14 Dec 2000
reflects its new brand proposition, passionate about fresh food and great value . Changes include dubbing...Safeway has unveiled a new store format at its St Katherine Docks, London store, which it says reflects its new brand proposition, passionate about fresh food and great value . Changes include dubbing the produce area the fruit and veg market , and the beers, wines and spirits section the wine cellar ...
07 Dec 2000
Marks & Spencer has poached a senior Wal-Mart executive Justin King to run its UK food business....to run its UK food business.
King, who was managing director of UK Hypermarkets at Wal-Mart, will take on the title of business unit director of foods, a position which has been vacant since March. He will run a ...
an online food company, LM Solutions.
Despite the lack of a food chief the division has been performing ...
30 Nov 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) – Marks & Spencer’s use of brand advertising for the first time this year has failed, in the short term at least, to stave off a continuing decline in sales in the run-up to the crucial Christmas period.
City reports suggest that food sales were up 3% in the week to November 19 ...
28 Nov 2000
come as overall pizza sales from fast food restaurants fell 6% in the UK in the year to May 1999 ...
comes as KFC announced it would create 10,000 jobs by 2005 by opening 300 more fast food chicken ...
28 Nov 2000
its aggressive price-cutting and increased non-food product sales helped UK sales surge 8 ...
27 Nov 2000
Fast food chain KFC is opening 300 new restaurants in the UK, creating 10,000 jobs over the next...LONDON (Brand Republic) – Fast food chain KFC is opening 300 new restaurants in the UK, creating 10,000 jobs over the next five years.
The company opened its 500th store in Cardiff this week ...
of chicken over other fast foods types.
KFC’s UK advertising is handled by Ogilvy & Mather, with buying ...
22 Nov 2000
| by Camilla Palmer
LONDON (Brand Republic) – UK supermarket Sainsbury’s has reported a 17% slump in profits for the first six months of the year to 14 October, but has said it is hoping to be free of its Homebase DIY division by Christmas
The sell-off will enable it to focus entirely on its food business as it continues ...
20 Nov 2000
| by Camilla Palmer
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However, fast food chain McDonald’s, which spent 40m to be an official partner, had the satisfaction ...
16 Nov 2000
| by Camilla Palmer
Cliff Freeman 80m creative advertising account for US fast-food chain Hardee’s, following a four...LONDON (Brand Republic) – Cliff Freeman 80m creative advertising account for US fast-food chain ...
and providing the kind of food quality and service they associated with us in previous years.”
He added ...
, and the “Pizza, Pizza” slogan for Italian food chain Little Caesar’s.
The agency’s chairman and chief creative ...
15 Nov 2000
Asda claims it is set to overtake Sainsbury’s as the second-largest food retailer in the UK...LONDON (Brand Republic) – Asda claims it is set to overtake Sainsbury’s as the second-largest food retailer in the UK, and has its sights on taking the top spot from rival Tesco.
Asda, which was bought by US retail giant Wal-Mart last year, released quarterly figures showing strong sales growth for its UK ...