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Drums are banged
KP Snacks has given its Mini Cheddars and Mini Garlic Baguettes drums a facelift to promote consumer trial. It plans to maximise sales over the Christmas peak with the second redesign of the packs this year. The new look Cheddars and Baguettes...
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Walk into almost any supermarket north of the border and you'll find milk and cream from Robert Wiseman Dairies. Founded in 1947 as a small Scottish family business, the company has expanded enormously in recent years to become one of Britain's...
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Superlife revamped
Flavoured milk drink Superlife has been relaunched by brand owner Lancashire dairies after 11 years on the market. The repackaged and reformulated brand is now free from artificial colouring and has been enriched with calcium and vitamins B2 and...
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Republic of Ireland: Protesters defiant as blockade ruled il
A confrontation is under way in the Irish Republic between multiples and farmers over cut price milk, with producers blockading a dairy which has been supplying Dunnes Stores. The Irish Competition Authority won a High Court injunction in Dublin...
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Raw milk: Processor rises blasted as derisory' by the NFU
Multiples are paying more to processors with Asda making it a condition of supply British dairy farmers are furious with the outcome of the latest set of raw milk prices offered by processors. The National Farmers' Union has branded Dairy Crest's...
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Milk: SMP stocks levelled
The final disappearance of remaining intervention stocks of skimmed milk powder (SMP) in Belgium, Ireland and Scandinavia means that the market has not just cleared but most manufacturers are sold forward for the rest of this year. The European...
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DUBLIN CENTRE STORE FOR LIDL
German discounter Lidl is to add a new competitive twist to the sector with its first Dublin city centre store. It is to become the anchor tenant in a new shopping mall planned for Moore Street, just a few hundred yards from the Dublin outlet...
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Milk: Farm gate prices fall for fourth consecutive year
Farm gate prices for milk have been dropping for four years in succession, according to Ministry of Agriculture figures, In the first half of this year the average price was 15.88p a litre, 35% down on the first half of 1996 and 12% down on last...
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Milk: NFU's Bennett warns of dairy industry collapse
Farmers need 22p a litre to survive' The National Farmers' Union has warned that the UK dairy industry could collapse before Christmas because farmers are still being paid less for milk than it costs to produce. The report British Milk What...
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BEEF: Butter and butchery still closely linked trades
Milk price rise highlights dairy sector's role in meat industry Meat buyers dependent on home produced beef supplies may have a slightly more secure trading outlook following the latest round of milk price increases, led by Asda and Safeway....
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Olivio spread buttered up in bid to get more taste appeal
Van den Bergh Foods' Olivio brand a pioneer of the olive oil based spread sector is going retro with the launch of Olivio with Butter in a traditional style block format. This may seem an unusual move as it makes the brand look similar to more...
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Wotsits turn into potato
Golden Wonder’s Wotsits Mealtime Potato Shapes its first non-bagged snack launch for 30 years brings the kids’ brand head to head with KP Hula Hoops in the frozen potato products market. The cheese flavoured, foil packed, mainmeal…
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Discounters: Discount heaven (Accrington)
What factors influence shopper choice in a town with many low price operators? Julian Hunt goes back to his home town to find out Thanks to those blasted milk ads, my home town of Accrington is better known for its football team than the fact it...
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The US functional drink sector is becoming segmented as manufacturers launch new products targeted at a specific group of consumers, such as those with lactose-intolerance. Clover Farms has launched NuVim, which has many of the nutritional benefits...
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EU Skimmed milk powder mountains levelled
The scale of the surge in demand for milk powder can be seen in the steady fall in intervention stocks across Europe through the summer. From just over 44,000t in July, buffer stocks have plunged to barely half that figure, totalling 22,290t but...
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Brussels report: Milk powder mountains levelled at last
A booming world market and declining domestic production has allowed the EU to clear its once huge stocks of skim milk powder and slash export subsidies. Intervention stores, which traditionally have held at least 100,000t of SMP and often over...
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Müller gets into probiotics
Branded yogurt market leader Müller is aiming for a foothold in the growing probiotic sector with this week's launch of Vitality three flavours of premium single- serve low fat probiotic yogurt. The range comes in raspberry, apricot and pineapple...
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A toast to Douglas
Arla Foods aims to harness the appeal of Lurpak brand ambassador Douglas with a limited edition toast rack pack offer from September 1. The packs, which follow last year's Douglas butter dish offer, are priced at £3.19 and include two 250g packs...
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The Grocer focus on gardening products
Analysis by Sheila Eggleston Bread, milk, weedkiller and plant food isn't such an unlikely mix in the shopping basket. As retailers continue to extend their offer to consumers, garden products is an obvious area to exploit. At stake is a bigger...
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Irish have secret weapon'
Exclusive Clive Beddall, Dublin The Irish Dairy Board is to turn up the heat in its campaign to end consumer confusion in the controversial spreadable butter market. With availability of its "100% natural" Kerrygold product growing in UK...