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It is a fine thing to have ability, but the

ability to discover ability in others.

Elbert Hubbard

Mergers / Acquisitions 2

One liner updates 3

Platinum Clients 4

New arrival 5

FMCG Newsletter 2 (July’15)

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Avon Products has sold natural skin care brand Liz Earle to Walgreens Boots Alliance for £140m in an all-cash transaction.

B&G Foods has acquired Spartan Foods of America, which manufactures the Mama Mary's pizza crust brand, from Linsalata

Capital Partners for around US$50m in cash.

Canadian speciality food group Premium Brands Holdings has acquired Isernio's, a sausage maker with operations in the Pacific

north-west of the US.

HKScan has announced the acquisition of a 50% share in meat slaughterhouse Paimon Teurastmo from owner Kaivon Liha

Kaunismaa Oy.

Investment firm North Castle Partners has acquired a controlling interest in Sprout Organic Foods, a developer, marketer and

distributor of premium organic foods.

Irish Pride Bakeries is reportedly an acquisition target for Gores Group-owned Hovis, after the firm went into receivership last

month.

Lesieur, a subsidiary of The Avril Group, has acquired a 69% stake in Société de Production des Huiles de Bourbon as it plans to

"reinforce its position in the Réunion edible oils and dressings markets".

LVMH has acquired Southeast Asian beauty ecommerce start-up Luxola.

Nature's Path Foods, the US-based organic breakfast and snack maker, is expanding its organic range through the acquisition of

local business County Choice Organic.

Spanish food firm Ebro Foods has announced the acquisition of France's Roland Monterrat.

The dairy merger between French co-operatives, Eurial and Agrial, which was put on hold this year, has been finalised with the

signing of a protocol agreement.

US group Monogram Food Solutions is set to buy local snack and appetiser business Golden County Foods out of Chapter 11

bankruptcy protection.

Mexican poultry group Industrias Bachoco has reached an agreement to buy Morris Hatchery's chicken breeding assets in the US

state of Georgia.

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Associated British Foods' UK bakery arm Allied Bakeries has launched a low-calorie version of its Kingsmill crumpets, the latest

so-called Thins product to be added to its range.

Australian rice maker SunRice has launched a range of ready-to-eat snacks.

Bean-to-bar chocolate company Madécasse has added a milk chocolate toasted coconut bar to its "Fair for Life" range.

Budgens has introduced a range of Jamie Oliver ready-to-cook meals to its meat aisles.

Canadian free-from food firm Daiya has launched a gluten free mac and cheese product in its domestic market.

ConAgra to exit private brands.

Dr Schar, the German gluten-free specialist, is launching two gluten-free sweet treats - choco cake and bisco panna - in Spain.

General Mills-owned natural and organic food group Annie's has expanded its range with the addition of five macaroni & cheese

varieties.

Icelandic-style yoghurt maker Siggi's is launching a 4% fat whole milk yoghurt.

Muller Dairy is stepping up production of private-label yoghurts and desserts in the UK in a move that will create 50 new jobs.

Premier Foods plc is adding to its line of Cadbury desserts in the UK with the launch of individual and twin pot ambient offerings.

Spanish babyfood maker Hero has launched a new range of foods targeting children over three in Spain.

The Free Range Dairy Pasture Promise label was launched in the UK last week in an effort to alert consumers to whether the milk

they buy is free range and "support farmers" by paying a "fair price" for cows that are kept in fields for at least six months of the

year.

US-based bakery company FlapJacked has introduced a new gluten-free, non-GMO and protein fortified line of muffins.

Wellpak has launched a range of snack-pots, beginning with blueberries, cherries and cherry tomatoes.

UK online heathy snack subscription retailer Graze has announced its debut into mainstream retail after securing listings with

850 Sainsbury's stores in the country.

Justin's, the US nut butters and organic peanut butter cups maker, has added a snack pack line to its range.

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Mars Chocolate UK has announced that it is launching its Sweet Sundays

promotion for a fourth consecutive year. Back by popular demand, the UK

wide on-pack promotion offers consumers free cinema tickets across the

summer and autumn season, launching in July. The promotion will be

displayed across packs of Mars Chocolate’s best selling bitesize lines including

Maltesers, Revels, M&M’s Peanut, M&M’s Choco, M&M’s Crsipy, Galaxy

Minstrels, Galaxy Counters and Milky Way Magic Stars the perfect popular

treats for both a big night in or movie night out.

Cadbury has unveiled a new format and flavour for its £50m Marvellous Creations brand.

Nestle is launching a new line of "vegetable-infused" ravioli in the US under its Buitoni brand.

Mondelez International has announced the launch of Oreo Thins in the US.

Mondelez is axing several lines from its award-winning Cadbury Dairy Milk spinoff Marvellous Creations.

OPI has teamed up with Coca-Cola for a new collection of nail polishes – The Happiness

Collection. Celebrating 100 years since the design of Coca-Cola's iconic contoured glass bottle,

the range includes two new shades: Visions of Georgia Green and Centennial Celebration,

available in a set – OPI Coca-Cola Two to Celebrate (£19.95). OPI will also reintroduce four classic

shades inspired by the famous drink brand with Coca-Cola The Perfect Ten Mini Nail Laquer Set

(£29.95), including the iconic Coca-Cola Red. Individual bottles of each lacquer shade (£12.50) are

also available.

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Award-winning bean-to-bar chocolate company

Madécasse has added a new Milk Chocolate

Toasted Coconut variant to its growing range of

“Fair for Life” bars, which launches in Waitrose

stores on the 7th July. Handmade in Madagascar

in small batches using organic, rare heirloom

cocoa varieties, the new bar is made from silky

smooth milk chocolate and contains delicate

pieces of toasted Madagascan coconut to give it

a tropical taste. Available in 75g bars with an RRP

of £2.99, the Milk Chocolate Toasted Coconut bar

contains no artificial additives.

Perfetti Van Melle has

introduced a range of £1

price-marked packs (PMPs)

across its best-selling sharing

bags to drive rate of sale and

profits for retailers during the

summer months. Available

now in major wholesalers on

special packs of Fruittella,

Mentos and Klene, the price-

marked grab bags offer

retailers a fantastic,

compelling offering in-store.

Wrigley is bringing back its best-selling Extra Ice Spearmint flavour

with a new improved taste and distinctive packaging design. Designed

to capitalise on the popularity of the spearmint flavour within the gum

category, the reformulated flavour and fresh visual identity aims to

inspire and excite consumers and drive home the brand’s outstanding

oral care credentials. Available in 10 pellet packs with an RRP of 49p,

the reformulated product features improved cooling and helps keep

teeth clean in a way that you can feel.

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Shaken Udder is tapping

the salted caramel craze

with a new milkshake

launching next month. Its

Salted Caramel

Milkshake, due to hit

Waitrose shelves on 3rd

August, is the first

addition to the Shaken

Udder range since 2013.

Timeless chocolate brand Elizabeth Shaw announced it is extending its already successful chocolate range to include Bites, delicious

flavoured chocolate segments topped with tempting sprinkles. Bites will be available in Sainsbury’s stores nationwide from the 29th

June with an RRP of £2.50. As well as introducing a new product to the collection, Elizabeth Shaw has redesigned its packaging to create

a stronger shelf presence and to expand its consumer demographic. The bright and bold packaging has a more modern feel and will roll

out first across the new Bites and existing Flutes range.

Rahua has announced the launch of

Defining Hair Spray (£34). Voluminous Dry

Shampoo (£30) and Cream Wax (£27), all

due to hit shelves in September. Defining

Hair Spray provides medium hold to hair,

while it is also said to be fast drying. The

spray is made with organic sugar cane

alcohol and contains 90% natural

ingredients including organic aloe, green

tea, natural sugar.

Tic Tac is set to reinvigorate the market

with the launch of a flavour-changing

experience for consumers -Tic Tac Mixers.

Available in two flavours – Cherry Cola and

Peach Lemonade – the variants melt from

their sweet fruit layer into a sparkling

secondary flavour, i.e. Cherry to Cola and

Peach to Lemonade.

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Nurishment, the nutritionally enriched milk drink, will be

setting the pace this summer with its biggest ever on-pack

promotion, giving consumers the chance to win an action-

packed VIP racing driver day. In addition, 50 consumers will

enjoy VIP hospitality at the final rounds of this year’s British

Touring Car Championship (BTCC), one of the world’s most

popular motorsport championships, broadcast live on ITV.

The promotion will run across Nurishment’s four most

popular flavours – Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry and

Banana. Promotional packs will roll out from mid- July.

Walkers is seeking to support

independent retailers with the launch

of new pricemarked packs. The new

50p pmps are available from the end

of June for an exclusive 12 week

period including Walkers flavours

Cheese and Onion, Ready Salted, Salt

and Vinegar, Prawn Cocktail, Smoky

Bacon, Quavers and Wotsits.

Allied Bakeries has announced the launch of Kingsmill Crumpet Thins, a thin crumpet that contains just 54 calories each. The launch

aims to capitalise on the growth of both the healthier bakery sector and the growth of Bakery Favourites by providing consumers with

a great tasting but thinner version of their favourite bakery products.

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Premier Foods is adding to its Cadbury portfolio with the

addition of a range of ambient, individual and twin pot

desserts. Available this month, the launch marks the brand’s

first venture into the ambient dessert category and will be

available in the five individual and twin pot formats:

Individual Original Milk Chocolate Pot, Individual Orange Milk

Chocolate Pot, Twin Pot Cadbury Milk Chocolate with Toffee

Clusters, Twin Pot Cadbury Milk Chocolate with Fudge Pieces,

Twin Pot Cadbury Milk Chocolate with Orange Zingers.

Ginsters is expanding its portfolio

with the launch of two new limited

editions, Buffalo Chicken and Fajita

Beef. The new SKUs will launch into

impulse, convenience and forecourt

channels on 29th July for 12 weeks,

generating additional interest in

Ginsters’ well-known sandwich

credentials.

Sunmagic, the producer of 100% pure fruit juices and smoothies, has launched a new school friendly sub brand of drinks. The 11 strong

Hydra is separated into three ranges, including Hydra Juice, a collection of still juice drinks in flavors of Orange, Lemon & Lime, Apple &

Mango, Strawberry & Cherry, Fruit Punch and Raspberry & Blueberry. There is also a sparkling juice drinks range, Hydra Fizz, which

comes in flavours of Blackcurrant Cola, Orangez, and Applez. And finally, Hydra Blast has a sports cap for on the go drinking. The latter

comes in flavours of Amazing Apple & Blackcurrant, Outrageous Orange, and Awesome Apple.

Ferrero is launching limited edition

Kinder Surprise eggs containing

Minions toys to coincide with the

Minions film release in the UK.

Rolling out from August, the

launch will be packed by TV

advertising, video on demand and

a range of POS materials suitable

for stores of all sizes.

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Vita Coco Kids – the children’s variant from

Vita Coco 100% Natural Coconut Water, is

unveiling new packaging aimed at enhancing

the quality, value and brand awareness of its

classic Apple & Blackcurrant and tropical

Mango & Pineapple flavours. Using clear,

bolded fonts and carefully developed

graphics, the packaging emphasises the

product’s all-natural, fresh-tasting and lower

sugar content compared to other leading

kids chilled 100% juice.

Cawston Press has introduced two new

pressed vegetable and apple juice blends,

‘Incredible Carrot’ and ‘Terrific Tomato’ to

further build on the success of its 2013

launch, ‘Brilliant Beetroot’. Terrific

Tomato features 51% tomato juice,

complemented by 40% of Cawston’s

signature apple juice, plus a drop of

warming chilli, a little salt and 5% pressed

celery root juice. Incredible Carrot is made

up of 68% carrot juice, blended with 30%

apple juice and 2% lemon juice.

Boy band One Direction has announced the launch of their new fragrance Between Us – the fourth in the band’s line of fragrances. The

range is available in the following formats: Eau de Parfum Spray 30ml (£21), 50ml (£29), 100ml (£39), Shower Gel 150ml (£12) and Body

Lotion 150ml (£14). The fragrance opens with top notes of mandarin essence, Italian orpur, nutmeg essence and Indonesian apricot flesh.

Neal's Yard Remedies has announced the

launch of its Limited Edition Festival

Favourites Kit (£22.50). The kit is created

and designed especially for Wilderness

Festival, which takes place in Cornbury

Park, Oxfordshire from 6-9 August. The Kit

contains Organic Facial Wipes, Wild Rose

Beauty Balm, White Tea Facial Mist and

Beauty Sleep Concentrate.

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Vosene has given its kids portfolio an

overhaul. Available now, the packs have

been updated to more clearly

communicate the benefits of the range

and help shoppers identify which

products suit their families best. The

seven strong portfolio has been divided

into three new sub ranges- Squeaky

Clean, Fruity Goodness 2-in-1 and Gentle

to Skin.

Rouge Bunny Rouge has unveiled

its latest product, Evanescence

(£37). The finishing powder is

said to provide an extended-

wear medium coverage as well as

soothing and anti-ageing

properties.

Fragrance brand Jardins

d’Ecrivains has launched

its new Finca Vigía

Diffuser (£145). The

woody floral fragrance

features white ginger lily,

cedrate, banana tree

flower, jasmine,

frangipani, sandalwood

and palo santo.

JTI has revealed a new pack design for its organic roll your own brand Amber Leaf Signature Blend. The pack colour has moved from

green across both the 10g 3-in-1 SKUss and 20g pouches with paper with rrps of £3.81 and £7.32 respectively.

Neal's Yard Remedies has announced the launch of its Limited Edition Festival Favourites Kit (£22.50). The kit is created and designed

especially for Wilderness Festival, which takes place in Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire from 6-9 August. The Kit contains Organic Facial

Wipes, Wild Rose Beauty Balm, White Tea Facial Mist and Beauty Sleep Concentrate.

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Erborian has announced

the launch of Pink

Perfect Crème (£34). The

product is a creamy balm

designed to reduce the

appearance of pores and

refine the skin’s texture.

It is also created to help

set make-up.

Erborian has

announced

the launch of

Pink Perfect

Crème (£34).

The product is

a creamy balm

designed to

reduce the

appearance of

pores and

refine the

Liquid Ice Energy has

launched an orange

variant of its energy drink.

The new flavor will be

available from this month

in 8.3oz and 12oz cans at

participating on trade

locations and in the off

trade across the US.

Hip Pops, a soya and potato snack, is launching

new 100g bag formats. Hip Pops are air popped

and contain typically 50% less fat than standard

potato crisps on average. Four flavours in the

range are Gluten Free. The savoury snacks are

available in six different flavours, from the classic

Salt & Vinegar to the Sweet Chilli. There’s also the

Prawn Cocktail, Barbeque, Salt & Black Pepper

and Cheese & Onion varieties.

Mornflakes has added a new flavour to its

cereal range, Chocolatey Orange Squares. The

new cereal contains a Chocolate and Orange

flavour filling in the centre for a brand new

taste. Designed to be enjoyed with or without

milk, consumers can eat the new Mornflake

flavour any time of the day. Fortified with eight

added vitamins and iron, Mornflake Chocolatey

Orange Squares (£2 rrp) are a good source of

vitamins and minerals as well as being a cereal

for a range of ages.

Kinder has announced that August will see the launch

of limited edition Kinder Surprise eggs containing

Minions toys, coinciding with the upcoming Minions

film release in the UK.