Archive of all Unilever articles – Page 42
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Break up rumours boost Unilever
Shares in Unilever rose 13p to finish on £16.21 yesterday amid rumours that the consumer goods company could be planning to demerge its operations.Traders speculated that Unilever could separate its food and non-food businesses in the same...
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WORLD NEWS - Unilever to acquire drinks company
Unilever to acquire drinks company JAKARTA: Unilever Indonesia is to buy the Buavita brand of fruit-based drinks from local company Ultra, which will continue to produce the...
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Unilever culls 315 jobs at three UK factories
Unilever is axing 315 jobs at three of its UK manufacturing plants, including the country's only Marmite factory, while positions at its Pot Noodle and Flora plants are also under threat. Unilever said the latest job losses were part of...
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Unilever to sell Boursin
Unilever is planning to sell its French soft cheese brand Boursin as part of its ongoing efforts to streamline its operations.Unilever bought Boursin, which employs 150 people, from founder Francois Boursin in 1990. Dairy Crest has been...
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campaign trail - Unilever UK is flagging up the 50% salt reduction in its Pot Noodle snack range
Unilever UK is flagging up the 50% salt reduction in its Pot Noodle snack range with a new TV advertising campaign. Breaking next week, the ad forms part of a £10m brand support campaign this year. It returns to the Pot Noodle 'mine' in Wales to...
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Unilever axe set to fall on IT arm
Hundreds of jobs are at risk in north Wales as Unilever begins a major cull of its workforce. The food giant is in talks about outsourcing the IT work carried out at its office at Ewloe, Flintshire, to a contractor. The move follows Unilever's...
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Unilever audit drives home ethical values
Unilever is preparing for a major campaign to highlight its sustainability credentials to consumers.The company is putting a supplier auditing system in place that will allow it to show that its produce is grown in a green and socially...
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Unilever announces 350 job cuts to speed up restructure
A "drastic simplification" of Unilever UK will halve the senior management headcount by September and result in 350 job losses by the end of 2008. The cuts will see the €2.5bn-sales UK operation streamlined from five divisions to two:...
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Unilever announces 350 job losses in the UK
By Adam Leyland A “drastic simplification” of Unilever UK, with a new focus on marketing, will result in a 50% reduction in senior management headcount by September, and the loss of 350 jobs in total by the end of 2008, as new chairman Dave...
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Unilever teas embrace the Rainforest Alliance
Unilever is to buck the Fairtrade trend by labelling its entire range of bestselling teas with the Rainforest Alliance mark.The company, which buys 12% of the world's black leaf tea, said that by 2010 all its tea in Western Europe,...
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Deals killing NPD warns Unilever
Suppliers will stop introducing new products in the UK and go in search of more lucrative and sustainable markets if retailers continue to demand heavy investment at launch, Unilever UK chairman David Lewis claimed this week.Addressing...
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Birds Eye Mediterraneo company: Unilever UK price: Vegetables £1.99 for 350g; fish £2.99 for 400g
Expert's verdict...5/25?This range consists of oven-baked vegetables and stir-fry fish and vegetable dishes. The instructions suggested using a tablespoon of olive oil to cook the Sicilian Fish Fillets with Roasted Vegetables....
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In Brief: Flexible nappies; Unilever rapped, Sesame rice snack
Flexible nappies Pampers new Baby-Dry Caterpillar Flex nappies promise better flexibility. Brand owner Procter & Gamble is backing this week's launch with £3.4m. Unilever has been rapped by...
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The Unilever UK ice cream brand building team
From left: Nikki French, Linda Wilson, Di Houldsworth, Anna Ford, Adrian ToomeyThe ice cream brand building team at Unilever UK is led by marketing manager Di Houldsworth. Houldsworth has worked at Unilever UK for ten...
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Unilever to cull20,000
Unilever has announced it is to cut 20,000 jobs worldwide in the next four years.The plans will cut the 179,000-strong workforce by 11%, said CEO Patrick Cescau on Thursday during the presentation of its quarterly and half-year results....
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CapVest to bid for Unilever frozen foods
Private equity group CapVest has teamed up with its rival Blackstone to form a consortium to launch a £1bn bid for Unilever's European frozen foods business.Reports suggest that it has hired Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank to advise it on...
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In Brief: Unilever profit up; Below forecasts; No piece of cake; Drinks agreement; Hair brands sold
Unilever has revealed a 10% increase in first-quarter pre-tax profit to E1,310m, on sales up 9% at E9,535m. It said that although overall world consumer demand was robust, Western Europe remained sluggish. It said that in Europe...
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All eyes on Unilever
All eyes are on Unilever this week as the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods group prepares to release its full-year results.Analysts are predicting the group to unveil pre-tax profit of £3.25bn compared with £2.49bn last year.They are also...
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Unilever to sell Mora
Unilever has announced that it intends to sell its Dutch savoury snacks division Mora to snack producer Ad van Geloven for an undisclosed sum.It added that talks between the two parties had reached an advanced stage and consultation with the...
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Unilever UK gets its house in order
Unilever UK Foods will hike up its marketing spend by at least 15% in a bid to claw back the initiative after a lacklustre year.Speaking as the parent company posted a 36% drop in full-year pre-tax profit to €2.9bn on sales down 2% to €42bn,...