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NewsChris Whitfield named Co-op Group retail and logistics director
Tesco Lotus’s store operations director, Chris Whitfield, is taking up the new role of retail and logistics director for The Co-operative Group’s food business early next year.
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NewsPeroni and Urquell drive 11% hike in Miller Brands UK revenue
A strong performance by world beer brands Peroni Nastro Azzuro and Pilsner Urquell has driven an 11% rise in Miller Brands UK revenues (less excise and similar taxes) in the six months to September.
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NewsAsda will not react to short-term tactics, pledges Clarke
Grocery market upheaval including the continued rise of the discounters was today described as an industry “shockwave” by Asda boss Andy Clarke.
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NewsAbergavenny aims to double its goats cheese production
Abergavenny Fine Food Company is aiming to more than double production of its goats cheese products…
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NewsAldi and Icelandic settle Saucy Fish 'copycat' case out of court
Aldi and Icelandic Seachill have reached an out-of-court settlement in their legal dispute over a copycat version of The Saucy Fish Co.
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NewsRowe's officially reopens its Cornish pasty factory
Family firm WC Rowe has reopened its pasty factory after a blaze forced it to halt production…
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NewsEat Natural aims at 'active' consumers with new protein bar
Eat Natural is hoping to tap the trend for protein-enriched products with a new snack bar…
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NewsBakkavor's UK growth outperforms the market with sales up 3.4%
Fresh prepared foods producer Bakkavor has seen its UK business outperform the market in its third quarter.
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NewsSainsbury's ad recreates WWI Christmas Day truce
Sainsbury’s has unveiled its 2014 Christmas ad offering - honing in on the 1914 Christmas Day truce between British and German soldiers in a highly-emotive advertising campaign
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NewsM&S and Interflora trademark battle continues
The 2013 High Court injunction effectively preventing Marks & Spencer from bidding on the Interflora trademark in the Google advertising programme AdWords remains in place, at least temporarily, the Court of Appeal has said.
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NewsOcado on recruitment drive to fill 1,000 jobs
Online supermarket Ocado has taken a leaf out of the Dogs Trust slogan ’a dog is for life not just for Christmas’, in its latest recruitment drive.
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NewsMorrisons to make availability key focus for Christmas
Morrisons is kicking off its Christmas marketing campaign on Friday with a 60-second ad - and has unveiled plans to make availability a key part of its festive strategy.
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NewsConviviality teams up with Scotmid for Scottish franchise
Scotmid Co-operative is poised to become Conviviality Retail’s exclusive Scottish franchise early next year.
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NewsSainsbury's reports half-year loss as it sets out strategic review
Sainsbury’s has reported a statutory pre-tax loss of £290m for the 28 weeks to 27 September 2014, as it warns the UK grocery market is changing faster than at any time in the past three decades.
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NewsMorrisons worker charged with fraud
Police have charged a Morrisons employee with fraud after a probe into the theft of payroll data relating to thousands of members of staff from the Bradford-based supermarket firm, the Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed.
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NewsJack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey extended into premix market
Jack Daniel’s has added a Tennessee Honey & Lemonade premix to its line-up.
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NewsGovernment: 'Retailers need to get set for display ban'
The Department of Health has appealed to retailers to start preparing for the tobacco display ban which comes into force across the UK on 6 April next year.
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NewsAction on Sugar claims a quarter of kid's juice drinks have as much sugar as Coca-Cola
More than a quarter of fruit juices, juice drinks an smoothies aimed at children contain as much or more sugar than Coca Cola, according to a new survey by Action on Sugar.
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NewsCheers: experts raise a glass to There's a Beer For That TV ad
Marketing experts who criticised last year’s TV ad for the beer industry’s generic marketing campaign have declared its successor a big improvement.