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Issue 38
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4 September, 2010
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Nestle cut jobs as water sales fall
Crisis point
Some 250 jobs will go by the end of 2009 at Nestle Waters' two bottling sites in the Vosges region in a bid to restore their profitability.
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Packaging a Punch – driving sales with new pack design
Guiding Principles of packaging design
Changing your pack design and structure has been shown to significantly increase sales by up to 30%, worth the same as spending £1.8m in advertising every year.
The latest advances in pack testing enable us to predict within +/-9% accuracy the sales your new packaging will create.
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FMCG News Update
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The Competition Commission's final report into the UK grocery market
New ombudsman to deal with disputes between retailers and their suppliers.
The regulator has been consulting supermarkets, suppliers and others since it last reported in February.
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Banned...Bisphenol-A
Wal-Mart take action, businesses respond
The chemical bisphenol-A, or BPA, is used in shatterproof plastic water bottles, canned food linings and hundreds of other common items.
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Another probe by the Office of Fair Trading into Supermarkets
What prompted this?
The Office of Fair Trading is investigating possible price collusion of health, beauty and grocery products at Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons.
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Mars buys Wrigley
The transaction is aimed at strengthening and diversifying Mars' position in the confectionery business
Mars, backed by billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., reached an agreement on Monday to buy 117-year-old chewing-gum pioneer Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. for about £11.5bn.
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RETAIL
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Down the Aisle... McBride warns on costs
McBride, Reckitt Benckiser, Uniq, Nestle S.A., Kraft Foods, The British Heart Foundation, Rice exports Fyffes
Own label household and personal care manufacturer McBride has warned it will have to secure additional price increases because of soaring raw material costs.
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Out to Launch... Usana launches new chocolate energy bar
Usana, Barr Soft Drinks, Cadbury's Dairy Milk bar, Right Angle, ZGM, Mars, Kershaws Quality Foods
Usana Health Sciences, which develops and manufactures nutritionals, personal care, and weight management products, has introduced a new chocolate energy bar called Nutreo.
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Supermarket News... Kerry's back with Iceland
Iceland, Waitrose, Asda, The Co-operative extend private label range, The Co-operative Group, Sainsbury's reward system on bags
Iceland is signing former Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona to appear in its advertising for a further 12 months, despite recent tabloid controversies concerning the reality TV star.
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Beverage News... Scotch whisky exports up 14%
Scotch whisky, Champagne Jacquart, Blavod Extreme Spirits, Constellation Europe, C&C Group, Pernod Ricard, Portman Group, ZGM, The British Soft Drinks Association, InBev
Resurgent demand in Europe drove the value of Scotch whisky exports up 14% to £2.8bn pounds in 2007, the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) said.
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Green Room... Innocent 'buy one grow one' campaign
Innocent, Tesco labelling scheme, The Soil Association, Marks & Spencer, The Food and Drink Federation, Carbon Offset
UK smoothie company Innocent is once again teaming up with Carbon Clear in the UK to launch another 'Buy One Grow One' tree campaign, following the success of last year's.
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Up the High Street... John Lewis have good sales
John Lewis, Marks & Spencer clash with investors, M&S home shopping, Ferrari, Marks & Spencer
John Lewis department stores registered a 7% sales rise for the week, despite the unhelpful cold weather.
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MARKETING
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Sales and Marketing... Magners cider slammed for misleading consumers
Cobra Beer, Branston Baked Beans, Bernard Matthews, Bertolli, Arla Foods
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a national press ad for Magners cider for misleading consumers with its claim that 70% of people in a blind taste test preferred Magners to Bulmers.
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Movers and Groovers... Heineken appoints S&N chief to lead UK business
Scottish & Newcastle, The Advertising Standards Authority, Finsbury, Boots, Finsbury Food Group
Jeremy Blood, a senior executive at Scottish & Newcastle, is expected to be named as Heineken's top man in the UK when the Dutch brewer formally takes over this week.
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Voted the best commercial in Europe despite its ban
Very tongue in cheek
Banned commercial tongue in cheek, just to give you a smile.
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Lets get creative
Who thinks of these?
Those creative people have been at it again. Here are some great ideas.
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TRENDS
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Liquid gold to be licensed by producers
Speciality coffee, tea and chocolate-trend
Ethiopian coffee growers are set to get a higher price for their beans, the Addis Ababa Government has hired a UK design agency to develop brand identities for their speciality coffees.
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