22 Dec 2000
| by Louise Banbury
Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has sold its Homebase DIY business in a deal worth £969m.
21 Dec 2000
McVitie s is to launch two brand extensions, Penguin Flipper Dipper and Mini BN, as it looks to take a bigger slice of the fast-growing children s biscuit market. The manufacturer says that kids brands represent 6% of the total biscuit sector, yet children eat 26% of all biscuits consumed. The launches...
21 Dec 2000
Kellogg will rerun its controversial two-week challenge in the new year, encouraging people to lose weight by substituting a bowl of Kellogg s cereal and semi-skimmed milk for either lunch or dinner. When the cereal giant first launched the challenge in July, an estimated three million people joined...
21 Dec 2000
| by BEN ROSIER
Bestfoods, the foods group recently acquired by Unilever, is offering a range of lifestyle advice over the festive period with the launch of a global web site.
18 Dec 2000
Retailer Marks & Spencer is to open a new line of convenience stores in May next year, in an attempt to compete with Sainsbury’s Local and Tesco Metro.
15 Dec 2000
The keeper of Campaign's much-perused new-business performance league has had a frustrating year. It might be the season to be merry, but it seems the industry is far more interested in porkie pies than mince pies.
With the plethora of dotcom launches, agencies and their new hip clients have taken...
15 Dec 2000
| by Camilla Palmer
Food giant Kraft is understood to have consolidated its 800m North American media planning and buying account into Starcom MediaVest, the media buying arm of B|Com3, following a competitive pitch.
14 Dec 2000
United Foods International, owner of UK-based Grove Fresh orange juice brand, has acquired 100% control of Dutch fruit juice company Fruity King, which represents 20% of the fresh juice market in Holland. A spokeswoman for Grove Fresh said the Fruity King brand could launch in the UK.
08 Dec 2000
| by JEREMY WHITE
Watch out everyone, Niall Fitzgerald has got his feather duster out and he s not afraid to use it. Unilever s chief has been busy with a bit of corporate cleaning.
07 Dec 2000
Domino s Pizza has teamed up with Sky Box Office to offer a free film to customers who order a pizza through Open, SkyDigital s interactive TV service.