Jamie Oliver news and analysis – Page 31
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Celeb chef puts name to ready meals range
Antony Worrall Thompson is making his first major push into mainstream grocery with three ready meals, set to be followed by soups later this year.The dishes form a key part of the chef's plans to develop his £60m brand, which already...
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What the papers said - 19th April 2008
Marks & Spencer tasted victory last week in a long-running legal battle with HM Revenue & Customs over £3.5m of overpaid value-added tax on chocolate teacakes. The European Court of Justice ruled in favour of M&S in the dispute, which...
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Bernard Matthews is back in kids' market
Bernard Matthews is moving back into the children's cooked meats category with the launch of a functional range - its first new kids' line since the Turkey Twizzlers debâcle three years ago.The Packed Munch range, which is rolling out...
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Waitrose wary of celeb ad disasters
Waitrose has fired a broadside at its rival supermarkets over their use of celebrities in ad campaigns.The chain said it would not use celebrities in its ads, which would continue to focus on its partners. Speaking at the first...
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The rise and stall of the ethical shopper
Words apparently speak louder than actions when it comes to ethical shopping. Animal welfare, the environment and fair trade are weighing more heavily than ever on consumers' minds, a new IGD survey reveals (see far right). Sixty nine...
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WHEN THE OIL RUNS DRY
In January this year fine food distributor RH Amar announced it would part company with the UK's leading olive oil brand Filippo Berio at the end of September, signalling the end of a successful 25-year partnership. That the brand...
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Sainsbury's: we can defy the downturn to sustain growth
Sainsbury's was in buoyant mood this week after exceeding its three-year sales growth targets by almost 10% and said it was confident it could maintain the momentum.At its fourth-quarter trading update, it revealed it had delivered...
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Arrests put spotlight on maverick buyer power
The lack of documentation and effective regulation makes the food supply chain an easy target for fraud and rogue trading.That's the view of Duncan Swift, Grant Thornton's head of Food and Agribusiness Recovery Group. Swift, an...
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Row erupts over high welfare chicken claim
A row has broken out between the RSPCA and British Poultry Council over the extent to which British shoppers have changed their chicken purchasing habits.An RSPCA poll this week claimed 73% of consumers were now buying higher-welfare...
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Staff are the best ingredient - Q&A and Availability
Floor staff at Waitrose Otley branch in West Yorkshire don't just stack shelves and price products. They also offer shoppers advice on recipes and ingredients, and the fact they are more than happy to go that extra step to help shoppers has been...
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What the papers said - 8th March 2008
Somerfield's shareholders may be forced to accept a break-up bid for the group. Barclays Capital, Apax Partners and property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz had hoped to secure an offer for the business, but a break-up was more likely, the paper reported....
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IN a league of their own
The own-label corks are popping at Sainsbury's Holborn headquarters. This week, it revealed that sales of its Taste the Difference range surpassed the £1bn mark at the end of 2007, making the brand bigger in value than Coca-Cola in the UK. ...
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Maunder gears up for shift to higher welfare
Poultry specialist Lloyd Maunder plans to switch more chicken production to higher-welfare systems in the wake of recent TV exposés of the chicken industry.
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Opinion - "I thought farmer-courting Tesco wanted to be seen to be above reproach before this week's £1.99 chicken promo"
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's worst fears were realised this week as Tesco put chicken on a week-long £1.99 promo. The capon crusader had spent three nights, and roped in celebrity chef buddies Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay, to convince the nation...
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Here's the £1.99 chicken from Tesco
Tesco has been accused of sending out confusing messages to consumers over its latest chicken pricing strategy.In a bid to appeal to shoppers on a tight budget, standard whole birds will be reduced to £1.99 from £3.30 for five...
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Oliver turns GDAchamp
Jamie Oliver has come out in favour of Guideline Daily Amounts - The Grocer can reveal - a decision that once again puts him at odds with his employer Sainsbury's. The advertising face of the supermarket has opted to put front-of-pack...
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Jamie Oliver to launch £16m premium range
Jamie Oliver is launching a 40-strong premium food range in March with ambitious plans to hit sales of more than £16m within two years, The Grocer can reveal. The range of ambient Mediterranean pasta and pesto sauces, herbs, oils,...
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Comment & Opinion
Letter of the week - Turn the spotlight on the lobbyists
Sir; Pressure groups and gurus dominate the food industry. Despite their rise to élite positions in society, they remain as outsider rebels because, as underdogs, they are not subject to investigation. This privilege has reached a peak of unfairness...
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Harsh realities of welfare hit a nerve with shoppers
Celebrity chefs' efforts to overhaul the way we think about chicken is getting through - 23,000 people are already behind our campaignWhen it comes to the chickens we eat in Britain, I'm beginning to think we may be on the verge of a...
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Our man from DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing