All The Grocer articles in 29 October 2005
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Dairy farmers to strike
Dairy farmers across the UK are expected to start a three-day strike today in protest over milk prices.The Milk Development Council claims that farmers receive approximately 18p for a litre of milk, but received 25p a litre 10 years...
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Premier Foods buys Cauldron Foods
Premier Foods has acquired meat-free and organic food producer Cauldron Foods for £27m.Premier Foods said that the Cauldron brand would sit alongside and be highly complementary to its Quorn brand, which it acquired earlier this...
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Blueheath acquires AC Ward & Son
Delivered wholesaler Blueheath has acquired AC Ward & Son for up to £3m.Blueheath said that the acquisition represented further opportunity to supplement the organic growth of the company.It added that plans were already in place to...
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Retailers report slow half term sales
Retailers have reported slow half term trading and disappointing sales of Halloween merchandise, footfall analyst SPSL has revealed.Tim Denison, director of SPSL, said: "Half term has not provided the boost to shopper numbers that we saw...
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Heineken aims for accessibility
The Heineken brand needs to be more accessible, Peter van Campen, Heineken’s group commerce director has admitted.Speaking at the launch of a new marketing project called Greenspace, which involves the restoration of disused warehouses to...
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Supplier Spotlight
In 2003, Ian Jalland wanted to get public liability insurance for some farmland he had bought the year before. But his insurer told him he needed livestock on the land to qualify, so he acquired three Jacob sheep.Two years later, Jalland is ...
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Research Notes
>> the industry’s gone crackersBiscuitsThe total biscuits market is growing by 4.1% year-on-year in value terms, ahead of volume growth at 2.3%. This is a result of households purchasing more. Driving sectors are crackers...
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Roll out the Luxus
Brand owner and distributor Barrel Booze is launching a range of Belgian lagers for independent retailers in time for Christmas.The new Luxus range is designed to complement its Primus range to give it a full portfolio of Belgian lagers. It is...
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Lost in transformation?
As the conversion of former Safeway stores nears completion, the experts deliver their verdict on Morrisons. Ronan Hegarty reportsMorrisons has reached the end game in its conversion programme of former Safeway stores. By the end of...
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School snack law ‘unclear’
Food manufacturers could be granted a part reprieve as foods low in salt and fat may be exempt from the ban on crisps, chocolates and fizzy drinks in school vending machines.A footnote in the School Meals Review Panel’s report, which education...
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McCain spices up its micro range
McCain has revamped its frozen microwave range with the launch of Southern Fried chicken wings as well as the introduction of an improved Micro Pizza offering.The wings, which are covered in a mix of herb and spiced breadcrumbs, come in a 135g...
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Hit or Miss?
>>How is one of 2004’s top launches faring?Product:Snack-a-jacks mini bitesCompany:QuakerLaunch date:July 2004Quaker’s decision last year to relaunch its Spudz brand under its Snack-a-Jacks umbrella...
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Is Heinz in a pickle?
It’s Branston vs Heinz in the battle of the beans, says Claire HuThe slogan ‘Beanz Meanz Heinz’ could soon change in consumers’ minds to ‘Beanz Might Also Mean Branston’. In one of the biggest food brand clashes of recent years,...
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going solo
New research shows that 35% of all UK households will be single-person within 15 years. Siân Harrington looks at the implications for supermarketsMore than one in three UK households will comprise people living alone in 15 years’...
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A new generation of total nutters
As the original cereal bars celebrate their last quarter of a century, muffins and donuts join the popularity stakesIt’s 25 years since we were first introduced to the now ubiquitous cereal bars, when Jordans launched Crunchy, and...
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Food shoppers wanna have fun
Shopping for food is not enjoyable, according to main grocery shoppers polled by Ipsos on behalf of IGD and sponsor Müller Dairy (UK). In fact, for most of them it is a tedious chore.Even though there has been a growth in the number of foodies...
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No place for Feta here
A Yorkshire cheesemaker has warned there could be a Feta shortage after it lost a battle to keep calling its second best-seller Yorkshire Feta. The EU ordered Shepherds Purse of Thirsk to change the name in 2002 and, until this week’s ruling...
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Limoncello fellows
Fruity variants of the popular Italian Limoncello liqueur are about to hit the UK market.Pallini Limoncello, the bright yellow citrus liqueur created from a 100-year-old recipe, will now come in two new flavours, Peachcello and Raspicello (rsp:...
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Scotch Whisky exports soar
Jobs in Scotland’s Whisky industry are being saved by strong exports, according to half-year figures released by the Scottish Whisky Association. Global Scotch Whisky exports for the first half of 2005 exceeded £1bn for the first time in eight...