All The Grocer articles in 14 November 2009 – Page 2
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Focus On World Cuisine: Fully kitted out
Suppliers are latching on to meal kits as a way to meet consumer demand for greater authenticity and freshness without cannibalising sales of ready meals – with mixed results. Rachel Barnes reports
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Focus On World Cuisine: Four to watch
Scratch started out life at a few London markets from where it sold its scratch-cooking boxes. Each box contains fresh, uncooked ready-prepared ingredients and instructions to cook a meal from scratch as an alternative to a takeaway.
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Comment and OpinionCritical Eye... on pus, puns and sustainable palm oil
Sometimes this job involves real sacrifice, and so it was this week when I had to endure Britain's Really Disgusting Food (9pm, BBC3, 9 November).
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Ocado prepares cuts at depot to replicate store counter service
Ocado has employed 25 butchers and fishmongers to prepare more than 100 new meat and fish products. The staff will work in a newly constructed kitchen in Ocado's Hatfield HQ and prepare cuts to order. As well as weight, customers can...
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Commodity Prices: Slump in dollar to prompt commodity price increase
The weakness of the dollar and the pound could leave UK fmcg manufacturers facing higher costs for materials. Mintec's Andrew Larkham reports
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NewsThai curries favour as UK snubs Chinese food
British consumers are increasingly snubbing Chinese food in favour of other Asian dishes, latest sales figures reveal. Sales of Chinese chilled ready meals have fallen 10.8% in volume and 11.1% in value [TNS 52w/e 6 September 2009]. Thai...
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Ginger prices to rocket as yields plummet in China
The retail price of fresh root ginger is set to more than double as a result of major shortages in China, which produces 30% of the world’s supply. The retail price war has kept prices down as low as £2.15/kg, but buyers predict they…
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Quality test: Own-label macaroni cheese
Anyone looking for a classic comfort eat as winter draws in knows the value of a good macaroni cheese. Unfortunately, the Asda meal wasn't good.
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Dry pasta shows lots of character
Thank you for another great insight into the pasta and sauces market (7 November 2009, p49). It's good to see the dry pasta category showing growth after several years of stagnation.
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Careers File: My CEO offered me cocaine with my coffee
I'm a non-executive director working with an excellent CEO. He invited me to his home for dinner recently, and at the end...
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Whole Foods rethinks as lack of car park hits sales
Whole Foods Market is to close its Champagne and oyster bar at its flagship London store and start selling ready meals after an overhaul of its UK strategy. The US retailer, which opened its first UK store in 2007, has been forced to...
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Expansion potential calms City jitters over Sainsbury’s
A resurgent Tesco, slowing food price inflation, lower growth: how worried should Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King be? Alex Black reports
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Kids buying ‘evil drug’ from Leicester indies
Calls are being made to ban a herb that is widely on sale in independent shops on the grounds that it has a detrimental effect on children's health.Khat has been branded an "evil drug" by campaigners in Leicester, where it is...
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M&S: we’ll never stock fresh brands
M&S has closed the door on the possibility of stocking branded fresh produce, insisting brands could not match the quality of its own-label range. The retailer announced last week that it would introduce 400 ambient food and drink...
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Focus On World Cuisine: Brands and supermarkets wise up to the Muslim market
The Halal Knowledge Centre puts the annual retail value of halal meat in the UK at £400m and the total value of halal food imports to the UK at £18bn.
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Walker rebuffs Brakes’ bid for DBC Foodservice
Brakes has attempted to buy its rival DBC Foodservice but been told the company is not for sale, The Grocer can reveal.Iceland boss Malcolm Walker, one of the main shareholders of DBC, confirmed Brakes had made an approach in the past...
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Filippo Berio oil in tins for limited run
Filippo Berio is pouring its Extra Virgin Olive Oil into a traditional-style one-litre tin to target Christmas shoppers.The tin retails for £6.99 £1 more than the glass equivalent but would "appeal to consumers looking to spend a bit...
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Ben & Jerry’s goes nuts for new flavour
The winner of Do The World A Flavour, Ben & Jerry's search for a new ice cream, will go on sale next March. Created by American Toni Gunnison, competition winner Fairly Nuts is a caramel ice cream with a caramel swirl and praline...
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Tobacco display ban could boost illegal sales on the streets
A new wave of smuggled and fake tobacco could flood the UK as a result of a display ban. Evidence from the Republic of Ireland reveals legitimate sales have taken a 5% hit since the ban was implemented. And manufacturers and retailers...
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