Flora, well their parent company Unilever, have decided not to be involved in the London marathon in 2009 and the front runner to take the mantle at the moment is Tesco.
Is this a good or bad thing?
Will you be able to get "value runners"
Will the elites have to run in blue and white stripes?
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Dave Bedford would love that
well, leans over to whisper ....................................... it's a bit of insider knowledge Meldy,(gossip)
I massaged this guy at the Expo from the marketing dept at Unilever and he told me. It sounded genuine.
Unilever (Flora) are pulling out, he Tesco bit is still under discussion, but he said they were the frontrunners to take over the mantle.
We'll see
you have too much time on your hands
I didn't ask him (yes, I do feel a bit silly not enquiring)
flora have reached the end of their contract - i thought that was general knowledge - they mentioned it on the radio earlier this week
london pride are already sponsors
Are you sure.. on the blurb for 2009 it definitely says Flora London Marathon 2009
Maybe Tesco are interested after the Flora sponsorship deals runs out...
Gillette sponsored it previously.. who else has..?
Sprouts?
The name "Tesco LM" sucks, "Flora LM" is quite a beautiful name for the event.
mars did didn't they??
i remember all the silver wrap things one year had mars on them
I think Durex are also in the running. Every runner gets a packet of 3 for finishing.
they should support running in China!
Snickers should sponsor it then it could change to the Snickers London Snickers
not a marathon anymore its a snickers
that would separate it from the rest of them
actually if it was Trashco it could be quite good - they could do BOGOFs on the entry
wouldnt that be a good way to get the numbers up
It should be sponsored by the Sunday Sport, then every runner would feel a right tit, not just the one that finishes last.
A JOKE BEFORE ANY OF YOU COMPLAIN!