All The Grocer articles in 7 April 2001 – Page 3
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Wiping away period pain
Accantia Health and Beauty is swelling the ranks of its Lil-lets range with three new products in a well-being subsector aimed at "helping women manage their periods". Two are for drug free pain relief. The Heat Soother for Period Pain is an eight...
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Asda backs Sidekick
Asda has put its marketing weight behind the off-trade launch of Bulmers' new single shot schnapps, Sidekick. The brand has gone into all 241 stores and spirits marketing manager Mary McCarry said: "We are delighted with the consumer response. The...
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UDV squares up to Bacardi Breezer with new PPS entrant Arche
UDV has its sights set on being a dominant player in the premium packaged spirits market and is putting £10m behind its latest launch into the sector Archers Aqua. It has had spectacular success with Smirnoff Ice launched in 1999. This exceeded...
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Apples: French should have sold' more apples
French apple growers are anticipating having sufficient fruit in store to last until the end of June, according to Henri Pluvinage of the French Apple Marketing Commission. France enjoyed a near normal crop of some two million tonnes this season...
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Highgrove takes Ocean Spray appeal into the yogurt sector
Exclusive Karen Dempsey The Ocean Spray brand is venturing into yogurt territory for the first time and has hinted that this is just the start of a major expansion programme into new categories. Highgrove Foods is providing the dairy expertise...
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Real ale in a cask introduced by Wells
The latest attempt at packaging innovation for the take home from Charles Wells is real ale in a cask. This follows its Personal Pub Kit Real Ale in a PET which came complete with a tap dispenser. This went on limited test in 1999 in a ...
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Food Standards Agency: for the record
April Proposes amendment to the Dairy Products (Hygiene) (Charges) Regulations so inspections of dairy producers would be free. Orders that foods and food ingredients using additives and flavourings which contain GM components must be labelled May...
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Food Standards Agency: Nowhere to go but up
Helen Gregory reviews the FSA's inaugural year as it gets ready to publish its first manifesto, one on which it is determined to deliver To say food safety is a hot topic would be an understatement. If it wasn't already high on the business and...
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Food Standards Agency: WHAT DOES THE INDUSTRY THINK?
Sir Colin Spedding, chairman of Assured Chicken Production: “I think it’s achieved quite a lot. It’s come out pretty promptly on food safety issues as they’ve popped up. “The FSA needs to be a leader in improvements in food safety rather than a…
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Advertising this week....
Gillette's new Venus shaving system for women makes its TV debut this week, as part of a £15m marketing campaign. William Jackson Bakery is targeting ABC1 females aged 25-55 with magazine ads for its functional Nutribread range. Martell...
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Code of practice: NFU calls on OFT to impose code across the
Clive Beddall Britain's farmers are calling for the principles of the DTI's code of trading practice for the top five supermarkets and their suppliers to be enforced across the entire food industry. The Grocer has learned that the NFU told the...
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Tesco: Training academy second to none'
Tesco is planning to develop a state of the art training academy which will be open to all grades of staff. Learning director Kim Birnie said the college will provide first rate training facilities for all Tesco staff. "The Tesco Academy is still...
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Foot & mouth crisis week 7: FMD prompting consumers to alter
The National Consumer Council is urging the government to respond to a "crisis of consumer confidence in food production and farming" by setting up a temporary food and farm commission'. NCC chairman Deirdre Hutton said: "Recent crises have...
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Foot & mouth crisis week 7: Export battleplan is under way
Exclusive Clive Beddall Food from Britain has begun talks with MAFF ministers about a major strategic "recovery plan" designed to revive international sales of UK food hit by the foot and mouth crisis. As dramatic TV images of flaming animal pyres...
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Pressed in only 24 hours
The newest arrival in the Filippo Berio olive oil range is Gusto Fruttato Extra Virgin. This variant is made with olives pressed within 24 hours to give it low acidity and more of "a fruity taste and a peppery finish". It will be supported by...
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Staines retail park is sold for £118m
MEPC has sold its Two Rivers retail park in Staines, Middlesex, to Aberdeen Asset Management for £118m. Two of the three phases at the 370,000 sq ft park are complete. Tenants include Waitrose.The final phase is due for completion in September. The...
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South east focus for £1m Pimm's push targeting young at hear
Summer sales of Pimm's will be getting a boost this year with a £1m ad campaign. It will run from May until August the peak selling period for the brand. A new TV ad will launch in May running on ITV and Channel 4. This will be ...
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