All Premier Foods articles – Page 24
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Premier desserts boss plans brand overhaul
Premier Foods' new general manager of its desserts business unit, Simon King, has set out plans for its portfolio of iconic brands.King has been recruited from Northern Foods to invest in the company's desserts brands, which include...
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Premier relishes a top-down format
Premier Foods is relaunching its Branston Relish range in a chunkier, top-down format that is easier to handle and dispense.The clear squeezy bottle is being introduced for informal eating occasions, and has a curvier design with clear...
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Premier to sell gravy brand
Premier Foods is to sell its gravy brand Erin due to competition concerns in Ireland. The Irish Competition Authority has ruled that Premier Foods' £1.2bn acquisition of RHM could “lead to a substantial lessening of competition in relation to...
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Hunks of meat? No thanks
Few who have seen the latest TV ad campaign for Quorn will have missed how assiduously use of the 'v' word is avoided. Premier Foods is not the only manufacturer to cotton on to the fact that the time has come to broaden the category's appeal by...
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Store focus
Even independent stores that specifically target the vegetarian market are going down the same route as Premier Foods by looking at ways to draw in meat-reducers and consumers looking for a healthier diet. One store is Unicorn Grocery,...
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Costs and weather hit Premier Foods
Premier Foods, which plans to buy RHM for £1.2bn, has warned trading for the year will be at the lower end of expectations because of increasing cost pressures and warmer weather.“The warmer weather, which extended through to early December,...
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The supreme deal maker does it again
Premier Foods acquiring RHM? The very idea would have been dismissed as idle gossip not long ago. RHM tends to be tipped as a potential bidder in most takeover battles, after all. But this week it found itself on the receiving end of a £1.2bn...
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Dunn rises for Fray Bentos
Premier Foods has promoted Julian Dunn to the position of commercial director for convenience and spreads. Dunn joined Premier Foods in 2004 as general manager for its convenience foods business. Prior to this he held a number of...
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Premier takes on Heinz with Batchelors soups
Premier Foods is launching yet another attack on Heinz, this time pitching its recently acquired Batchelors brand against its rival in the canned soups category. A range of four canned soups is being developed under the Batchelors name to...
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In Brief: Non-exec role; Greene for Simpson's; Larcombe on board; Search for FTA chief; Role for Cuschieri; Cardpoint chief goes
Non-exec role Premier Foods has appointed Dr Louise Makin as non-executive director. Makin is chief executive of international medical innovations company BTG. She has also held a string of senior roles at Baxter...
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Everybody's on the sauce
The sauces and condiments category has been given a vigorous shake over the past year, most notably by Heinz and Premier Foods, which have both been busy trying to squeeze more value out of products that have been around for decades. First Heinz...
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Meat tackles the lean times
Big brands such as Princes and Premier Foods-owned Fray Bentos have made major efforts to capitalise on convenience trends, but own label continues to dominate canned meat, in both volume and value, and this has resulted in a period of decline...
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Beans are back in business
Premier Foods prompted some frenzied promotional and marketing activity last November with the £5m launch of Branston baked beans. For the first time in two years Heinz was forced to temporarily drop the price of baked beans in response...
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Picking up the pieces
Grocery brand manufacturing is a sector rife with acquisitions and consolidation. Former PepsiCo UK president Martin Glenn is leading the consortium widely tipped as the favourite to buy the Birds Eye brand from Unilever, while Premier Foods...
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What future now for that iconic soup can?
Premier Foods' proposed acquisition of the UK arm of the US-based Campbell Soup Company has thrown the UK future of the iconic Campbell's Condensed soup brand into doubt. As part of the £460m deal, which will see the company buy the Oxo,...
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Premier Foods acquires Campbell
Premier Foods has agreed to buy the UK and Ireland businesses of Campbell Soup Company for £450m.The deal gives Premier Foods control of brands including Oxo, Batchelors, Homepride and Fray Bentos.In the year to end 31 July, 2005,...
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in the premier league
It has been a rollercoaster 18 months for Premier Foods, what with the Sudan 1 saga, takeovers of both Marlow Foods and Cauldron Foods, the launch of Branston Baked Beans and rumours of involvement in a potential bid for United Biscuits and...
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Quorn brand gets set for the big time
Premier Foods plans to turn Quorn into a £200m brand - doubling its value. Chief executive Robert Schofield made the bullish prediction in an exclusive interview with The Grocer. The company has bought a £4m facility in Methwold,...
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Cadbury takes hot choc back into fold
Cadbury Trebor Bassett is rolling out a cosy welcome for its hot chocolate drinks brands, after the company's 20-year marketing arrangement with Premier Foods came to an end this week. The chocolate giant is taking its portfolio, which...