19 Nov 1999
| by JENNIFER WHITEHEAD
The Food and Drink Federation, whose members are currently in the
spotlight thanks to a regular...The Food and Drink Federation, whose members are currently in the
spotlight thanks to a regular news diet of GM food and the British beef
controversy, has boosted its PR team with the creation of three new
posts. Kay Relph, a former assistant to MPs David Blunkett and Gillian
Shepherd, has been ...
08 Oct 1999
| by DAVID MCCORMACK
Bell Pottinger has acquired food PR specialist Wearne Associates
and has transferred its clients...Bell Pottinger has acquired food PR specialist Wearne Associates
and has transferred its clients ...
Association and parts of Ranks Hovis McDougall, including RHM Frozen
Foods and Centura Foods, now join Good Relations food roster, which
includes Tesco and sweetener brand Canderel.
The Wearne team has ...
01 Oct 1999
| by DAVID MCCORMACK
Food company the Pillsbury Group is believed to be reviewing the PR
agencies working for its major...Food company the Pillsbury Group is believed to be reviewing the PR
agencies working for its ...
is understood not to be repitching as it seeks to
diversify its client base outside the food and drink sector ...
food brand - frozen pastry range Jus Rol -
retains Brooks and Vernons.
Pillsbury, Biss ...
17 Sep 1999
| by NICK PURDOM
mouse was found in a Topic bar. All
these recent cases have put food safety high in the public...a mouse was found in a Topic bar. All
these recent cases have put food safety high in the public
consciousness.
The outcry following such stories can be so huge that food and drink
companies which ...
management service.
So just how well prepared is the food and drink industry to face a
crisis ...
03 Sep 1999
| by SOPHIE BARKER
Kerry Foods has appointed QBO to build its meat brands Wall s,
Richmond and Mattessons...Kerry Foods has appointed QBO to build its meat brands Wall s,
Richmond and Mattessons. The incumbents were Key Communications
andConsolidated Communications. Key, Hill and Knowlton and Richmond
Towers pitched.
...
19 Aug 1999
| by SIMON ELLERY
Food giants are licking their lips. A new functional food market
has emerged for such dietary...Food giants are licking their lips. A new functional food market
has emerged for such dietary ...
.
The European market for functional foods is already estimated to be
worth pounds 830m, with the UK s share ...
.6bn.
And as the functional foods market explodes, marketers are turning to
PR agencies ...
25 Jun 1999
| by SIMON ELLERY
Supermarket shelves are suddenly awash with medicine disguised as
food: margarine to help you lose...Supermarket shelves are suddenly awash with medicine disguised as
food: margarine to help you ...
is that manufacturers are increasingly turning to PR to
explain functional foods - loosely defined as foods containing ...
in turn can reassure consumers that it
works. The health food industry is an area where consumers ...
11 Jun 1999
| by SIMON ELLERY
of pounds 1 million to handle global PR for
the launch of a range of functional foods. The account...of pounds 1 million to handle global PR for
the launch of a range of functional foods. The account was won this
week after a competitive pitch.
Functional foods, whose ingredients provide health benefits, are
expected to be one of the fastest growing sectors of the consumer food
market ...
30 Apr 1999
the
very heart of the GM foods debate.
Effective environmental regulation and monitoring of crops ...
level - the label Frankenstein
Food is proving a hard nickname to shake off.
At the start ...
opinions for and against GM foods, it looks as though the company
is going to get just that.
...
23 Apr 1999
| by RICHARD EDWARDS
Takeaway soup restaurant chain Soup Works has hired Talk Luxury PR
to promote soup to Londoners.