All Unilever articles – Page 42
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Unilever Bestfoods puts up for sale number of oils/cooking fats
Unilever Bestfoods is selling off its Crisp ‘n Dry, Mazola, Cookeen and Spry Crisp ‘n Dry oils and cooking fats in the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
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Neath is successor to Unilever’s Greenhalgh
Gavin Neath, chairman of Unilever Bestfoods, is moving to Unilever UK as chairman on July 1, replacing Richard Greenhalgh.Greenhalgh is retiring after more than 36 years’ service at Unilever UK. Kevin Havelock, who is chairman of Unilever...
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Unilever sells oil brands in Mexico
Unilever Mexico has sold its edible oils and white fats business to theMexican subsidiary of Associated British Foods for $ 110m.Brands included in the sale to ACH Food are Capullo bottled canola oil, Mazola edible oil and Inca white...
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Turn to a U by Unilever
This is the radical new logo that The Grocer last week revealed (page 6) will adorn the packs of more than 500 Unilever products by the end of the year.The logo is part of the company’s attempt to get consumers to reappraise the way they think...
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Chairman’s exit sparks reshuffle at Unilever
Chairman of Unilever Niall FitzGerald will retire on September 30 as the company nears the end of its Path to Growth programme.At the same time he will step down as vice-chairman of sister company Unilever NV.His departure, after 37 years...
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Unilever sells homecare brands in North America
Unilever has agreed to sell four of its homecare brands in the US and Canada to New York-based investment bank Lehman Brothers. The brands include Rit fabric dye products worldwide; Niagra ironing aid products; Final Touch dishwashing...
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Unilever/Pepsico JV announce new structure
Unilever Bestfoods has announced the management structure for the Pepsi Lipton International joint venture it launched in October.The enterprise was set up to expand the marketing and distribution of Unilever Bestfoods’ Lipton ready-to-drink...
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Lowestoft at centre of Unilever review
Unilever Ice Cream & Frozen Food has revealed it is in negotiations with third party manufacturers and logistics suppliers as a supply chain review continues.A spokesman said Unilever was looking at a number of options including sharing its...
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Unilever carries out review of Birds Eye supply chain
Unilever Ice Cream & Frozen Food has announced a major review of its supply chain for Birds Eye in the UK.A spokesman said both sourcing and manufacturing arrangements were being scrutinised.The future of three of its four UK...
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Unilever seals Ambrosia sell-off
Unilever Bestfoods has agreed to sell its Ambrosia and Brown & Polson businesses to Premier Foods for an undisclosed sum. Ambrosia, known for its ready-to-use custard and creamed rice puddings and cornflour maker Brown & Polson, with...
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Unilever looks to chilled market
Unilever is to introduce a range of chilled dairy food products under the Conimex brand at supermarkets in Holland from September.The Anglo-Dutch maker of Hellmann’s mayonnaise and Dove soap said the market for chilled dairy-cream products...
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Pessimism at Unilever
Shares in Unilever fell by over 10% after it warned, for the second time this year, that sales growth of its leading brands would miss its targets. The Anglo-Dutch group cut its full-year target for growth for its top 400 brands, such as Magnum...
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Unilever sells oils unit
Unilever is to sell its Van den Bergh Oils business in the UK to Pura Foods, a subsidiary of ADM International, as part of its strategy to focus on its top 400 brands.The refinery based in Purfleet has third party sales of £40m and employs...
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Unilever sells Iberia Foods in US
Unilever has agreed to sell its Iberia Foods business Stateside to an affiliate of the Brooklyn Bottling Group in New York.The Anglo-Dutch group said Iberia Foods has annual sales of $43m and caters to the Hispanic-American market through...
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Unilever call up for BT
Unilever has appointed BT to manage its entire communications infrastructure for the next seven years.BT said that under the £630m deal – the biggest contract ever for the telephone group – Unilever will be provided with a “high quality and...
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Unilever Ventures has been snowed under with ideas from eage
The venture capital outfit is looking for fresh initiatives, but mad inventors and me-too operators need not apply. Says Coombs: "Lots of people come to us with things that have already been done which we're not interested in, while others approach...
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Unilever and William Reed Exhibitions have joined the Associ
Marks and Spencer has extended its home delivery facility to 28 stores in central London. Customers buying over £50 of food can have it delivered free with a £4 charge for smaller baskets. Sainsbury has opened its third railway station Local...
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Govt backs Safeway/Unilever RFID trial
The government is sponsoring a £5.5m Safeway and Unilever joint trial of radio frequency identification tagging as an anti-crime initiative. Safeway supply and logistics director Mark Aylwin said: "Unilever responded to an advert from the Home...
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n Unilever Bestfoods has plans to turn global brand Knorr fr
Ask any UK shopper what they know about the Knorr brand and the answer is likely to be something along the lines of: "They're the one that makes stock cubes and packet soups, aren't they?" They might possibly remember the Gallic chef in 1980s TV ads...
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After the cull, Unilever looks to remove the brand barriers
Health, hygiene and vitality will be Unilever's buzzwords in the future with a focus on stretching brands like Dove, Knorr and Slim Fast into new categories. Joint chairman Niall Fitzgerald said: "We have removed barriers to brand thinking and...