Nick Bunker, the head of Kraft Foods' businesses in the UK and Ireland, is to become CEO of United Biscuits recently-separated snacks unit. United Biscuits said today (6 August) Bunker would become chief executive of KP Snacks on 1 ...
Tags: Nick Bunker, snacks unit, Kraft Foods, United Biscuits
Lotus Bakeries has acquired Mondelez International's marketing and distribution rights for the Dinosaurus biscuit brand through its acquisition of Spanish baker Artiach. The Belgian baker and Spanish food group Nutrexpa jointly acquired ...
Tags: Lotus Bakeries, food market, marketing, acquisition, Artiach
Global snacks group Mondelez International has revealed an R&D site in New Jersey is still closed in the wake of the super storm Hurricane Sandy that swept across the eastern parts of the US this week. Food manufacturers that shut ...
Tags: snacks group, snacks, Food manufacturers, Storm
Kraft Foods has appointed a replacement for Nick Bunker as head of its operations in the UK and Ireland. Maurizio Brusadelli, a company veteran, will replace Bunker, who is to become CEO of KP Snacks, United Biscuits' recently-separated ...
Tags: European organisation, KP Snacks, operations
Intersnack has reached a deal to acquire the snack unit of United Biscuits for an undisclosed sum. The privately-held German snack group will take control of KP Snacks, the UK's second-largest snack business with an annual turnover of ...
Tags: undisclosed sum, snack group, KP Snacks
With a promise to restore revenue and growth figures next year, Staples recognised the support its its key suppliers at its 2013 Business Solutions catalogue launch in Sydney last week with the presentation of its annual awards. Staples ...
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The week's two major stories broke within hours of each other on Wednesday - Tesco admitted it was "likely" to leave the US and Germany's Intersnack snapped up United Biscuits' salty snacks business. Elsewhere, ex-Tesco CEO Terry Leahy led ...
Tags: salty snacks, Intersnack, Hula Hoops, McCoy's, Skips, dairy, pork sector
Boparan Holdings, the parent company of UK firm 2 Sisters Food Group, has moved into the black in its last financial year when its sales grew ahead of the market. The business booked a profit of GBP42.5m for the 12 months to 28 July, ...
Tags: FY profit, LFL sales, frozen business
German snack firm Intersnack has agreed to acquire UK-based United Biscuits' (UB) snacks division, KP Snacks, from its private equity owners Blackstone and PAI Partners. This move is a part of the Intersnack's strategy to strengthen its ...
Tags: Intersnack, snack, snack business, food industry
Canadian food manufacturer and retailer George Weston has said it expects sales from its Weston Foods business to fall in 2012 after sales slid in the third quarter. George Weston, which supplies branded and own-label bread and biscuits ...
Tags: Weston Foods sales, volumes, Q3 profits
This week's featured reports from the just-food store includes research on consumer and innovation trends and opportunities in functional foods. TRENDS Experimentation: Consumer & Innovation Trends This report provides a unique blend ...
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2 Sisters Food Group has expanded its Fox's biscuits range in the UK with the launch of Rocky Chockas. An extension to the Rocky chocolate biscuit range, Rocky Chockas has been rolled out in three variants: Toffee Chocolate (113g), ...
Tags: biscuits, chocolate biscuit, Double Chocolate, Chocolate
Burton's Biscuits Co. has launched a range of SnapJacks under its Maryland brand for the UK market. Launched as a "twist to the everyday biscuit", Maryland SnapJacks are available in four variants: Honeycomb, Orange, Vanilla and Red ...
Tags: Snapjacks, UK market, Maryland brand
The Australian food industry has recently claimed substantial progress for its self-regulatory measures aimed at restricting children's exposure to advertising of foods high in salt, sugar and fat. Health campaigners are less impressed. Ben ...
Tags: kids ads, food industry, food, food market
UK-based Walkers Shortbread has created a peel-and-reclose packaging system for cookies, which is said to be convenient for on-the-go consumer and extends product's shelf life. The maker of shortbreads, biscuits, cakes, and oatcakes has ...
Tags: packaging system, packaging, cookies