Archive of all Nestlé articles – Page 27

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    Carrefour replaces CEO Duran with Nestlé's Olofsson

    2008-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Carrefour has tasked its new chief executive with driving the group’s own-label offer and shifting its focus from non-food back to food in the wake of José Luis Duran’s dismissal. Lars Olofsson, Nestlé’s vice-president in charge of strategic...

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    Nestlé launches £1m advert programme

    2008-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé plans to win consumers over Christmas with giant tubes and less packaging.The company has invested £1m in promoting the launch of Giant Tubes for Blue Smarties and Rowntree's Pick & Mix and in publicising reduced packaging on...

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    KitKat helps power record Nestlé sales

    2008-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé said its British business had achieved “good organic growth”, as it announced record nine-month sales this week. The company’s global operations posted a sales increase of 8.9% and real internal growth of 3.4%. Nestlé did not give figures...

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    Mars and Nestlé cut packaging on 2009 Easter egg ranges

    2008-10-25T00:00:00Z

    The days of plastic wrappers for the chocolates and sweeties inside Easter eggs look numbered. Announcing plans to eliminate the use of plastic packaging in 80% of its Easter eggs for 2009, Nestlé said the new Smarties and Milkybar Shaker eggs will...

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    Nestlé prepares raft of Christmas products

    2008-07-19T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé Confectionery has announced a raft of developments for Christmas 2008 including the launch of products that play on the heritage of its Quality Street brand, the overhaul of After Eight and the introduction of more environmentally-friendly...

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    campaign trail - Nestle blue Smarties

    2008-04-21T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé is spending £2m on a marketing push to promote the comeback of the blue Smartie and push its healthier credentials as free from artificial colours or flavours. The Blue is Back campaign includes a TV ad, which flags up the fact the new blue...

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    Nestlé teams up with Boost Juice Bars to take on Innocent

    2008-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé has joined forces with Australian juice business Boost Juice Bars to create a new smoothie brand to take on Innocent, The Grocer can reveal.The partnership with Boost Juice Bars, which has more than 200 stores globally including...

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    Nestlé's dominance is challenged by Cadbury

    2008-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Cadbury grabbed the lead last weekend in the top five overall branded featured space chart, narrowing Nestlé's lead in the year-to-date chart to just one point.

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    Nestlé cereals drop prebiotic message

    2008-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Breakfast cereal manufacturer Nestlé said this week it would no longer promote products made from wholegrains as having a prebiotic effect.The company launched a major advertising and on-pack drive in 2006 highlighting that a scientific...

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    Nestlé gift vouchers to boost Easter egg sales

    2007-11-05T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé hopes to gain a major chunk of the Easter egg market with the lure of massages and golf lessons included in the price of a £4.99 egg. The Experience eggs come with a pamper voucher in an Aero gift set or an activity voucher in a...

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    Campaign trail: Nestlé turned the spotlight on its Nescafé Collection

    2007-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Nescafé Budget: £2.7m Manufacturer: Nestlé Nestlé turned the spotlight on its Nescafé Collection brand with a £2.7m marketing push in March. The six-month campaign drew an analogy between taste and music, and press and poster...

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    Black Magic overhaul taps Nestlé's dark side

    2007-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Black Magic is getting an overhaul and moving into block chocolate, complete with its first marketing support for 15 years, as owner Nestlé responds to increasing competition from dark chocolate rivals. It is also adding an 85% Dark extension to its...

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    Nestlé and Heinz fight for Polish consumers

    2007-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé has gone head-to-head with Heinz in the fight for the hearts and stomachs of Polish immigrants.It has launched the most popular products from its home-grown Winiary range in the UK, including three instant soups - White Borsch,...

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    Cadbury and Nestlé in healthy sweets battle

    2007-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Big sugar confectionery players have finally woken up to the idea that to keep consumers sweet, they need to go down the better-for-you route.Cadbury Trebor Bassett is bringing The Natural Confectionery Company to the UK next month,...

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    Quaker and Nestlé go for premium oat lines

    2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Oats is the word in the cereals market at the moment, with Quaker poised to bring out a range of premium oat-based mueslis and rival Nestlé adding an oat option to its Cheerios stable. Both players are spending £5.5m on backing their...

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    Nestlé acquires Gerber

    2007-04-12T08:24:00Z

    Nestlé has acquired US baby food brand Gerber from Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis for $5.5bn (£2.78bn).Nestlé has been linked to the Gerber brand for a number of months. The deal will make the group the leader in the US baby food...

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    Wall's and Nestlé fight for top spot in ice cream

    2007-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé has dramatically stepped up its activity in ice cream cabinets this year, pulling ahead of Wall's, which last year was the busiest player. It's obviously early days for ice cream, but Nestlé's activity this year so far is sharply...

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    Nestlé grasps new format

    2007-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé Rowntree is hoping to grab itself a bigger chunk of bagged confectionery with new sharing bags of its most popular brands. Aero Bubbles and Quality Street versions hit shelves this month priced at £1.49 per bag, with the...

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    Nestlé's second stab at premium with Heaven

    2007-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé Rowntree is making another play for the premium chocolate consumer with the introduction of a connoisseur brand made in Switzerland. The launch comes just over a year after the company scrapped its luxury Double Cream brand due to poor...

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    Nestlé acquires Novartis nutrition business

    2006-12-14T08:21:00Z

    Nestlé has acquired the entire medical nutrition business of pharmaceutical company Novartis for $2.5bn (£1.3bn).The business, which supplies oral and enteral nutrition and medical devices used to provide nutrients to patients with special...