01 Dec 2000
| by MARY COWLETT
became the victim of an e-mail claiming that the fast-food outlet used genetically mutated poultry ...
09 Oct 2000
| by Camilla Palmer
LONDON (Brand Republic) – UK chemist chain Boots is denying reports it will merge with supermarket group Sainsbury’s.
The story -- which comes at the same time as speculation that Boots is to close 250 of its 1,450 stores -- if correct, would have meant the creation of a combined food and healthcare ...
24 Aug 2000
Swiss food giant Nestle said difficult trading conditions for the world’s largest food companies...LONDON (Brand Republic) – Swiss food giant Nestle said difficult trading conditions for the world’s largest food companies would hinder its second-half sales and profits for this year.
Although the company said profits in its first half increased 34.6% from SFr2.08bn ( 832m) last year to SFr2.8bn ( 1 ...
17 Aug 2000
store chain Etos, owned by Royal Ahold, the Netherlands’ largest food retail company....LONDON (Brand Republic) – Boots is pulling out of the Dutch market after only three years and is selling its 17 sites to drug store chain Etos, owned by Royal Ahold, the Netherlands’ largest food retail company.
The exit comes after sales and profits from Boots’ Dutch business fell below expectations ...
16 Aug 2000
| by Camilla Palmer
restructured itself into two divisions –- concentrating on food and household products –- in a bid ...
23 Jun 2000
| by HOLLY WILLIAMS
at the Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food for just over a year. Her move out of Government
ended a ...
23 Jun 2000
Italy in traditional sectors like automotive, food
and services.
The agency decided to split ...
23 Jun 2000
-outs for new product categories in prescription
drugs and functional foods. Multi-office client work grew ...
16 Jun 2000
| by ADAM HILL
DALLAS: Two leading fast food restaurant chains are beefing up
their PR operations....DALLAS: Two leading fast food restaurant chains are beefing up
their PR operations.
Pizza Hut has hired Patty Sullivan as director of PR, joining from the
Dallas office of Edelman PR Worldwide.
The post had been vacant since former incumbent Jay Allison left to
become general ...
16 Jun 2000
| by JENNIFER WHITEHEAD
-way competitive pitch to handle PR for
Simplyfood.co.uk, the UK s biggest food and wine web site and e ...