All The Grocer articles in 5 May 2012
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Walkers marketer Sambles goes walkies to Mars Petcare
Mars Petcare UK has appointed Walkers marketing head Miranda Sambles as its new marketing director.
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NewsThe Co-op cuts ties with exporters over Palestine links
The Co-operative Group has ceased business with four companies that export produce from illegal Israeli settlements.
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NewsHall hands Health Lottery reins to ops director Wall
Martin Hall has stepped down as chief executive of The Health Lottery, just six months after its launch.
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NewsAsda overtakes Tesco on entertainment sales
Asda was the leading supermarket retailer of entertainment products in the first quarter of this year, following a slump in Tesco’s market share.
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NewsRelease date set for Black Ops 2
Start planning those midnight openings – the date of the biggest videogame launch of 2012 has been revealed.
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NewsBurchell gets nod as Musgrave GB trading director
Musgrave Retail Partners GB has promoted Kenton Burchell to the role of trading director.
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NewsPotato corruption trial kicks off with two guilty pleas
A major corruption case in the potato industry has kicked off with guilty pleas from a former Sainsbury’s buyer and a former executive at potato supplier Greenvale.
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NewsFish finger the ‘everyday hero’ of Tesco's TV fightback
Tesco is hitting back at its rivals – armed with a fish finger sandwich and a fistful of British-grown spuds.
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NewsDefra orders banana importers to plug into Peach
Defra has called on banana importers to ensure they comply with looming changes to the way the fruit can be imported.
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NewsRecall alert over Tropicana kids’ drink
PepsiCo has recalled some of its Tropicana Kids Orange Juice Drink multi-packs because they contain contaminated water rather than the orange juice blend.
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NewsBright Food takes control of £1.2bn Weetabix
China’s Bright Food has snapped up a 60% stake in Weetabix, in a deal valuing the cereal business at £1.2bn.
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NewsAsda gets a taste for South African sausage
Asda is trialling boerewors – a traditional South African sausage – in 50 stores, as it looks to boost its range of South African foods.
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NewsMorrisons overhauls own-label sausage roster
Morrisons is revamping its own-label sausage range, adding 15 new sausages and improving the quality of a further 27 lines.
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NewsSainsbury’s revamp to making downloading music easier
Sainsbury’s has revamped and rebranded its music download service as ‘Downloading Made Easy’.
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NewsMüller and Arla next to slash farmgate milk price
Müller and Arla have become the latest dairy companies to reduce their farmgate milk price by 2p per litre, thegrocer.co.uk can reveal.
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NewsAsparagus declared a washout after floods
The recent downpours and floods are taking a heavy toll on British asparagus, causing major delays and supply shortages to this year’s crop.
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NewsFaccenda: no job cuts after Cranberry swoop
Fresh poultry giant Faccenda has reassured staff there will not be any job losses or site closures as a result of its acquisition of turkey supplier Cranberry Foods.
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NewsMalcolm Walker's son gets Iceland job... on a checkout
Malcolm Walker’s son is joining the family business - as a checkout operator.
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BrewDog lights a fire under Boddingtons and Carling
Self-styled punk brewer BrewDog yesterday vowed to destroy cans of Boddingtons Bitter, Carling and Foster’s in what it dubbed the country’s first “crap beer amnesty”.
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NewsLyle’s Golden Syrup in Jubilee mood
Britain’s oldest brand, Lyle’s Golden Syrup, has produced a collectable limited-edition tin bearing the words ‘Happy and Glorious’ to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.