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smirnoff rival
>>A monthly look at the most promising newcomers in key grocery categories. this month: frozen foodn Whyte and Mackay is relaunching Vladivar Vodka in a bid to challenge Diageo’s mighty...
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Views on membership of the Premier symbol group
John Drakopoulos, Poets Corner Food & Wine, Southend-on-Sea, Essex“What I like is still being an independent, but the sense of belonging to a group.”Joe Pestana, Select & Save, Stanford le Hope, Essex“I’ve just joined...
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Growth gives Harlington new role
Wine importer and distributor Mentzendorff has promoted regional accounts manager Jerome Harlington to the newly created post of national accounts executive.His appointment is the result of expansion at Mentzendorff and deputy managing...
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Price turns off Coors Light
Coors is delaying a £19m return of its light beer offering for fear that it will be attacked by aggressive pricing this Christmas.Originally launched on test in Scotland four years ago, Coors Light will be rebranded as Coors Fine Light Beer...
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Vladivar leads attack
Whyte and Mackay is relaunching Vladivar vodka in a bid to challenge the stranglehold on the market by Diageo’s Smirnoff.The company said the lion’s share of a £50m marketing investment behind its portfolio would be spent on restoring...
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Loss of conscious as lads get lyrical
Smirnoff Ice is setting its sights on male drinkers with a new campaign using “streetwise” slang and the theme of a lads’ night out.The £8.5m TV and poster campaign carries the tagline ‘Lyriquid Perfection’ – a play on the phrases lyrical...
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In Profile: Q&A: Julian Twaites, Nisa CBC trading controller for wine
Julian twaites is a real character who knows how to rock Anyone who spends even a short time talking to Julian Twaites realises that he is a passionate and dynamic personality. Described by his own colleagues as “a real...
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Buyers expect price hikes from suppliersReader Panel: Buyers
Nearly three-quarters of buyers in our Reader Panel believe suppliers will try to push up cost prices in the next six months. Confectionery, soft drinks, bread, beers, wines and spirits and frozen are among the categories in which suppliers...
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Co-op wine sales soar by 18%
Wine sales at the Co-operative Group are growing three times faster than the rest of the market, new independent figures reveal, boosting the retailer’s revenue by more than £20m in the last year. The society saw sales swell by 17.7% last...
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Colourful fabric of Chilean wine
InterContinental Brands is launching a series of new wines from Chile.The Campo Paraiso range comprises six wines from the Colchagua Valley including a Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot, Carmenere and a Shiraz. Priced from £4.99, the wines are...
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Italian additions
Myliko has added a range of Italian wines to its range.The L’Arazzo brand is being positioned as a portfolio that offers New World-style wines combined with the “best of local Italy”. There are four wines in the L’Arazzo portfolio, which...
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halewood buys H&A
Halewood International has added bottling company H&A Wines and Spirits Group to its growing empire.H&A, which went into administration earlier this year, specialised in bottling wine and spirits in miniature and quarter-size bottles....
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Foster’s can keep its head
Foster’s ‘Don’t lose your head’ ad campaign has provoked a barrage of complaints from TV viewers.The Independent Television Commission (ITC) received more than 190 objections about the lager’s Bungee Whiz commercial where a jumper appears to...
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celebrity status
>>A monthly look at the most promising newcomers in key grocery categories. This month: confectioneryn TV and and sports stars are to take part in a TV series which will act as a springboard for Wine Capital...
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Waitrose to pull mock corks
Waitrose is taking its most decisive stand in the debate over wine closures by phasing out synthetic corks from its range.The retailer said it would ask all its suppliers to switch to natural cork or screwcaps with the exception of a limited...
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Carlsberg hit by exchange rates
Danish brewer Carlsberg said adverse currency movements and a lack of sales growth in its Russian markets had dented first half profit.To June 30 operating profit fell 31% to DKK1.25bn from DKK1.8bn. Sales dropped 7% to DKK16.3bn....
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Here for the 1am beer
Two entrepreneurs in the Fleet area in Hampshire have capitalised on the demand for late-night booze with a new service delivering chilled beer and snacks direct to people’s homes throughout the night.Dial 4 Beer, which began trading in the...
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Bulmers steps up security after sabotage plot
Bulmers has increased security at its cidermaking plant after the conviction of a man for attempting to contaminate its production line.The firm behind the Strongbow and Scrumpy Jack brands said it had reviewed procedures after the...
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Strachan moves to Negociants UK as MD
Martin Strachan has become MD of Australian and New Zealand premium wine agents Negociants UK to build the growth of brands such as Oxford Landing.He replaces Michael Cox who moved to Wines of Chile as MD.Working from Negociants UK’s...
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Wine takes the celebrity route
A group of TV and sporting celebrities are to form the driving force behind a new wine brand.Neil Morrissey, Martin Kemp and Frankie Dettori are among the famous names who have agreed to take part in a TV series which will be the...