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Napolina cleans up
Enduring Italian brand Napolina has been given a major packaging overhaul. New owner Princes, which bought the brand from Unilever Bestfoods last May following a period of decline, has also committed a £7.8m marketing spend to the brand over the...
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Heinz waves its 5-A-Day credentials
Heinz is bidding to woo even more health-conscious consumers with a new healthy-eating initiative and an organic version of salad cream. The tinned foods giant yesterday launched a 5-A-Day' scheme, aiming to persuade consumers that more than 70 of...
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Vegetarian food is shaking off the final vestiges of that s
TNS Superpanel values the entire frozen and chilled meat free category at £539m, and reports that sales have shot up by over 16% in the year to February 3 2002. Chilled has led the growth at over 17.5%. Heinz, which owns frozen brand Linda...
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Heinz is adding four frozen desserts to its WeightWatchers r
Yeo Valley Organic has launched seven new yogurt lines. Blackcurrant, plum, and strawberry and grain come in 150g and 450g packs, and are joined by a 1kg tub of natural yogurt. The fat-free range, meanwhile, has been boosted with a 500g natural...
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AND DON'T FORGET the
PICKles and dressings Hazlewood Sauces & Pickles says pickles are becoming increasingly popular as an accompaniment for barbecue and other summer eating occasions. It is now rolling out a 440g jar of Heinz Pickles, which it makes under licence, in...
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The big brands have rushed out a host of new barbecue accomp
Heinz Condiment Sauces Rsp: £1.09 for 180ml A range of four contemporary table sauces in garlic, sundried tomato, Mediterranean olive and exotic flavours designed to encourage consumers to experiment with new tastes, which have also found a...
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HEINZ SURPRISES WITH COLOUR trial
Heinz is to broaden the spectrum of its US EZ Squirt tomato ketchup range with the launch of another colour. It is rolling out one million camouflaged bottles containing either pink, orange or teal (greeny-blue) sauce. Consumers won't know which...
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Heinz Tomato Ketchup
Created by: Leo Burnett Launched: 2000 A celebration of the yeuch' factor, this series of ads included a young man retrieving a piece of pizza from his bed and recycling it with Heinz Salad Cream, and a much-criticised execution where a tramp...
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WESTOF EDEN
n Heinz's development of the Indian Ocean Tuna plant in the Seychelles has been a cornerstone of its ambitions in European tuna. Kit Davies reports from Victoria The road from Bel Ombre to Victoria winds its way gently across the densely vegetated...
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Princes Foods is introducing four new steak products to its
Juice brand Tropicana is aiming to drive sales through an exclusive promotion with the Daily Mail next Saturday (February 23). Readers will get a free single serve bottle with every issue. Marks and Spencer has started stocking a rarely...
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It's Wicked Heinz ketchup now goes an orange colour
Exclusive Mary Carmichael Heinz is to add another colour to its tomato ketchup rainbow with the launch of a limited edition Wicked Orange Sauce only in the UK. It joins Eazy Squirt Tomato Ketchup, which comes in more orthodox red, and the...
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Bill and Ben get in shape for Heinz
Traditional kids' favourite Bill and Ben, the Flowerpot Men are to get another new lease of life when they appear on Heinz pasta shapes. The puppets, revamped for a return to TV last year, join Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Butt-Ugly Martians and...
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Just Juice gets an up-to-date new look
Cirio Del Monte is to give its enduring Just Juice brand a facelift in a bid to boost sales. The brand is to get new packaging and a £500,000 round of backing as part of a relaunch next month. One-litre Tetra-paks of Apple, Grapefruit, Orange,...
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Wholesalers coped well with gales and snow this week, accord
Heinz may axe up to 165 staff at its Grimsby frozen food plant. The company is currently in talks with union bosses to minimise job losses. Wal-Mart is set to usurp oil conglomerate ExxonMobil as the world's biggest corporation, earning more than...
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HEINZ: GOING UNDER A SINGLE ROOF
A greatly improved service will be achieved as Heinz starts operating its new NDC at Wigan says Sarah Hardcastle H einz is about to begin the phased opening of its new UK national distribution centre at Martland Park, Wigan, next to Kitt Green,...
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Branston crunch time
Branston Pickle is to join the growing roll of big brands teaming up with Walkers crisps, with the launch of Branston Pickle and Cheese Walkers Crisps next month. News of the limited edition flavour follows the announcement of a Marmite version...
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Princes lays the foundations to double the size of its busin
International food and soft drinks group Princes has unveiled a new structure to back a plan to double the size of its business over the next three years through organic growth and acquisitions. Part of the Japanese Mitsubishi group, the company...
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A World full of new exotics
Mango sales disappoint Mango sales have been disappointing this year. This is due to the influx of alternative cheap tropical fruit such as pineapple and sudden surges in the supply of traditional deciduous such as grapes and melons, according to trade sources. In many cases, prices have not covered costs
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Cirio to turn saucy in spring
Cirio Del Monte is spending £4m on introducing its Cirio pasta sauces range to the UK. The Italian food company, which acquired fruit juice specialist Del Monte last year, claimed the six tomato based sauces and green pesto offered a "genuine,...
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Marcel HAYDEN
Trading controller, Somerfield The major growth area for frozen is ready meals, with oriental, Indian and traditional being the main drivers. Pizza growth has slowed over the past couple of years but, with the launch of Pizza Pleasure from Heinz...