All Crisps, nuts and snacks articles – Page 96
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Drane MD at Monkhill
Martin Drane, sales director, impulse, at Cadbury Trebor Bassett, has moved to become MD of Monkhill Confectionery – a separate division within the business.The company supplies own label confectionery and popcorn to major retail customers...
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Watchdogs hand it to Ben & Jerry’s
Advertising watchdogs have quashed complaints against ads for Ben & Jerry’s ice cream which suggested that nuts were added to the product by hand. Ben & Jerry’s poster campaign on the London Underground stated: “We usually try to put a...
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Golden Wonder to shut factory
Golden Wonder has been forced to close one of its three UK production centres because of the decline in the own label crisps market caused, it said, by extensive price cutting and promotional activity on branded products.The company said...
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Young is Sundora chief exec
Dried fruit and nut supplier Sundora Foods has appointed Tryton Foods MD Brian Young to the new post of chief executive to help build brands such as Fruit Fantasy, Oatiz and Naturally Organic.Young heads a management team that includes...
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Walkers gets top spot back
Tesco comes out at the top of the chart this week with Sainsbury less than one percentage behind at number two.Activity in Tesco is focused upon gondola ends and is particularly strong in the alcoholic drinks and health and beauty...
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Walker rises up the ranks in the family toffee firm
Speciality toffee maker Walkers’ Nonsuch has promoted Emma Walker, daughter of MD Ian, to the post of marketing and export sales manager.She will be responsible for raising the profile of the brand with UK retailers and consumers through...
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kick to shoks
n KP has cut the size and the price of Hula Hoops sub-brand Shoks from 55g to 40g and from 47p down to 30p, in a bid to boost flagging sales. n The savoury snacks giant has also announced...
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Walkers still tops chart
Competition in the chart is extremely close this week with less than two percentage points separating the top five.Sainsbury moves up to the top of the chart just slightly ahead of Asda at number two. While Asda leans more towards price...
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Sensations go nutty
Walkers is adding peanuts to its Sensations portfolio as part of a long-term strategy for the brand.The three Nut Cluster varieties – Chilli Spice, Sour Cream and Onion and Cool Tomato Salsa – come in pots and will be on shelf from September...
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KP scales down Shoks size/price
KP has been forced to re-think the pack size and price of Hula Hoops Shoks due to poor sales.It has reduced packs from 55g to 40g and marked packs at 39p, down from 47p. A buyer for one major wholesaler said the brand had not...
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Take it away Gary
Walkers has at last officially unveiled one of the year's worst kept secrets in grocery. Plans for a Great British Takeaways range of crisps were first uncovered in March after brand ambassador Gary Lineker was spotted filming an ad for the new...
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Hula Hoops Shoks
Great packaging, great marketing and a great-tasting product have all combined to capture the imagination of the judges Nestlé Double Cream Nestlé's ambitious plan to muscle into the block chocolate market was impressive. A well-executed...
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You would have thought it would be simple enough. Every Dece
Six months on, The Grocer team can breathe a collective sigh of relief as the likes of Walkers' Great British flavours and Maltesers ice cream have clearly demonstrated our eye for banking a home win. However, for every winner, as they say, there is...
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Describe your career so far
I spent the first 10 years of my career in blue chip marketing at Nestlé and Johnson & Johnson, followed by a period in retail marketing at Signet. I then set up my own brand development consultancy, Distillery, before joining Ryvita. The...
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KP shares out Mini Cheddars
KP is to hit the snacking market with the launch of a new Mini Cheddars sharing tub and will also permanently add its Peperami flavour to its handypack range in the wake of £1m of retail sales in 2002.The 150g sharing tubs will be available...
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Third helping for Kick Start
Mary Carmichael Kellogg is going back for a third helping of its controversial Kick-Start weight loss campaign to back Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes, Fruit n' Fibre and Special K cereal brands. Timed to coincide with interest in last-minute...
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Prestigious PepsiCo job for Martin Glenn
Martin Glenn, formerly the president of Walkers Snacks, has been promoted to the role of president of PepsiCo UK. This newly created division unites PepsiCo businesses Pepsi, Walkers Snacks, Tropicana and Quaker in the UK and Glenn will oversee...
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Tesco to recall own label fruit muesli
Tesco is to recall its Tesco Fruit Muesli 1kg following seven customer complaints due to the presence of nuts in the product.Tesco is to put up point of sale notices in stores to highlight shoppers to the nut/seed allergy warning for the...
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Coca-Cola continues its unbeaten run at the top of our unpro
When asked what specific Coca-Cola promotion they remembered, the two for £2 2-litre promotion from wholesalers fared well. The top one for Cadbury, which came second, was its four for 99p direct marketing promotion while third place KP Crisps' two...