Marketing

Hero fails portion test

30-Oct-2006

Hero Foods will stop selling its Fruit2day drink in the UK after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) banned claims that the product contained...

Honey monster not enough for Big Bear

29-Aug-2006 By Elaine Watson

Food business goes on the prowl for more "unloved" brands

Uniq slims down following further loss in UK division

26-Jun-2006

Prepared foods company Uniq is to sell its French spreads and Belgian salads businesses. The sell-off is part of a recovery programme that has...

Advertising shapes up

02-May-2006

Manufacturers must act quickly if they are to influence new regulations governing junk food advertising to children, says Rafi Azim-Khan

Bakkavör ready to prey on 'fragmented' UK market

29-Mar-2006

Icelandic fresh prepared food giant Bakkavör is back on the acquisition trail in the UK, less than a year after snapping up Geest and Hitchen...

New convenience store strategy for Heinz

06-Oct-2005

Heinz is aiming to significantly boost its convenience sector sales over the next 12 months with more product development, promotions and a...

Pot Noodle still feeling post-Sudan 1 blues, claims Unilever

15-Aug-2005 By Elaine Watson

Unilever is continuing to blame the Sudan 1 illegal food dye scare for lacklustre sales of its Pot Noodle brand, although other products caught up in...

Inter Link grows share of cake

10-Aug-2005

Inter Link Foods is closing two of its 12 bakeries and opening another to consolidate manufacturing at larger, more-efficient sites.Production is...

Bag automation raises output and quality

10-Aug-2005

The need to combine higher output with the quality and flexibility required by its retail customers has led meat processor Wignall Foods to invest in...

Indian meals feel the heat from new cuisines

30-Jun-2005 By Susan Birks

Indian ready meals are struggling to maintain their position as the UK's favourite ethnic cuisine as new foods steal the limelight.Speaking at last...

Small is better when it comes to innovation

13-Jun-2005 By Susan Birks

Innovation in the UK market is in decline these days but the smaller companies are proving to be the best innovators, often out-doing their larger...

Own-label on a small scale

23-May-2005 By Susan Birks

A new service to enable medium-sized retailers to offer own-label ranges of sandwiches has been set up by Freshway Foods.The Wolverhampton-based...

Marking and coding acquisitions

13-May-2005

Videojet Technologies has acquired a number of marking and coding brands to strengthen its product offering and develop its technological expertise,...

Variable frequency metal detector

07-Feb-2005

The Sentry VF metal detector, introduced by Cintex at the Total Processing and Packaging Show last year, is now in full production, says Carla Whyte,...