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Nestlé labelling disregards UK government guidance

The British arm of Nestlé has become the latest food producer to revamp its nutrition labels, yet the country's food industry is on rocky ground by entrenching its support for...

Nestlé installs cost-cutting pallet labelling system

Sato has developed an automated pallet labelling concept for Nestlé using UHF RFID tags that should help the company make significant supply chain savings.

Furore over Nestlé plant closure

Nestlé Ireland has angered local politicians and businessmen with the decision to close its chocolate crumb manufacturing facility in Mallow, a move which could have a devastating knock-on effect for...

UK rejig drives Nestlé confectionery growth

A change of management and a number of new product launches in the UK were the main reason for a solid nine-month sales performance from the confectionery arm of Swiss...

Nestlé forced to sell Brazilian unit

Switzerland's Nestlé will have to sell its Brazilian chocolate business Garoto, acquired in 2002, after the authorities there ruled that the takeover would damage competition, proof that even the world's...

Dairy continues to drive Nestlé results

Dairy products remain an important growth driver for Swiss food and beverages group Nestlé, despite the disposal of a number of assets and poor weather conditions which affected sales during...

Nestlé installs enterprise-wide streamlining initiative

Nestlé, the largest food and beverage company in the world, has selected the Quadrem eMarketplace as the partner for its global eRequisitioning programme, part of an enterprise-wide initiative Nestle is...

Nestlé takes a break from Kit Kat slogan

For 47 years, the UK's most consistently popular chocolate bar has been advertised with the slogan 'Have a break, have a Kit Kat', a phrase which has entered the British...

Nestlé adopts Alcoa shrink labels for Canadian market

Nestlé has launched a range of milk products in Canada, packaged in Alcoa Flexible Packaging shrink labels.

Nestlé Romania invests in wafers

Nestlé Romania has confirmed that it is to invest a further €3.5 million in its factory in Timisoara, as the company reaffirms its ambitions to dominate the all-important wafer market...

Nestlé sales hurt by weakened dollar

Nestlé saw a decrease in revenue and profits in 2003, but the company has managed to stay within its targets for organic growth and claims that it is "cautiously optimistic"...

Z-trim for inclusion in Nestlé products

Forging a deeper share of the fat replacer market, the Circle Group Holdings subsidiary FiberGel Technologies will supply its Z-Trim zero calorie fat substitute to Swiss food giant Nestle, under...

Nestlé gum venture faces challenges

The European Commission has approved the proposed functional confectionery joint venture between Swiss consumer goods company Nestlé and the US-based personal care company Colgate-Palmolive, but approval is just the first...

Nestlé market manly Blokie bar

Nestlé Rowntree , the UK confectioner, has already got itself into trouble with adverts for its Yorkie chocolate bar featuring the tagline 'Not for Girls' but...

Nestlé defends nutritional values

The chief of major Swiss food group Nestlé has defended his firm's focus on nutrition in a recent newspaper interview, claiming that healthier foods will...

Nestlé has its cake, and eats it!

Confectionery brands have been appearing in a variety of different forms for many years, with everything from biscuits and ice cream to soft drinks featuring...

Currencies crush Nestlé sales

Exchange rates continued to impact operations at the world's largest food company, Nestlé , but the firm itself preferred to stress the good organic performance in...

Nestlé UK cuts trans fat content

UK arm of Nestle will cut type of fat linked to heart disease. The move reflects increasing pressure on food manufacturers to reduce the levels...

Nestlé and Colgate stick together

Nestlé , the Swiss consumer goods group, is to team up with US-based personal care company Colgate-Palmolive to develop a range of functional confectionery products, a...

Nestlé highlights innovation as sales hit by franc strength

Organic growth of 4.6 per cent and a 6.3 per cent hike in revenues at constant exchange rates were the highlights of the first quarter...

Nestlé tops growing Russian chocolate market

Spending lots of money on expensive advertising campaigns may not be the best way to build growth in the Russian chocolate market, at least according...

Record year for Nestlé

The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Well, not exactly, at least not in the case of the world's biggest food company, Nestlé. The...

Nestlé buys Mövenpick ice cream

Swiss food group Nestlé is to acquire the ice cream operations of compatriot Mövenpick in a move designed to improve the growth and performance of...

Tough break for Nestlé as High Court rules against trademark bid

A bid by Nestle to register the slogan 'Have a Break' as a trademark has been overturned by the UK High Court - a move...

Nestlé, Haribo to launch Fruity Smarties

Two of Europe's leading confectionery groups, Nestle and Haribo, are to join forces from 2003 to create a new product, Fruity Smarties, which they claim...