Marketing and sales strategy pays off for UK-based firm Muntons
Malted Ingredients (MMI) with turnover increasing more than three
times in as many years.
Jacob's Bakery, the British biscuit and snack manufacturer owned by
French group Danone, has launched a new summer promotion on packs
of Iced and Choc Gems which offers consumers a free, re-useable
camera in exchange for three...
Flowers Foods, the US baked goods producer, is to buy the
Houston-based bread and bun production facilities of compatriot
Sara Lee, including the rights to supply own label and foodservice
customers in the local market.
Growing consumer awareness of the health benefits of soya
consumption is reinvigorating sales of soy drinks in south-east
Asia, according to a new report from OrganicMonitor. And while the
category is dominated by Asian manufacturers,...
German group JJ Darboven has designed a new steel coffee can for
its Warca brand. The product is the result of a joint partnership
between JJ Darboven, French canmaker Corepe and French designer
Design Développement. The can has a...
Acquisitive ingredients firm Kerry will spend €170 million on four
bolt-on flavour acquisitions announced yesterday as the €3.7
billion Irish company continues to consolidate its position in the
highly competitive flavours market....
In the thriving world of snacks the key to success for food
developers will be in designing time-positioned, healthy and guilt
free indulgences as the consumer becomes more fussy, says a new
report from Datamonitor that shows UK snackaholics,...
A new sachet that contains no air and flat cardboard on one side
has been developed in New Zealand. The new-style packaging, which
offers consumers easier opening and businesses the opportunity to
advertise on an everyday product,...
The latest food and drink product launches from Mintel reveal a
broad spectrum of innovative product launches for the Central and
Eastern European region, which all carry a seasonally wintry
association.
Regular consumption of the sugar replacer Isomalt appears to have a
prebiotic effect on gut bacteria, according to preliminary findings
of a study being carried out in Germany.
Dutch fine chemcials group DSM is to market creatine directly to
the consumer through Swiss partner Dolder, in a bid to retain its
share of the German sports nutrition market.
Finnish consumer packaging specialist Huhtamaki prides itself on
its ability to cover virtually every aspect of the food production
industry. Its recent partnership with Fazer Bakeries, a market
leader for baked products in Finland,...
Landec, a developer and marketer of technology-based polymer
products for food applications, launched the latest product
offerings of its food subsidiary Apio at the recent US Produce
Marketing Association (PMA)'s fresh summit...
Drinks company Stock Vital has launched its new product line, Carpe
Diem fresh, using the latest packaging technology from Amcor. The
company felt that Amcor's PET system provided the best barrier
protection, and that the firm's...
Packaging giant Bemis has announced a continuation of its
restructuring strategy following mixed third quarter results. It
seems likely that the move, designed to improve manufacturing
output, will lead to further job cuts. "We...
Third quarter results from Finnish firm Suominen suggest that 2003
has not been a particularly great year for those operating in the
packaging industry. This years' financial performance is not
expected to reach the level of...
McVities is relaunching its low-fat range of biscuits and cakes
sold under the Go Ahead! brand, with a new pack design and a number
of new products. But is the decision a good one in the long term,
asks Datamonitor?
Substantial investment, and consumer interest, in the UK
super-premium bread market has prompted Allied Bakeries to relaunch
its Kingsmill Gold brand for the second time in three years.
Ginsters, the UK-based pastie and sandwich group, is to launch a
range of products targeting the under-10s later this year, tying in
with a new TV series.
Bakery and dessert manufacturer Sara Lee has launched Sara Lee
Gold, a range of three new cheesecakes designed to reinvigorate
consumer interest in the UK's £269 million (€376m) frozen dessert
sector.
In the US, Women in Packaging and Canon Communications have teamed
up to produce a seminar aimed at providing professional guidance,
leadership tactics and packaging know-how for industry
professionals.
Interstate Bakeries, the largest wholesale baker in the US, has
said that weak sales, high product returns and escalating energy
costs would cut its expected profit.
Western Europe's cereal bars market is 'massively underexploited',
according to market research analysts Datamonitor. The report
suggests that this product could be a promising driver of growth
for confectionery makers...
Increased marketing expenditure to back the relaunch of the
flagship McVities brand helped United Biscuits increase its sales
in 2002. But it is the possible future of the company - and the
likelihood of a bid from minority shareholder...
Consumers in the future will eat fewer meals at home as eating out
becomes increasingly convenient, but snacking in front of the TV
will continue to play an important role as consumers wind down
after increasingly hectic working days,...
An agressive promotional campaign by rival Heinz has forced
Ireland's Hibernia Foods to extend the range of Entenmann's and
Sara Lee products it produces under licence for the European
market. But the range extension was...
The UK's number two supermarket, Sainsbury's, has begun selling a
range of its soups in square cans in an attempt to try and gauge
consumer's preferences.
A six-week on-pack promotion linking Iced Gems with the animated
film The Ice Age is designed to help Jacob's Bakery establish the
brand as a popular lunchbox favourite.
An expert on PET packaging from the PA Consulting Group is to
present a paper on the advantages of using the material at
Nova-Pack Europe, to be held in Dusseldorf, Germany on 26th
September.
A new nationwide award scheme in the UK aimed at recognising
increased quality and safety in seafood processing is being
introduced in a bid to improve standards.
US Standard & Poor's Rating Services has said that Europe's
packaging sector is starting to see the benefits of restructuring
activities filter through, with some groups benefiting from higher
selling prices and better...
Enodis, the UK-based food equipment provider, suffered a share
price fall of more than a quarter yesterday after it said that
current weak market conditions were likely to persist "further
than we had originally expected".
Packaging group Bunzl, which supplies food packaging to the
European market, is cutting its historic links with the paper
industry, under a deal to offload its paper distribution business
to Australian firm PaperlinX, according to...
DS Smith reported lower profits for the year to April as a recovery
in its packaging business was more than offset by lower profits in
office products wholesaling business
Rexam, the global consumer packaging company, has completed the
disposal, announced in April 2002, of its Image Products business
to Sun Capital, a leading US private investment firm.
New Dragon Asia, the Hong Kong based food processor, has reported a
5 per cent increase in profits and a 7 per cent decrease in total
sales for its first quarter of 2002.
A recent survey conducted in the US has found that consumers prefer
to buy their meat through an in-store fresh meat department with a
butcher. The finding was part of a Food Marketing Institute study
called, 'Consumer Attitudes...
Tyson Foods is voluntarily recalling about 800 kilograms of fully
cooked, frozen chilli tortilla product that might be contaminated
with pieces of plastic, the US Agriculture Department has said.
