On the money: Del Monte chief defends marketing spend
By Dean Best | 10 June 2010
Del Monte Foods chief Rick Wolford today (10 June) defended the company's decision to boost its recent marketing expenditure and said the US food group was seeing the benefit of the higher spending.
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Del Monte Foods chief Rick Wolford today (10 June) defended the company's decision to boost its recent marketing expenditure and said the US food group was seeing the benefit of the higher spending.
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