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NewsGerber Emig merges with Refresco to create soft drinks giant
Gerber Emig and Refresco have agreed to merge to create a soft drinks giant with a combined turnover of €2.3bn.
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NewsEU finds horsemeat in 5% of tested beef products
Random tests for horse DNA in European beef products found that less than 5% contained horsemeat, the European Commission announced today.
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NewsMüller Dairy names Coke's Bill Mathieson as commercial director
Müller Dairy has appointed Bill Mathieson, currently European vice president of sales and customer development at Coca Cola, as commercial director.
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NewsDouwe Egberts agrees sale to JAB for £6.4bn
Coffee giant Douwe Egberts has been bought by investment firm JAB Group for €7.5bn (£6.4bn).
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NewsTesco Great British Chefs app to teach kids cooking
Tesco is teaming up with award-winning cookery website Great British Chefs to launch an app encouraging kids to cook…
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NewsFSA closes down Welsh meat plant Farmbox Meats
The Food Standards Agency is to close down Welsh meat plant Farmbox Meats.
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NewsSmall businesses kept waiting eight weeks for payments
Small and medium-sized suppliers in the UK’s retail and distribution sector are being kept waiting up to eight weeks for payments, a new study has suggested.
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NewsIt's back and ... it's British: Anchor Cheddar to return
Four years after Anchor Cheddar was discontinued because it was not financially viable, Arla is bringing it back…
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NewsCider producers badly need warm weather
Continued cold weather may start to affect the cider category by delaying the apple growing and pollinating season…
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NewsAsda and P&G team up for clean drinking water drive
Asda has joined forces with Procter & Gamble to save “tens of thousands of lives” by providing clean water…
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NewsOcado streamlines sign-up process from 14 questions to four
Ocado has slashed the number of questions new customers have to answer in order to start shopping online…
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NewsFake tan sales down as Towie factor wears off
As a quick and cheap way to a healthy glow, fake tanning seemed the perfect answer to a series of washout summers…
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NewsAsda's IPL is revealed as bute corned beef supplier
Asda’s Smart Price corned beef, which contained phenylbutazone, was supplied through a wholly owned sourcing arm…
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NewsWine thieves at Hedonism foiled by new security tags
A posh wine shop has developed a sleek security tag so it can openly display bottles worth more than £100,000…
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NewsNoble Foods sale could tempt foreign buyers
The sale of Noble Foods will attract international buyers looking to replicate its success in UK free-range eggs…
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NewsMarfrig teams with Walmart on Amazon beef production
Marfrig and Walmart have embarked on a project to establish a blueprint for responsible beef production in the Amazon…
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NewsFlorette to switch on more TV advertising when sun shines
Florette aims to maximise sales this summer by increasing TV air time when the sun shines…
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NewsArdo scales up frozen produce pack capacity at Ashford
Ardo UK has invested £75,000 in its Ashford site in Kent to offer bulk packing of frozen fruit & veg to suppliers…
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NewsDoug Lamont takes reins at revamped Innocent as first ever CEO
Innocent’s first-ever CEO is Doug Lamont, The Grocer can reveal.The current director of marketing and innovation will step up to the newly created position to lead an eight-strong executive board, when co-founders Adam Balon, Richard Reed and Jon Wright step down next month from day-to-day responsibility after selling a majority ...
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NewsNisa CEO Turton: 'We'll more than fill Costcutter gap'
Nisa will more than fill the £500m sales gap left following the departure of Costcutter, CEO Neil Turton has declared…