Recycling company TerraCycle and United Biscuits’ snack food brand McVitie’s have announced the launch of a new recycling program, the Biscuit Wrapper Roundup. The new fundraising program encourages people across the UK to ...
German snack firm Intersnack is set to merge its UK business with United Biscuits' (UB) snacks division, KP Snacks, in 2014. In December 2012, Intersnack acquired KP Snacks from United Biscuits for approximately $600m as part of its ...
Tags: Intersnack, snack firm, snack
Customers of Oracle and SAP are benefiting from the presence of third-party support providers in the enterprise software market, with research indicating that some are negotiating up to 25 percent off their steep maintenance fees. ...
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United Biscuits, a UK-based manufacturer of biscuits and cakes, has revamped the packaging of Crawford’s range and introduced a new line of 69p price marked packs (PMPs). Featuring large product images and price flashes on pack ...
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Rimini Street, a third-party maintenance and support provider for enterprise software, posted impressive growth results in the EMEA region during 2012, leading Oracle and SAP to feel increasing amounts of pressure. This is because Rimini ...
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Few would-be food engineers are “willing to really roll up their sleeves” and engage with unskilled and semi-skilled operators, the boss of Nestlé in the UK and Ireland said. Few engineering graduates have adequate ...
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There were, despite continued economic uncertainty in many Western markets and concerns over slowing growth in the East, signs that M&A activity rebounded in the food sector this year. Data for the whole of 2012 has not yet been published ...
Tags: European M&A advisors, food sector, Food
Looking behind the headlines is just-food's signature dish and this year we looked at the major stories in-depth, including the possible suitors for United Biscuits' salty snacks business; the work ahead for China's Bright Food after it ...
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United Biscuits, a UK-based manufacturer of biscuits and cakes, has introduced new flavors under its Jacob’s Oddities brand and a new product addition for its Carr's range. The new flavors from the Jacob's Oddities include Salt & ...
Tags: biscuit, cake, food product, food industry
Former TescoCEO Terry Leahy will take up the post of chairman at B&M Retail after private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice acquired a majority stake in UK discount retailer. B&M, owned by the Arora family, will continue to be managed ...
Tags: Tesco, Clayton, acquisition, discount retail
Premier Foods plc has poached executives from UK snack manufacturer United Biscuits and retail giant Sainsbury's to bolster the marketing team behind its "power brands". Claire Harrison-Church has taken the newly-created role of director ...
Tags: Sainsbury's, United Biscuits, marketing roles, Premier Foods
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 ...
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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 ...
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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