Archive of all Premier Foods articles – Page 18
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News
Greggs cautious over cooling sales trend
The number of Greggs bakeries keeps on growing but the company’s share price is charting a choppier path.
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Comment & Opinion
Olympics: We should big up Britain's multicultural food and drink credentials
What a week! On Monday, the UK’s biggest food manufacturer successfully staved off bankruptcy…
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News
Premier Foods gives Ambrosia rice lines a chilled-style revamp
Premier Foods is looking to steal back share from chilled desserts with the launch of a range of Ambrosia rice products featuring new flavours and formats.
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NewsSharwood's powering up with meal kit NPD
Sharwood’s is entering the wraps market with four Indian and two Chinese wrap meal kits.
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News‘Life of Loyd Grossman’ leads Premier’s £50m ad push
Premier Foods is launching a new ad push for Loyd Grossman as part of previously announced plans to double the marketing spend on its key brands in 2012.
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NewsMr Kipling gets a new look and sweetie lines
Premier Foods is revamping the Mr Kipling brand and quadrupling its marketing spend on the range to revive sales.
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Premier Foods brands lose £37m in a year
Two trading disputes with Tesco cost Premier Foods brands at least £37m in lost sales, The Grocer’s Top Products Survey can reveal.
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Kelly the key casualty in Premier’s reshuffle
It was out with the old and in with the new at Premier Foods this week as COO Tim Kelly became the latest to leave the company following a major management reshuffle.
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Two in and Kelly out as Premier overhauls top brass
Premier Foods chief operating officer Tim Kelly is to leave the company following a management reshuffle.
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NewsPremier Foods to focus on supply chain consolidation
Embattled Premier Foods has begun talks with retailers and suppliers in a bid to turn around the business.
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NewsPoundworld: ‘Premier Foods is snubbing us’
Fast-growing round-pound indie Poundworld is desperate to do business with Premier Foods but keeps being snubbed, it claims. The discounter, which ranks grocery as its number one category across its more than 150 Poundworld and Discount...
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Analysis & FeaturesClarke: ‘With focus on power brands, I can save Premier’
The new CEO of Premier Foods refutes talk of a fire sale as he outlines his immediate priorities in an exclusive interview with Adam Leyland
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NewsMore disposals loom as second profits warning signals new low for Premier
Premier Foods has been forced to issue another profit warning as it continues to wrestle with the fall-out from its dispute with Tesco earlier this year.
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NewsCakes and Mr Kipling key as Premier dreams of an ambient Christmas
Premier Foods has unveiled its Christmas line-up with a move to boost festive sales within its ambient portfolio. The manufacturing giant has launched a number of new seasonal lines under its Mr Kipling brand, including iced-top mince pies and mince pies with custard.
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Premier Foods announces palm oil move
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil has confirmed Premier Foods is sourcing 25% of its palm oil from fully traceable sources. Premier buys the remaining 75% of its palm oil through the GreenPalm Programme, which rewards growers for...
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Analysis & FeaturesMichael Clarke and Premier: is it Mission Impossible?
Michael Clarke, until recently the head of Kraft’s European operations, has chosen to accept one of the toughest assignments in FMCG.
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Comment & Opinion
Is it coincidence Michael Clarke has been working for a land-locked conglomerate?
When I read a headline about Hurricane Irene at the weekend, I thought at first this was a reference…
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NewsDeste rides again in bid to rescue Premier Foods
Premier Foods has appointed Coca-Cola veteran Ian Deste as its new group sales director as it looks to rebuild fragile relationships with its key customers. Deste joins Premier Foods after 20 years at Coca-Cola Enterprises, including...
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Kitchener: sad loss of ‘a man of integrity’
The industry is mourning the loss of Paul Kitchener, who has passed away after a long illness. Kitchener held a number of senior roles in the industry, including chief operating officer of Brakes and CEO of Burton’s Foods. He joined…
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NewsYork to leave Premier Foods for pastures new
Ian York, group sales director of Premier Foods, is leaving the group at the end of the year to pursue “exciting new opportunities”. After various jobs with Quaker Oats, Associated British Foods and Blue Crest, York, 52, has spent 17…