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    Ritchie takes helm at United Biscuits Holdings

    2000-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Former Heinz Europe executive vice president Malcolm Ritchie has been appointed chairman and chief executive of United Biscuits Holdings. On behalf of Finalrealm, Amaury-Daniel de Seze welcomed Ritchie's appointment, referring to his "outstanding...

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    Heinz working with La Doria as it enters the canned tomato m

    2000-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Exclusive Karen Dempsey Heinz is stretching its reach into canned tomatoes with the launch of a new range due to hit shelves in October. As well as peeled plum (rsp 37p for a single, £1.39 for a four pack) and chopped tomatoes (rsp 39p single,...

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    Heinz: No plans to launch green ketchup in UK

    2000-07-15T00:00:00Z

    UK supermarket buyers attending the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York were astonished that Heinz has no plans to launch its green ketchup in the UK. The new version ­ called Blastin' Green EZ Squirt ketchup ­ is due to launch in the US in...

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    Name central in John West's first revamp of packaging for 1

    2000-07-15T00:00:00Z

    John West has overhauled its packaging to give more prominence to the John West branding and inject a bit more interest into the canned fish fixture. It has invested £500,000 in the new look which the company hopes "will prompt consumers to think...

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    Smoothie operator

    2000-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Del Monte is aiming for brand leadership in the fast growing smoothies market with the launch of a range of Del Monte Smoothies. It has teamed up with Unigate to produce a three- strong chilled smoothie range that includes Citrus & Banana, Mango...

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    business development

    2000-06-03T00:00:00Z

    DBC Foodservice, formerly known as the Danish Bacon Company, has appointed Chris Todd as sales director. He will be responsible for business development and long term growth opportunities. Todd, 44, was previously with Del Monte Fresh Produce which...

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    Princes and the showgirl­

    2000-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Feeding your marketing manager to the sharks may not be the most palatable way of proving a point. And by the look on the face of Melissa Wilson (left), fish marketing manager at Princes Foods, we think she was going well beyond the call of duty....

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    SnackStop given pulling power for young women

    2000-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Nestle wants to ditch the boys only' image of the instant hot snacks category by pumping more female appeal into its Crosse & Blackwell SnackStop brand. SnackStop ­ which was launched just 18 months ago ­ is getting a new look, five revamped...

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    The Grocer Focus on fruit juices and juice drinks: Packaging

    2000-04-15T00:00:00Z

    Tetra Brik has put a whole new spin on product opening with its Aseptic Square resealable SpinCap. Del Monte's UK marketing controller Angela Ellis says: "The SpinCap has proved a driver for the market, particularly for products such as tomato...

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    The Grocer Focus on fruit juices and juice drinks: Top 10 br

    2000-04-15T00:00:00Z

    1. Sunny Delight juice drink 2. Ocean Spray juice drink 3. Sainsbury long life juice 4. Del Monte pure juice 5. Tropicana pure juice 6. Tesco ...

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    Seven inches of...oh you decide

    2000-04-01T00:00:00Z

    OK, OK. We know we ditched our caption competition long ago ­ but the man from Heinz begged us to use this ridiculous shot of Denise Van Outen and Graham Norton using salad cream in such a puntastic way. It only goes to show that microcelebrities...

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    Heinz bids for cooler image with new look Salad Cream

    2000-03-25T00:00:00Z

    Exclusive Karen Dempsey Heinz is dolloping £10m into a major campaign to relaunch its Salad Cream ­ six months after threatening to dump it. As well as reassuring those who protested about the potential loss when the story broke last October,...

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    Nine lives may be all used up for Heinz petfood arm

    2000-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Heinz's petfood business may be sold off to make room for the company's increasing investment in prepared foods. The US company said its petfood business, which includes the 9-Lives brand, had been losing market share and sales were down due to...

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    Michele Vincent

    2000-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Marketing director Princes Group retail foods division The beer industry gave Vincent a grounding in the fmcg world with Scottish & Newcastle and Allied Breweries (as was), and as trade marketing director of Matthew Brown plc (part of Scottish...

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    Partners in ketchup

    2000-03-04T00:00:00Z

    Heinz has joined forces with Nutri Asia, the Philippines main manufacturer of ketchup products. The new company, called Heinz UFC Philippines, will give Heinz a significant presence in the "well developed" Asian ketchup market. President and ceo...

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    Heinz targets functional and organics

    2000-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Heinz is so keen to grow its presence in organic and functional foods it has restructured its core businesses. It has set up a new category, to run parallel to its other core areas, that will focus on organic and functional foods, which it sees as...

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    Campaign calls for fruit for cooking' fixture

    2000-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Bramley apple growers want multiples to reposition their fruit in produce departments away from varieties such as Granny Smith

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    SALAD DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN?

    2000-02-19T00:00:00Z

    There's further evidence Heinz is rethinking its strategy for Salad Cream with the promotion of Clodagh Ward to mastermind a heavyweight investment programme in the product. As general manager for condiment sauces, Ward will also look after a...

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    Kids in shape

    2000-02-12T00:00:00Z

    Heinz is capitalising on the popularity of BBC TV's kids programme Tweenies with the launch of Heinz Tweenies Pasta Shapes. Each can (205g and 400g) will contain seven shapes corresponding with the characters in the successor to the Teletubbies....

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    suppliers

    2000-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Pledge to Mitsubishi of huge growth in turnover Princes set for new takeovers Exclusive Clive Beddall Princes Foods, which has doubled its foodservice business by buying rival canned goods group Oxbridge Foods, is staying on the acquisition...