Nestlé has announced it will achieve zero waste in all of its 150 European factories by 2020. This means that no factory waste will go to landfill or be incinerated without energy being recovered from the process. “The decision to achieve zero waste illustrates Nestlé’s commitment to environmentally sustainable business practices,” said Laurent Freixe, Nestlé […]
Sun Branding Solutions announced that it has acquired food specification software business, FoodSpecifications.com. FoodSpecifications.com is a software tool which collects, manages and distributes product information such as specification details, nutritional data and packaging information. The solution is offered as a cloud-based subscription model, with information housed in the software available over the web 24 hours […]
Soy Vay, a premium line of preservative-free, kosher marinades, confirmed that it has boldly cooked chicken where no teriyaki had gone before: the stratosphere. History was made on October 12 when chicken marinated in the sauce was confirmed to have successfully returned to Earth after it was launched to 104,572 feet and slow-cooked in space. […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPIEGKWQky8 In a first for mega brand KFC, DT – part of Ogilvy Australia and STW – has created the first branded mobile app for the fast-food giant directly targeting the young adult market. KFC’s Snack! In the Face campaign combines the three loves of its core target audience (primarily male within 16-24yo age group) […]
McDonald’s is unifying its premium drinks and sweet snacks under its McCafe sub-brand in the UK ahead of a marketing drive to lift awareness of the products. The McCafe logo will appear on hot drinks and small carry-out bags for its baked goods from October 16 as the restaurant looks to drum up awareness following […]
Ocado chairman Stuart Rose, himself a former head of M&S, has called on the High Street retailer to embrace online grocery services in the face of growing consumer demand. The internet grocery specialists believe that the market is set to explode as consumers shirk the High Street in favour of the online superhighway. At present […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tFm1_EBUeA Who can resist a juicy story – or a sandwich? Wendy’srecently launched Pretzel Pub Chicken sandwich has fueled a second wave of pretzel passion among consumers and has spiraled into another online love fest. Wendy’s is once again tapping into the social trend of turning tweets into spoken words with an over-the-top video series. […]
7-Eleven, the largest convenience store chain in the world with more than 50,900 stores in sixteen countries, introduced a new look in the US. The new store was designed by Ohio-based WD Partners. The new logo features the “7” of the old 7-Eleven logo paired with a lowercase “eleven” in white, on a black background […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5NRcZhP6a8 Unilever has been banned from running two Flora ads that make unjustified claims about its Pro-Activ spread. The Advertising Standards Authority received two complaints about two ads by Adam & Eve/DDB, which feature two women who lowered their cholesterol levels with Flora Pro-Activ. The complainants questioned whether the ads’ claim that “no other food […]
Burton’s Biscuit Company is set to launch an out of home campaign to promote Wagon Wheels Wheelies. Created by VCCP, and bought by UM London, the campaign will launch on 21 October and is set to run until mid-November. The campaign is set to include six-sheet posters featuring Wagon Wheels Wheelies images with the strapline […]