All The Grocer articles in 4 November 2006
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In the can
MeatVisitors to the SIAL Trade Fair in Paris would have been impressed by the Brazilian Frigorifico stands and the number of visitors they attracted. Buyers from all over the world were placing long-term contracts, pushing up raw...
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looking back What we said in 2001
The battle between wet and dry dog and catfood was well documented when we covered the market back in 2001, with dry foods making the biggest impact.According to TNS, while wet dogfood was still the largest category, thanks to the...
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World News - 4th November 2006
South Korea. Samsung Corporation has announced plans to sell its 11% stake in Tesco's South Korean operation, Samsung Tesco. Samsung said it would sell off 5% in 2007 and the remaining 6% later as part of a bid to focus on its core...
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New Bournville heralds busy 2007 at Cadbury
Cadbury Trebor Bassett is relaunching its Bournville brand and developing a premium Double Chocolate variant of Dairy Milk to tap into the major consumer trends towards plain chocolate and indulgence.Both developments are expected to...
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The truth about the Mars bar statistics
Cadbury falls behind in chocolate wars," screamed a headline in the normally reserved Financial Times last week. As the crucial fourth quarter got under way, four-week figures to 14 October from ACNielsen showed Masterfoods, which owns Mars and...
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Yomo adds veg to fruit yoghurt
An Italian dairy company has added vegetables to fruit yoghurt to boost its health credentials even further.A five-strong low fat range under the Yomo brand was on display at last month's Sial food show in Paris. It is currently...
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Buyers advice centre
British teams may struggle in the World Cup and flounder at the Olympics but at least we're top at something - we are officially the fattest nation in Europe, with nearly a quarter of adults categorised as obese. This dubious achievement...
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IRSG cites case studies against supermarkets
Case studies detailing how supermarkets are damaging consumer choice and destroying local businesses are being compiled for the Competition Commission by a coalition of organisations representing independent retailers.The Independent...
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New standard aims to end vague 'may contain' labels
A new allergy-aware food standard is to be launched early next year by the Anaphylaxis Campaign in a bid to counter over-use of the 'may contain...' tag.The charity, which represents the interests of allergy sufferers, is consulting with...
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FSA aims to cut cost of meat hygiene regime
The axe is hanging over the Meat Hygiene Service as the FSA says it is time to free the system of red tape.Deputy veterinary director Peter Hewson told the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers' conference he was prepared to hear...
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Growers' decline 'is on alarming scale'
British growers are losing out to foreign competition, despite a few shining examples of international success, according to the English Farming and Food Partnership.G's Growers, KG Growers and Worldwide Fruit may be role models for the...
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Six of the Best Alcohol
Alcohol buyers work in an industry that is rife with new products and emerging consumers trends, so deciding which brands deserve to make ?the shelves is a tough job. Innovation ?has kept buyers on their toes over the past year, with...
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Reluctantly, I am impressed by Lidl
I have been watching the activities of the hard discounters - Aldi, Lidl and Netto - with mixed emotions. A few years back, catalysed by a friend who enthused over his spectacularly cheap purchase of extra virgin olive oil, I popped into...
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Giants jostling to gain wholefoods authority
Sainsbury's and Waitrose are the latest supermarkets to set their focus on the lucrative but niche wholefoods category in a bid to cash in on ever-increasing demand for healthier lines.Waitrose is planning a new range in the sector after...
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Palestinian strawberry exports still available
Strawberries from Palestinian growers will be on sale as usual in the UK during the next couple of weeks, according to Israeli exporter Agrexco.The security fence that separates Palestinian-controlled areas from Israel has effectively...
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A dumbed down beauty contest
Sir; It is a pity the Harris research commissioned by The Grocer ('GDAs are ahead in race to appeal', 28 October, p7) did not appear to test how the different front-of-pack labelling schemes perform in enabling consumers to make healthier...
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what became of our great new café culture?
A Continental café culture. Sipping sophisticated drinks at all hours in the manner of Montmartre. That, the government hoped, would be life under the new alcohol regime introduced last year. Twenty-four hour licences arrived. Councils...
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Man's best friend. And how
More pets, especially cats. And more being lavished on them than ever before. Together that means boomtime for the petcare sector.Pets have it good these days, with many owners happy to pay high prices. And consumers' nutritional...
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Why star ratings, not GDAs or traffic lights, are better
Choosing Health, the White Paper on public health published two years' ago this month, stated the government's goal of "a clear, straightforward coding system so that busy people can understand at a glance which foods can make a positive...