Archive of all Premier Foods articles – Page 24
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Premier reveals its key products for Christmas
Bird's Custard, Branston pickle, Ambrosia and Cadbury's cakes are the main products Premier Foods is backing for Christmas, chief executive Robert Schofield revealed this week. Schofield told The Grocer that Premier was well placed for...
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Premier Foods warns on wheat prices
Premier Foods has reported a 49.6% drop in half-year pre-tax profit to £13.9m on sales up 145.3% at £899.1m and has warned escalating wheat prices could force further price rises.The food manufacturer, which acquired RHM in December last...
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Premier Foods and Heinz put frozen food arms up for sale
Upheaval in frozen foods continued this week, with Premier putting its loss-making RHM frozen foods business up for sale and the Heinz frozen desserts business also on the block. The RHM frozen business is a £55m operation, comprising...
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Opinion - "Premier's got it right. The only route to survival is to combine brilliant NPD with ruthless operational efficiency"
Brian Revell, national officer of the Transport and General Workers' Union, got it half right. "Premier Foods is acting like a private equity company," he moaned, as CEO Robert Schofield announced plans to axe 600 staff and close six factories this...
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Premier procurement up but 600 jobs axed
The UK's biggest food manufacturer Premier Foods has announced a massive restructure, including the loss of almost 600 jobs and the closure of six factories by 2009. Premier Foods has been reviewing its operations following the £1.2bn...
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Surviving the squeeze RULE no 3
Innovation and extension are the best way to reinvigorate brands in mature categories. Take Premier Foods. Its greatest success has come from stretching established brands into new areas. After redesigning the core Branston...
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Premier Foods to close six factories
Premier Foods is to close six factories as part of a review of its manufacturing operations following its £1.2bn acquisition of RHM in December.The food manufacturer said it would close six factories in Bristol, Droylsden, Ledbury,...
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Premier ramps up Thai range by Sharwood's
Premier Foods has revealed that Sharwood's will be the first from its recently acquired stable of RHM brands to undergo major brand activity.The £85m brand, which already has a strong foothold in Asian cuisine with its Indian and Chinese...
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top Supplier Robert Schofield, Premier Foods
Premier Foods' audacious £1.2bn purchase of RHM, a company that normally finds itself on the bidding side of any takeover, has sent out a clear signal that the company means business. Schofield may have lost out on United Biscuits to a private...
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Federation of Bakers names new chairman
Brian Robinson has been elected chairman of the Federation of Bakers, 18 months after becoming chief executive of the Allied Milling and Baking Group.He takes over from Miles Warnick, Premier Foods' chief operating officer, bread and...
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Beans means brains for Branston launch
Omega-3 fever is about to sweep the baked beans category following the launch of Premier Foods' latest innovation for its Branston brand. 'Branstein' Baked Beans with added Omega-3 is due to hit shelves on 10 June, with listings...
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Warm weather hits Premier Foods
“Unusually warm weather” in April has impacted the sales of food manufacturer Premier Foods.In a trading update released this morning, Premier Foods, which makes Branston Pickle, Oxo stock cubes and Quorn vegetarian products, said although...
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New CEO at Inter Link Foods
Cake manufacturer Inter Link Foods has appointed Ian Croxford as chief executive officer.Croxford joins Inter Link Foods from Premier Foods where he was most recently group operations director. He has also held senior roles at Banshee...
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Bloomin Big Beans to boost Branston range
Premier Foods has launched yet another attack on Heinz with the introduction of Branston Bloomin Big Baked Beans, a limited edition using beans that are 50% bigger than regular haricot beans. The giant beans will be available at the end...
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Premier Foods sells fresh produce division
Premier Foods has completed the sale of its fresh produce division MBM Produce to management for an undisclosed sum.The division has been acquired by Abbanoy Produce Holdings, a company controlled by MBM's managing director Pepe...
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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...