14 Dec 2001
Heinz has handed its 5 million integrated baby food account
to WCRS after a pitch against Saatchi 3 million
in revamping its baby food range and launching an organic option called
Simply, for which Brann Ellert created a 1 million campaign.
Creative work is unlikely to break soon ...
14 Dec 2001
The Food Standards Agency is to target the catering sector in an
attempt to cut incidents of food poisoning by 20 per cent over the next
five years.
An initial six-month PR campaign ...
of food hygiene.
PR will be co-ordinated by the FSA's in-house team, headed by comms
director ...
13 Dec 2001
| by RAVI CHANDIRAMANI
Heinz has picked WCRS to handle the advertising for its baby food
portfolio as it attempts to step up its assault on the baby food
market.
WCRS triumphed in a three-way pitch against Saatchi 3m overhaul this year of
Heinz's baby food portfolio.
The shake-up included the launch ...
12 Dec 2001
| by Staff,
LONDON - Heinz has handed its above-the-line baby food account to WCRS after a pitch against...The appointment comes as Heinz seeks to reposition its baby food range and move the advertising ...
buying will remain with Starcom Motive. Leo Burnett did not pitch for the baby food business, thought ...
in revamping its baby food range, with new packaging, recipes and an organic option called Simply. Brann Ellert ...
23 Nov 2001
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
The advertising industry will co-operate with groups campaigning to
curb the promotion of food ...
industry and its critics was
recognised at the sixth annual conference of the Food Advertising Unit ...
."
The conference heard calls for curbs on ads by the consumer groups
Sustain and the Food Commission, while ...
15 Nov 2001
| by MARK KLEINMAN
The Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA) has warned
the Food Standards Agency (FSA) against taking a "dangerously
interventionist" approach to food advertising, following the FSA ...
as the catalyst for
heavyweight regulation of food advertising and is determined to use its
lobbying muscle ...
01 Nov 2001
Mark Pearce has joined Titan Food and Drinks, a subsidiary of the
Sports Cafe group, as managing director. Pearce was previously marketing
director of 08004homes.com.
...
26 Oct 2001
The pet food company Butchers is talking to agencies about its
above-the-line account. The company spent more than 500,000 in
the UK last year.
...
26 Oct 2001
| by MARY COWLETT
Client: SnackStop
PR Team: Weber Shandwick Worldwide
Campaign: Save Our Takeaways
Timescale: July -August
Budget: 90,000
This summer, SnackStop, the pasta meal from Crosse & Blackwell, launched
a spoof campaign, fronted by former strong-man Geoff Capes, to 'Save Our
Takeaways'....
25 Oct 2001
| by MediaWeek
Carlton drops axe on Food Network...Carlton Communications has confirmed that the Carlton Food Network digital channel will close at the end of the year, resulting in 15 job losses. The decision follows an operational review of the channel, which was set up in August when Carlton's Taste Network joint venture with the Sainsbury's store ...