All The Grocer articles in 20 April 2013
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NewsSmall businesses kept waiting eight weeks for payments
Small and medium-sized suppliers in the UK’s retail and distribution sector are being kept waiting up to eight weeks for payments, a new study has suggested.
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NewsFSA closes down Welsh meat plant Farmbox Meats
The Food Standards Agency is to close down Welsh meat plant Farmbox Meats.
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NewsDouwe Egberts agrees sale to JAB for £6.4bn
Coffee giant Douwe Egberts has been bought by investment firm JAB Group for €7.5bn (£6.4bn).
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NewsMüller Dairy names Coke's Bill Mathieson as commercial director
Müller Dairy has appointed Bill Mathieson, currently European vice president of sales and customer development at Coca Cola, as commercial director.
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NewsEU finds horsemeat in 5% of tested beef products
Random tests for horse DNA in European beef products found that less than 5% contained horsemeat, the European Commission announced today.
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NewsGerber Emig merges with Refresco to create soft drinks giant
Gerber Emig and Refresco have agreed to merge to create a soft drinks giant with a combined turnover of €2.3bn.
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NewsSeed & Bean becomes chocolate supplier to Glastonbury Festival
Organic chocolate company Seed & Bean has signed a deal to be the official chocolate supplier to the Glastonbury Festival.
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NewsTesco profits fall on back of £1.2bn charge to exit US
Profits at Tesco have fallen for the first time in 20 years as the retailer announced a £1.2bn writedown for exiting the US market.
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NewsJTI hits back after ASA bans ad opposing plain cigarette packs
JTI has hit back at a decision by the Advertising Standards Agency to ban one of its adverts for being misleading.
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NewsM&S returns to Netherlands with Simply Food and new stores
Marks & Spencer will open its first Simply Food store outside the UK in the Netherlands as it returns to the country after a 10-year absence.
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NewsPalmer & Harvey launches P&H Direct van sales business
Wholesale giant Palmer & Harvey is to broadening its presence in the foodservice sector with the creation of a new van sales company called P&H Direct.
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Category ReportFocus on Wine & Champagne: How much for a bottle of wine?
Wine prices are soaring. Now the industry is trying to add value by launching even pricier, posh wine. Will drinkers swall…
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Category ReportFocus on Wine & Champagne: NPD
Britain’s two biggest selling wines, Blossom Hill’s Soft & Fruity red and Crisp & Fruity white, are shrinking…
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Category ReportFocus on Wine & Champagne: Kantar Worldpanel
The wine market has grown 2% over the past year, a slowdown compared with the previous year, and behind the growth of groc…
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Category ReportTV remains critical to wine marketing
Banrock Station’s spend rocketed in 2012 in support of the January launch of lower alcohol variant Banrock Light…
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NewsABP sells Silvercrest frozen burger plant linked to horsemeat scandal
ABP Food Group has sold Silvercrest – the frozen burger plant that produced the 29.1% horse Tesco burger – to Kepak Group, and announced its exit from the Irish frozen burger market.
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NewsEx-Morrisons man Richard Hodgson takes Pizza Express reins
Pizza Express has named former Morrisons commercial director Richard Hodgson as its new chief executive.
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NewsDairy Crest restructures debts with one eye on growth
Dairy Crest is to use the proceeds from the sale of its French spreads business to reduce debt and make a £40m payment to its pension fund.
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NewsHeath urges people to buy British lamb as farmers get fallen stock fund
Defra minister David Heath has urged people to support to the British lamb industry as he announced a £250,000 fund for farmers in England who lost livestock due to severe weather.
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NewsDavidstow Cheddar revamp brings new packaging and flavours
Dairy Crest is revamping its Davidstow Cheddar range with new packaging and two additional flavours – a medium Cheddar and a three-year reserve.