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 ...
14 Dec 2001
KP Foods has handed consumer PR work for its Hula Hoops brands to
Revolver Communications.
The six-figure appointment comes just a month after Lexis Public
Relations resigned its extensive consumer PR brief with KP parent United
Biscuits, which included work for the crisps brand (PRWeek, 2 ...
07 Dec 2001
CONSUMER: Haygarth Group has been appointed by pet-food
manufacturer Friskies for consumer and trade work on its Felix brand.
Brand activity will include in-store merchandising and point-of-sale
promotions, in addition to consumer PR.
...
07 Dec 2001
| by JOE LEPPER
Snacks giant United Biscuits has appointed Hill & Knowlton on a
pan-European corporate and public affairs brief.
The firm, whose brands include McVitie's and KP Foods, appointed H&K to
the newly created account following a pitch in which eight agencies were
invited to tender ...
06 Dec 2001
| by Joe Lepper,
The firm, whose brands include McVitie's and KP Foods, appointed H&K to the newly created account following a pitch in which eight agencies were invited to tender.
Corporate affairs was previously handled in-house but was disbanded by UB following its takeover by the Final Realm consortium last year ...
30 Nov 2001
CONSUMER: CirKle Communications has been hired on a consumer and
trade PR brief by the company formed out of the recent merger of food
companies Del Monte and Cirio. The new company is called Cirio Del
Monte. CirKle was the incumbent for Del Monte's trade and consumer
account.
...
23 Nov 2001
| by UPDESH KAPUR
, will involve liaising with
trade publications, food wholesalers and retailers to promote the food
giant ...
the promotion of a new consultancy hotline for restaurants and
other eateries to offer direct advice on food ...
team of cooks who will
be drawn upon by clients seeking telephone advice on food.
Kent ...
23 Nov 2001
CONSUMER: Grappa has been hired to oversee trade and consumer PR
for the launch of Babylicious, a range of frozen baby meals to hit UK
shelves next month. The products are being marketed as a wholesome
alternative to processed baby food.
...
02 Nov 2001
| by CHRIS SCOTT
with a similarly sized
client.
'We have a big capability in the food arena and there is a ...
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'....