five years to manage the UK warehousing and distribution of all Iceland goods.
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Beverage Bulletin... Diageo Wants 107 Irish Redundancies
Diageo, Global Brands, Responsible Retailing Laws, Cellar Trends, Anheuser-BUsch, Majestic wines, Coca Cola
Diageo, owners of the Guinness brand, is seeking 107 redundancies across its Irish operations as it cuts costs amid falling consumption.
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Sales & Marketing... Glacéau Vitaminwater Brings Some Cheeky Colour To Britain This Summer
Pernod Ricard, Unilever, Kelloggs Bran Flakes, Burberry, Burger King Flame Fragrence, Fosters, Chupa Chups, GlaskoSmithKline
Glacéau vitaminwater only one year on from launch has become a firm favourite with people.
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Movers & Groovers... Procter & Gamble Braces For Change As Robert McDonald Takes Over
Procter & Gamble, T-Mobile, Mars, Fosters, Heineken, P&G
Procter & Gamble's incoming chief executive and president, Robert McDonald, has big shoes to fill when he takes over from AG Lafley on 1 July.
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Coca-Cola Enterprises Works With Diageo To Drive Summer Spirit-Mixer Sales
This year’s partnership with Diageo will really drive spirit-mixer sales
This July, Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) is working together with Diageo Great Britain (GB) to launch a multi-million pound marketing campaign that will drive spirit-mixer sales in the Off-trade.
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