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- Dwight Howard Answers the Doublemint® Double-Double Challenge for Prevent Child Abuse America
- NBA All-Star 2009 Event Recognizes League Leader in Double-Doubles; Presents PCA Arizona with $10,000 PHOENIX -- The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, makers of Doublemint, the official chewing gum of the NBA, today celebrated the halfway point of the brand's Double-Double Challenge, a program that awards $250 (up to $20,000)...
- Research articles 2009-02-13
- Wrigley Company Foundation Expands Global Impact: New Programs Address Youth Development
- Over $3.5 Million Dedicated to Youth Initiatives in China, Germany, India, Philippines, Poland, Russia, UK and Spain CHICAGO, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Foundation today announced further details on a broad-based charitable initiative that will fund grass-roots programs around the world helping disadvantaged youth...
- Research articles 2009-02-04
- Doublemint® Gum Teams with NBA All-Star Dwight Howard To Raise Money for Prevent Child Abuse America
- Launches "Double-Double" Challenge with Unique Consumer Promotion To Tip-Off Second Season as the Official Chewing Gum of the NBA CHICAGO -- Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, makers of Doublemint([R])gum, today announced it will partner with Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic in the second annual "Doublemint Gum Double-Double Challenge", a...
- Research articles 2008-11-25
- Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Launches Effort to Reduce Carbon Footprint Enabled by Infosys Technologies
- World's Largest Manufacturer of Chewing Gum Seeks to Transform Logistics Operations in Western Europe LONDON -- In a move to extend its social responsibility leadership, the world's leading manufacturer of chewing gum Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company is reducing the carbon footprint it creates in its logistics operations, Infosys Technologies...
- Research articles 2008-11-20
- Company veteran Petrovich named Wrigley president
- CHICAGO -- Dushan Petrovich is the new president of Win. Wrigley Jr. Co. A veteran of the company for more than 30 years, Petrovich, who assumed his new role earlier this month, is responsible for its worldwide strategy, operations and business performance. He will continue to work closely with...
- Research articles 2008-10-27
- Candy/confectionery.(Top 100 PACKAGERS: FOOD CATEGORY LEADERS)
- Candy and confectionery products depend on eye appeal to an unusual degree, due to their status as impulse items and as products often marketed to children. At the same time, candy is subject to supply price pressure for sugar, cocoa and other ingredients, as well as flexible...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Wrigley chewed up by U.K. rival; CEO Perez facing challenge as Cadbury strikes big with Stride.(News)(Wrigley Jr. Co. CEO William Perez)(Cadbury Schweppes PLC )
- Byline: JULIE JARGON It's a sticky situation for Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.'s new CEO, William Perez. Sales of chewing gum brands such as Doublemint and Big Red are sagging-and some analysts say there aren't enough new ideas in the pipeline to juice up g...
- Research articles 2007-02-26
- GUM BATTLE; Wrigley's troubles double as Cadbury comes on strong in firm's core business.(acquisitions)
- Byline: JULIE JARGON A new rival is making trouble for Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. in the gum business, compounding the candymaker's difficulties as it struggles to jump-start newly acquired mint and candy brands. Cadbury Schweppes PLC, which bought the Byline: JULIE...
- Research articles 2006-06-12
- WRIGLEY'S NEW MINTS: CURIOUSLY WEAK; Young CEO's big bet on Altoids looks riskier as Hershey steals sales in the checkout aisle.(News)
- Byline: JULIE JARGON William Wrigley Jr. is in a sticky spot: As he expands beyond gum with his 115-year-old company's biggest acquisition ever, his new mint business is losing ground fast to rival Hershey Co. Six months after paying $1.46 billi ...
- Research articles 2006-01-09
- Chicago Tribune Marketing Column.
- By Jim Kirk, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 16--The quickest way to a kid's heart these days appears to be through chewing gum. At least that what Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. believes. That may explain why kids...
- Research articles 2003-10-16
- Wrigley: Chew on This.(Brief Article)
- Byline:Kiplinger Washington Editors Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. WWY already controls 60% of the U.S. chewing gum business, and its market share is expanding. Wrigley is making acquisitions that Standard & Poor's says should sweeten its gro...
- Research articles 2004-12-02
- Wrigley faces a growing rival in core chewing gum market.(News)(Cadbury Schweppes PLC acquires Pfizer Inc. gum business)
- Byline: JAMES B. ARNDORFER As Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. looks to diversify, it will soon confront an expanded rival aiming to take a bite of its core chewing gum business. Cadbury Schweppes plc, the London-based beverage and confectionery giant, is bo ...
- Research articles 2003-03-24
- Note to Wrigley: Don't gum up growth strategy.(Hershey Foods Corp. gets $12.5 bn acquisition bid from Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.)(Brief Article)
- Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. moved into the merger and acquisition big leagues when it bid $12.5 billion to buy Hershey Foods Corp. Although the offer was rebuffed, CEO William Wrigley Jr. signaled that the once-stodgy and narrowly focused Chicago-based mak Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co....
- Research articles 2002-09-30
- Wrigley's big league chew; Hershey bid shows firm has appetite for risk.(Brief Article)
- Byline: ALBY GALLUN and JAMES B. ARNDORFER Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. will never be the same. Its unsuccessful $12.5-billion bid to buy Hershey Foods Corp. shows that it is willing to transform itself with a huge deal. And that signals a willingness...
- Research articles 2002-09-23
- Wrigley hopes to Goose innovation; Can $84-million gum laboratory help fend off archrival Cadbury?(Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.)
- Byline: JULIE JARGON Next week, William Wrigley Jr. Co. will unveil its massive new gum laboratory on Goose Island, a setting that could prove critical as the company hustles to fend off a more innovative rival. Since 2003, when Cadbury-Schweppe Byline:...
- Research articles 2005-09-05
- Wrigley buys Altoids, LifeSavers for $1.48B.(NEWS)
- CHICAGO, IL -- Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. has purchased Kraft Foods Inc.'s Altoids breath mints and LifeSavers candy brands for $1.48 billion. More than 700 Kraft employees are expected to transfer to Wrigley toward the middle of 2005, when the deal is expe CHICAGO, IL --...
- Research articles 2004-11-01
- Wrigley's first CMO battles Cadbury.(News)(Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.)(chief marketing officer)(Martin Schlatter )(Interview)(Brief article)
- As Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. faces down competition from Cadbury Adams, it has named its first-ever global chief marketing officer. Martin Schlatter explained to Ad Age's Stephanie Thompson how his new role will help stem share losses to the formidable foe As Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co....
- Research articles 2006-07-24
- Wrigley to buy Life Savers for $1.48 billion.(Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., Kraft Foods Inc.)
- Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. is buying the Life Savers and Altoids candy and mint businesses from Kraft Foods Inc. for $1.48 billion, the companies said on Nov. 15. Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. is buying the Life Savers and Altoids candy and mint businesses from...
- Research articles 2004-12-01
- Late News.
- A HERSHEY'S KISS FOR BILL WRIGLEY Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. paid a special cash bonus to CEO William Wrigley Jr. in 2003 "for his contributions and efforts in the exploration of a business combination with Hershey Foods Corp.,'' according to the Ch A...
- Research articles 2004-02-16
- Wrigley to buy Altoids and Life Savers from Kraft.(NEWS)(Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.)
- Chicago-based Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. agreed to purchase a group of candy brands, including LifeSavers and Altoids, from Northfield, Ill.-based Kraft Foods for $1.48 billion. The agreement also includes ownership of the Creme Savers brand, as well as Tro Chicago-based Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. agreed to...
- Research articles 2004-12-01
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