Retailers including Cadbury and Unilever will have to re-apply to use Royal Arms imagery under new King September 12, 2022 Retailers including Cadbury and Selfridges will have to re-apply for permission to use the Royal Arms in association with their products. More than 100 food and drink brands have had a Royal Warrant of Appointment, providing them with permission to use the imagery on their packaging. After Queen Elizabeth II’s death on Thursday last week, [...]
Persil’s ‘kinder to our planet’ ad banned by watchdog for misleading environment claims August 31, 2022 Persil has had one of its detergent ads banned, after regulators found it to be being misleading about its environmental benefits.
Further price rises loom over shoppers after Coca Cola and Unilever reveal hikes July 27, 2022 Shoppers are set to face further wounding price increases in the coming months, as some of the world’s largest consumer goods giants admit that more cost hikes will be passed on to shoppers. Retail chiefs have warned more price increases are on the way, with the British Retail Consortium (BRC)’s Helen Dickinson admitting households and [...]
IMF economy warning reverses FTSE 100 gains despite Unilever’s best efforts July 26, 2022 A bleak set of projections from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) pegging UK growth as the worst in the G7 weighed on London markets today. The capital’s premier FTSE 100 index remained unchanged, while the domestically-focused mid-cap FTSE 250 index, which is more aligned with the health of the UK economy, dropped 1.18 per cent [...]
Unilever boosts sales growth guidance and suggests not the end of price hikes July 26, 2022 Consumer goods giant Unilever has seen sales propelled more than eight per cent after hiking prices of food and drink to mitigate cost increases. Underlying sales growth of 8.1 per cent was “driven by strong pricing to mitigate input cost inflation, which, as expected, had some impact on volume,” Alan Jope, chief executive officer said [...]
Ben & Jerry’s sues parent firm Unilever over sale of Israeli business to ‘protect social integrity’ July 6, 2022 Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s is suing parent firm Unilever in a bid to thwart the sale of its business in Israel to a local licensee, arguing the “social integrity” of the brand is at risk. Unilever announced last week it had sold its interest in Ben & Jerry’s to Isreali licence-holder Avi Zinger, [...]
Unilever shareholder accuses firm of concealing Ben & Jerry’s Israel boycott June 16, 2022 A Unilever shareholder has sued the firm over claims it hid the decision by its subsidiary Ben & Jerry’s to pull out from Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.
Peltz readies for battle at Unilever as Trian boss looks hard at headcount June 5, 2022 Famed activist investor Nelson Peltz appears set for another corporate battle at Unilever after describing huge corporate headcounts as an 'L'.
Unilever sees sales and turnover rise as it hikes prices April 28, 2022 Unilever has enjoyed rising sales and turnover levels in the first few months of the year, as it rewards shareholders with a maintained dividend of €0.42 apiece. The consumer goods giant, behind some of Britain’s most loved products such as Ben & Jerrys, Dove, Helmann’s and Magnum, had its turnover jump by nearly 12 per [...]
Unilever commits to new health standards after shareholders pile on pressure March 7, 2022 Unilever has today committed to overhauling the way it reports on the health of its products after bosses came under fire from a shareholder activist group for lacklustre performance on nutrition.