http://www.just-food.comLatest Advertising industry news - from just-food.com© 2009 All content copyright just-food.com. Published by Aroq Ltd.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:24:39 GMTSat, 21 Nov 2009 01:24:39 GMTjust-food.com - RSS feedjust-food.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss20JM Smucker said today (20 November) that improved margins had bolstered its second quarter profits, which more than doubled year-on-year.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108906Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:55:00 GMTGroupe Casino, the French retailer, will replace Jean Duboc as head of Géant Casino in a bid to create a single management team to "broaden" relations between the hypermarket and supermarket divisions.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108836Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:32:00 GMTRussia, so often cited as one of the world's most attractive emerging markets for food manufacturers, presents soup makers with quite a conundrum. On the one hand, it is the second largest soup consuming nation globally. On the other, growth of the ready-made soup category has been held back as manufacturers struggle to convince consumers to abandon their traditional home-made borscht or schi. Add to the pot the economic crisis and consequent decline in consumer spending and the short-term prospects for the category look cloudy. Katy Humphries reports.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108845Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:13:00 GMTLife on Mars, Spandau Ballet, the Fiat 500 - it seems consumers of 2009 are bombarded almost daily with retro echoes from twenty and thirty years ago. But how do food retailers concretely tap into this nostalgia for a modern audience? Garnering empirical data for the trend is still at an embryonic stage and will become a crucial tool to maintain the trend once the recession ends. Using updated advertising and harking back to old-fashioned childhood reminisces are also key, but so is new media as Simon Warburton reports.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108800Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:20:00 GMTThe UK advertising watchdog has cleared Cadbury of allegations of racism over its recent Fairtrade Dairy Milk campaign.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108766Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:39:00 GMTThe National Heart Forum said that data published by the government suggesting the rapid rise in child obesity may be levelling should not distract from the need to introduce tougher measures against food and drink companies on labelling, advertising and pricing.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108678Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:26:00 GMTPresident Obama has made tackling childhood obesity and nutrition a key priority. The FDA's recent announcement on nutritional labelling demonstrates the administration's willingness to act in areas where it deems self-regulation to have been ineffective, Ben Cooper writes, and this proactive approach may not be confined to food labelling.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108642Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:39:00 GMTUS snack group Lance has admitted it was "disappointed" with its third-quarter performance, when sales were hit by a slowdown in the convenience channel and the implementation of IT systems.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108624Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:24:00 GMTSpanish food group Ebro Puleva reported a net profit of EUR134.7m in the first nine months of the year, a jump of 45%, boosted by the sale of the company's sugar business.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108620Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:56:00 GMTUS cereal giant Kellogg has raised its full-year guidance on the back of "strong" third-quarter sales and earnings growth.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108602Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:35:00 GMTUS confectioner Hershey has insisted that it will continue to improve its gross margins in the face of rising commodity costs.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108508Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:49:00 GMTCadbury, the UK confectionery giant, today (21 October) played down concerns over falling sales volumes after beating revenue forecasts and raising its margin target for 2009.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108495Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:29:00 GMTMore than a third of shoppers have said they are tempted to try something new by in-store promotions such as "buy one get one free" (BOGOF).http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108478Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMTUS packaged food company ConAgra Foods has launched an iPhone application to promote its Parkay table spread.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108446Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:31:00 GMTFrom probiotics to Russian retail and the future of Marks and Spencer, there were more questions than answers raised by this week's top stories in the food sector.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108440Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:21:00 GMTThe UK's Office of Fair Trading today (16 October) launched two probes into price promotions - with particular emphasis on the online channel.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108432Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:01:00 GMTA UK television advert for Danone's Actimel yoghurt has been banned by the advertising watchdog over false claims that the product provides health benefits to children.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108388Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMTThe news today that a TV ad for Danone's Actimel yoghurt has been banned by the UK's advertising watchdog provides a further example of the controversy that has dogged the probiotics sector. Ben Cooper reports on a market that has somehow managed to attract growth and scepticism in equal measure.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108402Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:19:00 GMTThe food industry needs to transform its strategies on sustainability to more effectively tackle issues like climate change, the chief executive of Unilever claimed today (13 October).http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108375Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:44:00 GMTCadbury has rejected claims that its new advertising campaign for Dairy Milk, which marks the brand's move to Fairtrade, is racist.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108365Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:37:00 GMT