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Issue 39

FMCG News Update

Danone scraps energy drink V

Big bonus payout by Morrisons to CEO

Asda sued over nasty claim

Anger over Biofuels grows

Cadbury's sitting duck

Asda makes moves on Tesco

Almost half of Brits support farmers' markets

RETAIL

Down the Aisle... Westaways land lucrative contract

Out to Launch... New perfume launch

Supermarket News... Whole Foods expansion

Up the High Street... Home Retail Group post a whopping 33% rise in profits

Green Room... Supply chain reporting: Pandora’s box of emissions?

Beverage News... Magners sales drop

MARKETING

Sales & Marketing... We're going out Boys..Carlings new ad

Movers and Groovers... Unilever appoint new marketing post

All for the sake of a cookie

TRENDS

Giant Eco-Friendly LED Displays

Four Legged Eco Teachers

TEA BREAK

So you think you have a quick recation and when you are in love with a beautiful women.

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Issue 39

19 May, 2012

FMCG News Update

Danone scraps energy drink V
£3.3m campaign fails

Danone Waters is thought to be scrapping its V energy drink after failing to make a dent in the share of market leader Red Bull.

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Big bonus payout by Morrisons to CEO
Turned around fortune for Morrisons

Morrisons chief executive Marc Bolland received a £760,000 bonus last year, almost 100% of his salary, after leading a turnaround at the grocer.

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Asda sued over nasty claim
Asda executives could not immediately be reached for comment

Ajinomoto Sweeteners Europe has launched a defamation law suit against US supermarket Asda over labelling on own-brand products that calls aspartame a 'nasty'.

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Anger over Biofuels grows
Companies complain of financial loss

Biofuels policy is brewing up a storm of discontent as companies are now coming out and blaming directly the promotion of biofuels in the loss of companies profits.

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Cadbury's sitting duck
More profits needed

Britain's Cadbury must improve profit margins and earnings or become a sitting duck for a bid, analysts said as the company started trading as a standalone confectionery group.

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Asda makes moves on Tesco
Plan likely to spark outrage among environmental campaigners.

Asda, Britain's third-biggest supermarket chain, is lobbying for planning rules to be suspended in so-called "Tesco towns".

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Almost half of Brits support farmers' markets
62% of people are concerned about supermarkets squeezing out British farmers and food producers

The Real Food Festival conducted a survey prior to last week's festival, which showed that the British public’s passion and appetite for ‘real food’ is alive and kicking.

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RETAIL

Down the Aisle... Westaways land lucrative contract
Westaways, BAT, Pilgrim's Pride, Campbell Soup, Regulator for supermarket A C S, Office of Fair Trading, Procter & Gamble, Shopper numbers ACS, Grocery market share figu

Devon sausage producer Westaways has landed a lucrative contract with Tesco.

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Out to Launch... New perfume launch
P&G Prestige Products, Leclerc, McCoy's Tortillas

James Franco has become the latest actor with a fragrance deal.

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Supermarket News... Whole Foods expansion
Whole Foods Market, Tesco, Asda, Lord Sainsbury, Netto, Asda Financial Services, Wal-Mart, 3 Rivers Asda, Waitrose, Morrisons, Waitrose, Tesco import centre, Tesco freight off the roads, Aldi

Whole Foods Market is eyeing further UK store openings next year. The retailer is considering new stores in Birmingham, Manchester and Canary Wharf.

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Up the High Street... Home Retail Group post a whopping 33% rise in profits
Home Retail Group, Vision Express, Baugur, Starbucks, Argos

Home Retail Group, which owns high street stores Homebase and Argos, has defied the economic downturn and posted a 33% rise in profit before tax to £426mn for the year ended 1 March 2008.

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Green Room... Supply chain reporting: Pandora’s box of emissions?
Tesco, Dell and Nestle carbon footprints, Genetic engineering in combination with organic farming, climate change, Marks & Spencer's Asda

Tesco, Dell and Nestle, are being urged to find out what their suppliers’ carbon footprints are. The move is getting a mixed response.

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Beverage News... Magners sales drop
Magners, Carlsberg, Diageo, PepsiCoCoors, Brewers, Bibendum &3663, Beverage Brands, PepsiCo, Cantina di

Sales of Magners cider, the main contributor C&C revenue (70%), fell for a fourth month in UK stores and outpaced the cider market's contraction.

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MARKETING

Sales & Marketing... We're going out Boys..Carlings new ad
Carling,Wr igley,Highland Spring, Beverage Brands, Fanta,The Big British Food Map, Kinder, Nivea Visage Oxygen Power range, Bacardi, The Feel Good Drinks Company, Tesco, Gaymer Cider,

Carling with a retail value of £2.5bn is about to launch the latest instalment of its new £14m advertising investment. Featuring the same 5 characters as the previous ads, the new story again highlights the unwavering loyalty of a group of close mates.

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Movers and Groovers... Unilever appoint new marketing post
Unilever, Kingfisher's, Speciality Retail Group, AMG Group,The Pier, Red Bull

Unilever has appointed Frank Weijers as senior vice president of marketing for the group's Western Europe division with immediate effect.

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All for the sake of a cookie
Kraft changes Oreos for Chinese market

Although extremely popular in North America, the Oreo cookie proved not to be so well received when it was first introduced to the Chinese market.

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TRENDS

Giant Eco-Friendly LED Displays
Uses energy it has stored during the day

The gigantic LED wall, which is near the site of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and which is set to go live sometime this month, will display videos of art-related events from artists in China, Europe and the US.

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Four Legged Eco Teachers
Teaching healthy diet-great way to reach children

Animal Planet has released an awareness campaign in which cartoon animals offer viewers lessons on how to save the planet. There are six hilarious, short clips on their website, teaching things like how eating a healthy diet actually reduces green house gases as well as a range of other ways to help the global environment.

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