All The Grocer articles in 14 November 2009 – Page 3
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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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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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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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Comment & 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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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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Dickinson & Morris offers festive pies
Pork pie specialist Dickinson & Morris is launching a limited-edition Ultimate range to Tesco and Waitrose in time for Christmas. The Game Pie, an extra large authentic Melton Mowbray pork pie, and a cranberry-topped pork pie are...
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Comment & OpinionDon Pumsey goes up Irene's Hershey Highway
As the embodiment of all that is holy in this otherwise godforsaken world, it is of particular concern to me that nicking stuff is one of the few industries experiencing a genuine surge in these troubled times.
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NewsProject Golden put on hold as recession hits expansion
Chief executive Stefan Barden's £50m factory reveamp has been shelved, but does Northern have another ambitious plan up its sleeve? James Ball reports
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Festive meat supply threat from striking UK vets
Christmas meat supplies are facing serious disruption after abattoir vets threatened strike action.
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Wealmoor returns to fire- wrecked site
Fresh produce supplier Wealmoor is returning to its processing site in Atherstone, Warwickshire, two years after its premises were devastated by fire. Since the November 2007 blaze, which killed four firefighters, Wealmoor has been...
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Mills Group opens its first Nisa stores
Rapidly expanding independent chain Mills Group has opened its first Nisa-branded stores.A new 850 sq ft store in Wallsend, near Newcastle, bears the Nisa fascia, while two former Somerfields in Whitby and Haxby bought from The Co-op...
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Waste levels in fish and meat industries scrutinised by Wrap
A meat and fish 'resource map' is to be created to establish the extent of waste in the supply chain and find ways to reduce it.The Wrap and Envirowise-led research will examine the poultry, beef, lamb and pork chains as well as 20 types...
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PepsiCo’s healthier kids lunchbox range tested in Sainsbury’s
PepsiCo has launched Planet Lunch, a range it claims is the first cross-category brand for the kids' lunchbox market.
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Profiles
Picture This... Motson sheds his sheepskin
Football commentator John Motson auctioned off his famous sheepskin coat at a lunch attended by industry leaders last week to celebrate the work of grocery industry charity Caravan.
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It’s not just potato... it’s a super potato
A new campaign has been launched to promote the potato as a 'Supercarb' and help shoppers understand it is more than just carbohydrate.Part of the Potato Council's Love Potatoes campaign, the Supercarb message will be promoted by...
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Wanis spreads its Reggae roots
Afro-Caribbean food and drink distributor Wanis is on track with its expansion plans despite the recession - and relcation forced by the Olympics. Alex Black reports
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Parmesan and mozzarella shortages push up prices
Italian cheese lovers are to be hit by a double whammy as shortages push up the prices of both Parmesan and mozzarella. When the export market for Italian Parmesan collapsed due to the recession earlier this year, the Italian...
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Fmcg giants linked with move for Enfamil maker
Danone, Nestlé and Heinz have been tipped as possible bidders for baby nutrition group Mead Johnson.
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Demand for Polish food back on the up
Demand for Polish food in UK branches of Tesco has risen for the first time in nearly a year.
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