Mondelez International has announced plans to invest over $100 million in a state-of-the-art biscuit manufacturing plant at its Opava site in the Czech Republic. The investment will create 200 new roles making Oreo cookies and belVita breakfast biscuits. Since 2009, net revenues for Oreo and belVita have grown 25 percent and 18 percent respectively in […]
The independent arbitrator in the dispute between Kraft Foods and Starbucks Coffee Company ruled today that Starbucks must pay more than $2.7 billion in total cash compensation for its unilateral termination of the companies’ coffee contract. The award includes compensation for the fair market value of the agreement, a premium for improper termination and interest. […]
Cadbury is to introduce what it claims is a more “accessible” look to the packaging for its flagship Dairy Milk brand in an attempt to bring the product closer to the “informal” tone of its marketing. The makeover, the 23rd in the brand’s 108-year history, introduces brighter colours and lower-case font to give the packaging […]
Bulletproof has given Ritz crackers a new look by refreshing the brand’s identity and redesigning its packaging. The consultancy was appointed in January by Mondeléz International, which owns Ritz, and was asked to overhaul the European portfolio of the cracker. Bulletproof looked at the history of the brand, its current equities and new product developments […]
Kit-Kat maker Nestle has insisted that the move to cut levels of saturated fat from its chocolate bars will not have any impact of the taste of the chocolate bar. The food company says it will cut 3,800 tonnes of saturated fat from over a billion Kit Kat bars per year by reformulating the recipe […]
Mondelez have launched their first outdoor campaign in Ireland for OREO, the “Dublin Twist”. Created by Draftfcb London, the campaign will appear across Dublin. This great opportunity for OREO is the result of PHD winning €150,000 of media space in JC Decaux’s “Fame – The Agency Edition” competition. Following on from the Cannes Lions Cyber […]
Mondelez International, whose portfolio includes the likes of Chips Ahoy, Nabisco, Oreo, Trident, Toblerone, Halls, Ritz and other high-profile snacks, says it plans to debut a grocery shelf in 2015, which comes equipped with sensors to determine the age and sex of passing customers. The shelf is hooked up to Microsoft’s Kinect controller, which is […]
Mondelez International, the world’s second largest coffee company, will expand its global coffee footprint, entering the Dutch and Australian markets through the Carte Noire and Velours Noir brands. In addition, the company will further expand its new Nespresso-compatible espresso capsule offering to Spain. In the Netherlands, Mondelez International will launch a full range of coffee […]
Mondelez International, the world’s pre-eminent maker of chocolate, biscuits, gum, candy, coffee and powdered beverages, is celebrating its first anniversary as a new company with month-long festivities and volunteer activities for its 110,000 employees around the world. One year ago today, Kraft Foods Inc. became Mondelez International, Inc. after spinning-off its North American grocery business. […]
Mondelez International’s European chewing gum brands Trident, Stimorol and Hollywood, have undergone a rebrand. In the biggest cross-country branding project undertaken by Mondelez to date, the three brands were refreshed by agency LPK and adapted by Sun Branding Solutions for more than 700 SKUs across multiple territories, pack formats and substrates. “We have been working […]