23 Sep 2008
| by Jane Simms
The value of the top grocery brands has withstood the consumer shift toward bargain-hunting amid..., most of the top 50 grocery brands grew in value last year, with just 10% experiencing negative growth ...
fuel costs, consumers are still buying Pedigree dog food and drinking more wine than ever before ...
August. Total ambient groceries rose 4.7% and 8.2% respectively. Yet volumes have so far remained ...
10 Jul 2009
| by Hadassah Nymark
LONDON - New research from an American health journal suggests that TV food ads are directly...A study by Yale university showed that children, aged seven to 11, watching cartoons with food ads ate 45 per cent more snack food than children watching the same show with non-food related ads ...
ten pounds a year, it claimed. A second study saw adults exposed to unhealthy food advertising eating ...
15 Mar 2011
| by John Reynolds
Some of the high street's most recognised fast-food and restaurant brands face having ...
, or suffer because the information puts customers off their food, is uncertain.
One factor ...
year, The Real Greek became the first to adopt a Food Standards Agency voluntary scheme to reveal ...
27 May 2009
| by Jane Bainbridge
of through-the-day snacking. This means convenience food, most often in the form of a sandwich, has a strong footing in lunchtime fare. There are multiple dynamics affecting the lunchtime food market. Sandwich ...
of fillings, sandwiches remain the most popular lunchtime food, often accompanied by fruit, yoghurt and crisps ...
15 Jul 2009
| by Hadassah Nymark
LONDON - A TV ad for KFC, created by Bartle Bogle Hegarty, claiming the fast-food retailer uses...Twenty people complained the ad was misleading because it claimed fresh food was delivered daily to KFC branches and prepared on-site. Viewers also believed the ad misleadingly implied the chicken was grilled as opposed to fried. KFC said the ad depicted its Original Recipe chicken on the bone, which ...
20 Apr 2012
| by Sara Luker
The Government must not rely on food industry partnerships to fight obesity, say comms...links to the fast-food industry. Birtwistle recognised the need for industry partnerships but added ...
were needed and that the Government must not rely on its food industry links. If the Government is reliant on the food industry, then it won t succeed. Just repeating a set of key messages and top tips ...
01 Dec 2011
| by John Reynolds
The Advertising Association (AA) is understood to be preparing a research project into the food...The AA's food division, the Food Advertising Unit, is believed to be conducting a study ...
up criteria for good practice in food marketing.
The 'Responsibility Deal' has so far concentrated on encouraging people to eat fruit and vegetables, working with stakeholders such as fast-food brands ...
22 Sep 2011
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
The Government has dismissed calls to tighten the rules over food ads only a week after news...by peers to ban "junk-food" ads during programmes aimed at adults that are watched by many children ...
realistic view of the range of programmes that children watch". At present, ads for foods high in fat, sugar ...
in place in relation to the advertising of high fat, sugar, salt foods to children."
Ministers said ...
20 Aug 2010
| by John Reynolds
Premier Foods is looking to enliven the hot snack sector with the launch of a new cup-a-pasta range
11 Feb 2009
| by Gemma Charles
Pizza Express has placed branded food on its menu. Speaking about the partnership, Plum Baby chief ...
.' The move follows Plum's entry into the chilled food market in recent weeks with the launch of a fromage ...