Best Product Roll Outs In 2011
PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble and Reckitt Benckiser were some of the brand owners that rolled out the most popular new products of 2011 in the US, a study has shown.
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Kraft Foods Invests £17 million R&D At Cadbury's Bournville Site
Selected as its Global Centre of Excellence
Food giant Kraft has announced it had invested £17 million into research and development, which will benefit its Bournville site in Birmingham.
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Nestle Ditches Artificial Additives
In total, more than 80 ingredients have been replaced
Nestlé has become the first major confectioner to remove artificial colours, flavours and preservatives from its entire range.
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DOWN THE AISLE... Dole Foods Acquires Mrs May's Naturals
Dole Food, Glencore, Carr’s Table Water, Pot of hummus, Pinnacle Foods
Dole Food, a US-based producer and marketer of fruit and fresh vegetables, has acquired Mrs. May’s Naturals – a producer of all-natural snacks, in order to strengthen its all-natural offerings in the health and nutrition space.
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OUT TO LAUNCH... Birds Eye To Grow Vegetable Category with Field Fresh Relaunch
Premier Foods, Heinz Beanz Fridge Pack, Cherrygood, laxoSmithKline
Birds Eye has announced the relaunch of its entire Field Fresh vegetable range in a bid to ramp up sales. Consumers will see a whole new range of delicious vegetable mixes, a new vibrant look and on pack promotion all supported by a GBP 3 million marketing campaign. Six million packs of Field Fresh vegetables, steam bags and peaswill carry a speacial code enabling consumers to apply for a free pack of pea seeds.
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SUPERMARKET NEWS... Tesco Chief To Overhaul Firm After Struggle
Tesco, Waitrose, Morrisons, Tesco, Morrisons, The Musgrave Group, Sainsbury’s, Nisa
The boss of Tesco has said it could take 18 months for the supermarket giant to move ahead of its rivals as he moves to reset the business after years of tough trade.
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BEVERAGE BULLETIN... Government Set To Have Minimum Price On Alcohol
Minimum price on alcohol,BenRiach Distillery Co, Lot 18, Smokehead, Denbies Wine Estate, Glenfiddich
Prime minister David Cameron is set to push ahead with a minimum price on alcohol, according to press reports.
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MOVERS & GROOVERS... Morrisons Hires First Non-Food Commercial Director
Morrisons, Unilever , Tesco, Molson Coors, Morrisons, Highland Park, Diageo
Morrisons has signalled a major expansion of its clothing offering with the appointment of its first non-food commercial director.
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EURO-RETAIL NEWS... Auchan Is King Of The Hypermarkets
Euro-zone retail sales, Monoprix, Casino, Carrefour, Leclerc, Metro Cash & Carry, Eroski, Caddie, Babycare Orchestra
Auchan has 50 top performing stores in the 'Top 100 Linéaires' hypermarkets ranking making it the leader ahead of Carrefour in the sector.
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EUROPEAN PRODUCT AND MARKETING NEWS... Evian Delivers!
Starbucks, Bourjois, Plant-based Eco Cleaners, Bonduelle, Henri Raffin, Disneyland Paris
The latest marketing effort from Danone is to encourage Parisians to drink mineral water and prevent them from dropping out in favour of tap water. From Monday, the group home delivers bottles of Evian, Badoit, Volvic, and Salvetat Taillefine.
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EUROPEAN COMPANY NEWS... New Pastures For Lindt
Sara Lee, Lactalis, DinoSol, Reitan Servicehandel, Rossmann
Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Sprüngli has posted stagnant sales in its 2011 results and says it must look to new markets to foster growth.
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EUROPE & INDUSTRY NEWS... Safety Challenge Over Plant Sterol Cholesterol-Lowering Foods
EFSA plastics approval, Sugar price protest, Guadeloupe melon
European Union-approved plant sterol cholesterol-lowering foods made by Unilever have been dragged into German courts after a consumer group questioned their safety.
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Ocado Top For Twitter Customer Care
Ocado, Nisa Costa Coffee, British Chambers of Commerce, John Lewis, Greggs
Ocado is top dog on Twitter in terms of providing the best customer care, beating Marks & Spencer to top spot by more than 40 points according to a new UK Supermarkets Twitter EngagementIndex league table.
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Unilever's Keith Weed: 'Marketing's At A Crossroads'
Marketing as an industry, Snickers, Morrisons , Procter & Gamble, MARS\Y&R, Cobra Beer, Unilever
Marketing as an industry is at a crossroads, and needs to adapt to better serve a changing world defined by diminishing natural resources and an ever-expanding global population, warns Keith Weed, chief marketing officer of Unilever.
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