Dean Best
Biography
With eight years in the FMCG sphere, Dean began at Wine & Spirit International in 2003 before joining just-drinks.com as news editor in 2005. In April 2007, Dean crossed from drinks to food and became editor of just-food.com. He has featured in national and international titles from the BBC to Time magazine.
Columns by Dean Best
Best bits
Dean Best's views on the industry's hot issues.
Promo Tracker
In association with mysupermarket-insights.co.uk, just-food provides exclusive monthly data on promotional activity in the UK - by retailer, by category and by brand.
Articles by Dean Best
GERMANY/UK: Muller seals Wiseman takeover
7 February 2012
German dairy giant Müller has declared its takeover bid for Robert Wiseman Dairies "unconditional" after securing almost 94% of the UK milk supplier's shares.
NORDIC: Nestle, Orkla "in talks to buy Findus unit"
7 February 2012
Nestle and Norwegian consumer goods group Orkla are reportedly among the companies interested in buying Findus Group's Nordic unit.
BRAZIL: Acquisitive Frutarom buys flavours firm Mylner
7 February 2012
Frutarom is set to make its third acquisition of 2012 after signing a deal to buy Brazilian flavours firm Mylner.
Promo Tracker: Waitrose offers deepest promotions
7 February 2012
US: Post shares begin trading after Ralcorp spin-off completed
7 February 2012
EU: Honey gets ground-breaking PDO award
6 February 2012
2012 - Supermarket battles to drive supplier M&A
6 February 2012
Best bits: Food makers look ahead to another tough year
6 February 2012
Quote, unquote: just-food's week in words
6 February 2012
Editor's choice: the highlights on just-food this week
6 February 2012
UK: Unilever agrees to union talks over pension changes
3 February 2012
EU: MEPs veto nutrition label claims
3 February 2012
UK/GERMANY: Watermelon link to fatal salmonella outbreak
3 February 2012
UK: Tayto buys pork scratchings firm Midland Snacks
3 February 2012
UK: Two more executives leave Asda
3 February 2012
UK: Unilever defends food performance after Q4 volume slide
2 February 2012
US: Kellogg ends 2011 with "strong" Q4
2 February 2012
UK: Tesco moves UK COO Robbins to new role
2 February 2012
GERMANY: Dairy giant DMK forecasts sales jump
2 February 2012
US: Nut maker Sanfilippo Q2 profits up despite sales dip
2 February 2012
CANADA: Brewing, retail exec Coallier to be Agropur CEO
2 February 2012
US: Hershey 2012 sales, profit growth to exceed targets
1 February 2012
UK: Real Good Food Co. FY profits jump
1 February 2012
UK: Eat Natural sales jump but costs weigh on profits
31 January 2012
EUROPE: Hershey in distribution talks
30 January 2012
