Unilever appoints new Dutch boss to deliver “step up” in performance at embattled giant TOP TABLE CHANGES A Dutch dairy boss who has sat as a non-executive board member at Unilever since last year will move into the CEO role at the consumer giant. Hein Schumacher has led the dairy firm Royal FrieslandCampina, an £11bn business operating in over 40 countries, since 2018. Schumacher’s appointment comes after embattled boss Alan Jope announced [...]
A year on from Mayonnaise-gate, Terry Smith mounts another attack on Unilever HE'S BACK Legendary City investor Terry Smith has written another excoriating review of Unilever’s business performance, a year after he made headlines for criticising its focus on the “purpose” of Hellmann’s Mayonnaise. In his annual letter to shareholders, the Fundsmith chief lists a series of complaints about the consumer goods firm, saying it had failed to engage [...]
Google appoints former Unilever top brass as MD for the UK and Ireland NEW JOB Google has appointed the former top brass at Unilever as its new managing director for the UK and Ireland. American tech leader and entrepreneur Debbie Weinstein will look after the technology giant’s business in Britain from March 2023, saying it feels like “coming home”. Weinstein will take over from Ronan Harris, who joined the company [...]
Ben & Jerry’s owner Unilever warns of shoppers buying less as inflation bites budgets October 27, 2022 Dove maker Unilever has seen consumers buying less of products after price hikes, as the consumer goods titan has ushered in record price rises. Prices increased by 12.5 per cent in the period, the brand’s highest ever hike, as consumers battle cost increases in every corner of life. The London-listed consumer goods giant admitted price [...]
Unilever boss to step down from company by end of next year September 26, 2022 Unilever's chief executive Alan Jope has announced his intention to retire from the consumer goods giant at the end of 2023.
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 [...]