All The Grocer articles in 11 February 2012
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NewsMorrisons gets in the mood with Valentine’s Day love rub
Music may be the food of love but Morrisons is hoping that actual food does the job too after developing a range of Valentine’s Day inspired treats.
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NewsMaximuscle beefs up GSK performance but OTC catches a cold
Lucozade maker GlaxoSmithKline has reported sales growth of 5% across its consumer healthcare business for 2011.
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NewsSalad days for Natures Way as new plant boosts capacity
Natures Way Foods has officially opened its new £15m prepared fruit and salad plant in a bid to treble capacity.
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NewsCaged hens in UK down from half a million to 20,000
Fewer than 20,000 egg-laying hens are still in conventional cages in the UK – with the number falling every day, farming minister Jim Paice has said.
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Greenvale gets green light for branded potato move
Greenvale AP is making its first push into branded potatoes following a successful trial in Tesco last year.
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NewsWatchdog throws out latest Tesco complaint in ad war with Asda
Asda has won the latest round of its tit-for-tat advertising war with Tesco.
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Plum fingers pouches as key for baby category
Organic baby food producer Plum has extended its portfolio pouch and finger foods portfolios.
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News‘Custard apple’ is UK first for Asda
Asda is claiming a UK first with the launch of cherimoya – an exotic fruit the supermarket describes as having the flavour of toffee custard and the texture of sherbet.
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NewsStilton gets sexy with Clawson’s cheesy sweets
Clawson Dairy is looking to get Brits in the mood for loving this Valentine’s Day – with ‘aphrodisiac’ cheesy sweets.
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NewsKapoor unveils masterplan to shake up Reckitt
Reckitt Benckiser has vowed to spend an additional £100m a year on advertising its key brands as part of a revamped strategy to improve performance.
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Web watchers declare war on online junk food ads
Health campaigners have launched a co-ordinated bid to force companies to take down online advertising they believe is promoting junk food to youngsters.
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NewsWaitrose hit by Facebook fury over broccoli link to biotech giant
Waitrose has found itself in the middle of a social media storm for selling a variety of broccoli linked to biotech company Monsanto.
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NewsLansley's axe to fall on one billion booze units
First it announced plans to cut five billion calories from the UK’s daily food intake. Now the government wants to slash one billion units of alcohol from sale.
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Grocer 33Tesco Extra, Cardiff, Pengam Green
The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.
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ProfilesKaren Fream of 1HQ
The client director of shopping engagement at 1HQ on job interview parking mishaps, her fancy dress compulsion and Victoria Beckham.
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First Milk plans £10m spend on Welsh plant
First Milk is planning to invest £10m in the development of a new cheese cutting and packaging facility at its site in Maelor in Wales, The Grocer can reveal.
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Analysis & FeaturesPromos up on 2011 as top 10 gets new year shake-up
A month or so ago, retailers were cramming every part of their stores with deals.
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World News 11/2/12
Tesco has started pre-marketing for an initial public share offer that is thought to be Thailand’s biggest in five years.
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PTF celebrates 125th with book on 'unsung hero' of food industry
The Provision Trade Federation is celebrating the “unsung heroes” of the British food industry with a new history of provisions trading to mark its 125th anniversary.
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NewsBurton's culls 14% of lines to 'reduce complexity and costs'
Burton’s Biscuit Company slashed 14% of its SKUs last year to reduce costs and focus on best-selling lines, The Grocer can reveal.