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NewsBlackstone and BC buddy up for joint Birds Eye bid
Private equity giants Blackstone and BC Partners will today put in a joint bid for Birds Eye maker Iglo Group.
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NewsDeal-hungry Symington’s snaps up Victoria Foods
Leeds based Symington’s has acquired family-owned baking business Victoria Foods.
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NewsBritish blueberries make early bow at Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s has started selling British blueberries three months earlier than last year – and its work with British growers is set to yield the biggest blueberry crop yet.
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NewsLumley fronts dairy cow welfare push
Joanna Lumley is fronting a new campaign to improve the welfare of European dairy cows.
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NewsJubilee knees-up is worth £200m to grocery trade
Grocery retailers got a £200m boost from the Jubilee, the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel shows.
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NewsMorrisons boosts corporate assurance team
Morrisons has signed up Loblaw’s food safety chief Andrew Clappen to the new position of corporate technical services director.
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NewsDunsmore joins gluten-free Genius as non-exec
Genius Foods has appointed John Dunsmore as a non-executive director.
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NewsA hundred jobs go after closure of Bakery Products
More than 100 staff have been made redundant at Bakery Products, which fell into administration earlier this month.
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NewsRadio 2 is best mood music for happy cows
Keen gardeners have long been known to talk to their plants to help them grow, but on British farms it’s a case of a little less conversation and a little more music.
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NewsShoppers follow advice to ‘make friends’ with their fridge
Brits are heeding food safety experts’ advice to treat their fridge as their ‘friend’, with most now chilling perishable items such as butter and eggs.
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NewsKerry abandons the Porkinson sausage
Kerry Foods abandon the Porkinson sausage to ‘focus on core brands’
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NewsMorrisons 'looking at' Costcutter acquisition
Morrisons has held exploratory talks with Costcutter as it seeks to gain a proper foothold in the convenience market…
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NewsUK exports to Greece fall after trade credit insurers suspend cover
As the Greeks go to the polls this weekend to vote in a new government, figures show that food exports…
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NewsCoat of Varnish for Ocado vans
Cycling world record holder and British Olympic medal hopeful Jess Varnish has created three colourful designs for Ocado’s delivery vans.
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NewsCity news 16 June 2012
The headlines were about Sainsbury’s beating Tesco this week, but investors took a different view, punishing Sainsbury’s instead.
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A bad week for bakery: two large companies go into administration
The bakery sector was left reeling this week after two well-known chains - Peters Bakery and Bakery Products - collapsed into administration.
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NewsNew lights help cut energy bill by 22%
A Costcutter retailer in Southport is reaping the rewards of signing up to British Gas’ Business Energy Insight initiative.
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NewsRelex says it can give Brits 99% availability
On-shelf availability in British supermarkets is unacceptably low, according to a demand forecasting company that opened for business in the UK this week.
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NewsBargain Booze improves energy efficiency
Bargain Booze retailers are reaping the rewards of going green.