Ireland has scrapped plans for a chewing gum tax after
manufacturers, including Wrigley, pledged €7 million to a campaign
fund aimed at reducing litter.
The Romanian Competition Council has fined Wrigley Romania and 26
connected companies €5.5 million for introducing minimum prices on
its products, which was seen to be a measure that is in violation
of EU law.
American confectioner Wrigley is aiming to continue its aggressive
growth strategy by broadening its product ranges through brand
extensions and is taking successful flavours cross-brand.
Wrigley has unveiled its new Global Innovations Centre in Chicago,
asserting its commitment to expanding beyond chewing gum into the
wider confectionery market.
Wrigley will be expanding its Chattanooga factory to accommodate
the production of Altoid mints, which will be transferred to the US
from Wales, the leading confectionery company announced on Monday.
Wrigley, the world's biggest gum manufacturer, has posted record Q1
profits and beat analysts' expectations - buoyed by impressive
early sales from its recent acquisition of Spanish confectioner
Joyco, Tom Armitage reports.
Chewing gum manufacturer Wrigley has revealed that its 2005
business strategy will once again focus on expanding beyond its
core line of gum-based confectionery and has played down
speculation that it is on the acquisition trail,...
Continuing moves into new segments of the confectionery market have
helped US gum maker Wrigley end 2004 with record sales and profits.
And the acquisition of Spain's Joyco, with strong market shares in
India and China, should...
The takeover of Spanish confectionery group Joyco earlier this year
continued to lift sales at gum giant Wrigley in the third quarter
of the year. Joyco's business in Asia, in particular, has helped
improve Wrigley's standing...
Flagging consumer interest in Wrigley's Eclipse Flash dissolvable
breath strip product has prompted the US confectioner to shut down
production facilities in the US and shift manufacturing to Europe,
where, it seems, consumers...
Growing through international expansion, chewing gum giant Wm.
Wrigley Jr has closed on a €215 million deal to acquire the Joyco
gum and confectionery businesses from Agrolimen, a privately-held
Spanish food conglomerate. The acquisition...
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 of several...
Wrigley cannot register its Doublemint brand as a trademark with
the EU because it is a descriptive name - a rulings made by the
European courts yesterday.
The world's largest chewing gum manufacturer Wrigley has reported
strong six-month and second-quarter sales growth and a 12.5 per
cent increase in profits.
Nestlé is to team up with Colgate-Palmolive to help develop the
latter's range of breath freshening chewing gum, a deal which could
be extended to other products if initial sales are a success.
Wm Wrigley, the US-based gum maker, is staring defeat in the face
in its bid to register its Doublemint trademark in the EU. A senior
legal advisor at the European Court of Justice yesterday said that
an earlier decision by a lower...
Wrigley, the US-based chewing gum manufacturer, has announced that
it is to stop shipping its Surpass Antacid chewing gum with effect
from 28 March 2003.
