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Opinion: Yes, but can we trust them?
You don't need to read between the lies to know that, whoever wins on June 7, Britain's troubled rural scene will be churned up by a political bulldozer. Indeed, even business giants chewing guinea fowl at the CBI's Park Lane love-in this week...
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Madhur serves up two more
Tilda is adding two new variants to its Madhur Jaffrey cook-in sauces range. The new flavours are a Kerala Sauce with Coconut and Mango and a Tandoori sauce for Butter Chicken. The company said the additions are in response to consumer demand for...
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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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Maclellan's pâté plan
Speciality pâté producer Castle Maclellan has spruced up its range with six new products and updated packaging. The new variants are oven roasted chicken with tarragon; Scottish smoked seafood; luxury salmon; oven roasted mushroom with garlic and...
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Global suppliers: P&G shares plunge after Turkey blow
Procter & Gamble's shares plunged after it issued a third quarter profits warning, blaming the collapse of currency in Turkey where it is market leader in nappies and soap powders. The announcement came just weeks after P&G chief executive Alan...
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Acquisitions: Princes finally seizes Beta Foods
Princes this week completed the acquisition of Beta Foods and its wholly owned subsidiary, C Shippam (The Grocer, February 3, p12). Three years ago Chichester based Beta Foods, the fishpaste, canned chicken and pâté business, thwarted Liverpool...
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Oranges and easy peelers: Citrus shortage expected
Spain estimates down; Morocco also drastically lower; Turkey may fill gaps Importers are expecting an early finish to the winter citrus season through a combination of poor growing conditions and bumper crops last year. Some trade sources believe...
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Nibble Big-Ears
Noddy and Big-Ears are the stars of poultry processor Glenhaven Quality Foods' new boxed chicken products range. Noddy Chicken Nuggets (420g) and Big-Ears (400g) Frozen Chicken Dippers will be in most Tesco stores from February 26. Each box...
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Duck turns all Imperial
A new ad for Cusson's Imperial Leather slips on to TV screens this week as part of a £9m investment in the brand. It airs on February 19 andshows a woman enjoying a shower. Foam falls on her rubber duck which then springs to life and dances around...
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The Grocer focus on canned goods: finding Meal Solutions
Sainsbury's category has expanded to include meal solutions in addition to the traditional canned stalwarts. Typical meal solutions include pouch soups, canned meat or vegetable curries, vol-au-vent fillings and chicken in white sauce. Canned...
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Webbs factory to close
Webbs Country Foods chicken processing factory at Lymington in Hampshire will close down this summer as part of a rationalisation programme announced by parent company Faccenda Group. A spokeswoman said Faccenda was "restructuring its operations...
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Profile: Sir Colin Spedding
Welfare states. Chicken safety champion Sir Colin Spedding is adamant that standards need not mean soaring costs as Helen Gregory reports Sir Colin Spedding is, by his own admission, an "old fashioned, public service guy". Years of committee work...
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Crime: Five men jailed for condemned poultry scandal
Five meat industry executives were jailed for conspiring to put more than a thousand tons of condemned poultry on Britain's dinner tables. Chicken and turkey destined for Spillers and Pedigree pet food tins found its way to butchers, market...
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The Grocer top products survey: sauces
Shaun Quinton Senior trading manager, proprietary brands Spar UK Central Office Our stores are more for destination top-up as opposed to planned purchase so we tend to do well on standard variants such as Chicken Tonight, Ragú and Uncle Ben's,...
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Art of organic enjoyment
Enjoy Organic has added frozen ready meals to its organic portfolio. A five strong range, with mainly meat based recipes, launches into freezers this month. It includes Mediterranean Vegetable Pasta Bake, Chilli Con Carne, Cumberland Pie, Chicken...
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Turkey crisps for Christmas
Golden Wonder has launched a Golden Gobble Christmas limited edition turkey and stuffing flavour crisps. The 27p Golden Gobble single packs feature a colourful cartoon turkey with a Christmas party hat on a seasonal background. Golden Wonder's...
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SIAL show review: Also seen in Paris this week...
A range of organic chicken nuggets on the Moy Park stand attracted interest from continental buyers. The product, which has been added to Tesco's newly expanded range of organics, is available in both 250g and 500g pack sizes. Pudding fans were...
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Soups coupled with speed message
A risqué three week TV advertising campaign for Heinz microwaveable soups breaks on October 30. Heinz's four bestselling canned varieties cream of tomato, cream of chicken, vegetable and cream of mushroom soups are now available in microwave...
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Fred takes to the bottle
Homepride has entered the ambient soup market for the first time with the launch of Soup in a Bottle. In four traditional flavours cream of tomato, cream of chicken, mediterranean vegetable and cream of mushroom (rsp £1.49), the soup comes in a...
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Mattessons' Strong stuff
Kerry Foods is replacing three of its Mattessons cooked meats products with new versions in October in the second phase of a £5m brand reinvestment programme. Thomas and Friends ham slices replace the pork blend, while Mr Strong chicken slices...