12 May 2007
The Grocer
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1,300 food scares investigated
16 May 2007
The Food Standards Agency investigated 1,342 food incidents in 2006, according to its first Annual Report of Incidents.During the year it issued 81 food alerts to local authorities and 478 notifications to the European Commission....
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2,500 post offices to close
18 May 2007
The government has confirmed that around 2,500 post offices will close over the next 18 months.The Post Office, which has 14,000 outlets across the country, will begin local consultations this summer to decide which post offices will...
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20-store ambition for Nuts About Life
14 May 2007
Kuwait-based Kout Food Group is to invest millions in turning its Nuts About Life business into a 20-store chain by 2009.The company already operates two London stores - a 500 sq ft outlet in Hampstead, which opened in June 2006, and a...
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A summer of Guinness
17 May 2007
Diageo is ploughing £3m into a summer campaign for Guinness.The five-week campaign, which starts this week, includes new print ads, using the 'You can Almost Taste It' strapline. The multi-million pound Tipping Point TV ad will also...
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A summer of Guinness
17 May 2007
Diageo is ploughing £3m into a summer campaign for Guinness.The five-week campaign, which starts this week, includes new print ads, using the 'You can Almost Taste It' strapline. The multi-million pound Tipping Point TV ad will also...
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acid test - Barock Hell and Asam Bock and One World
14 May 2007
Expert's verdict:7/10 These new beers from Weltenburger Kloster are true Bavarian beers, strong in taste, flavour and abv. Both are smooth and refined with a well-balanced richness. Asam Bock is a premium dark beer, which will appeal to the British...
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Add folic acid to flour, says FSA
18 May 2007
Folic acid should be added to bread or flour to prevent birth defects in pregnancy, the Food Standards Agency has said.The FSA’s board agreed yesterday to ask health ministers for further work to consider whether folic acid should be added...
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Ale cans get the blues to gain optimum cool
17 May 2007
Brewers are turning to extra cold ale in a bid to boost sales in the stagnant sector this summer.Coors Brewers is to put its Caffrey's brand into thermochromatic cans, which turn blue when the ale is at the optimum temperature....
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Ale cans get the blues to gain optimum cool
17 May 2007
Brewers are turning to extra cold ale in a bid to boost sales in the stagnant sector this summer.Coors Brewers is to put its Caffrey's brand into thermochromatic cans, which turn blue when the ale is at the optimum temperature....
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Alpro's vision
14 May 2007
Alpro, the European market-leader in the production of soya products, declared last week it wanted to be a CO2 neutral company. It could not give a timetable but says it plans to: Switch to a 'green' energy source and produce biogas from...
