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NewsLandmark hits out at Asda for selling Bud 24-pack for £11
Landmark Wholesale MD Martin Williams has slammed Asda for selling lager at a "dramatically cheaper" price than wholesalers can buy it for directly from suppliers. Asda has been selling 24 bottles of 300ml Budweiser for £11 on Rollback...
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NewsHolland & Barrett adds sweet sense of theatre to new store
Holland & Barrett is pushing further into traditional grocery categories with a trial of pick’n’mix and novel food dispensers at its largest-ever new store in Richmond. The 2,600 sq ft shop, which opened this week, features peanut…
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NewsBrits get adventurous with more exotic fruit
Brits are getting increasingly adventurous in the fruit aisle, with exotics such as pomegranates and persimmons thriving while sales of better-known exotics such as mangoes and pineapples are declining. Total volumes for these...
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NewsSakata aims to repeat Oz success story in UK
PepsiCo is bringing a taste of the Orient to the UK with a new range of Japanese rice crackers. The Sakata Rice Crackers brand, worth almost £33m in Australia, has hit UK shelves for the first time in a trial at Waitrose. The four-strong...
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NewsAppleby Westward shuts last Eurospar
Appleby Westward is to close its third and final Eurospar this month after it failed to make a profit. Some 24 jobs will be lost when the Liskeard store shuts on 28 October. A spokesman said the company had invested...
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Irwin’s Irish Batch Bread rolls into Asda
Northern Irish bakery Irwin's has won its first listing in England for its Irish Batch bread. The bread, rolling into 150 Asda stores across England now, is made using traditional recipes and is not baked in individual tins but at the...
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NewsYeo Valley boy band The Churned racks up social media hits
Yeo Valley latest ad, featuring 'boy band' The Churned, has taken the social media world by storm. By Tuesday lunchtime fewer than three days after the ad first aired during a break in The X Factor The Churned's 'Forever' had received 249,004 views on...
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NewsPosh traditional beef range for Morrisons
Morrisons is set to launch a new premium range of beef from traditional British breeds in the wake of research conducted at the farm it runs in partnership with the Prince of Wales. The retailer has recruited 200 British farmers to...
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NewsEFB is behind deal for Oddbins brand name
European Food Brokers has purchased the rights to the Oddbins brand name and website.
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NewsWenisch to implement big growth plan at Nom
Nom UK CEO David Potts is leaving the business at the end of 2011 ahead of a major expansion drive by the yoghurt maker. His role is not being replaced and responsibility for UK operations is passing to the company's international CEO...
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NewsFocus On Cakes & Biscuits: Let them eat biscuits
Own label is having its cake and eating it, but in the biscuit barrel brands are on top – with the upshot that biscuit sales are outgrowing those of cake. Samantha Lyster reports
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Focus On Cakes & Biscuits: McVitie's signs up to the cult of Jaffa
This July, Jaffa Cakes launched its biggest digital effort yet. Activity centred on two microsites, 'Cult of Jaffa' and 'The Jaffa Cake Broadcasting Corporation' - one inviting fans to help protect Jaffa Cakes from the likes of the House of Garibaldi, the other a spoof news site, and both fully ...
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Focus On Cakes & Biscuits: Innovations
These brightly-decorated balls of cake made their debut at the Speciality & Fine Food Fair this year. PopKakery co-founder Melissa Damjanovic developed the idea in America before importing it to the UK.
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NewsBooths to offer online service at MediaCity
Booths is to start selling food online for the first time next week. The upmarket northern supermarket chain is due to open a new store in Salford Quays on Wednesday, at MediaCityUK, the new home for the BBC and ITV.
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NewsMagners gives bottles a new look
A new look designed to give Magners a modern feel is being rolled out across the cider range. Brand owner C&C Group said the label had been updated with new graphics that reflected the heritage of the Magners cider mill in Clonmel,...
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NewsSoothing herbal Lull gets buyers excited
One of the British success stories of the show was ‘chill-out’ drink Lull, which attracted global interest. Launched in the UK during the summer, the sparkling soft drink is made from kiwi and berries and has botanical extracts designed…
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As recommended intakes rise, Lansley calls for calorie cut
The government is expecting the food and drink industry to sign pledges to slash the calories in an average shopping basket by up to 5%, and has warned it will consider a fat tax if retailers and suppliers fail.Health secretary Andrew...
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NewsClarke: Netto conversion is ‘fantastic innovation’
Asda’s CEO claimed this week that its converted Netto stores had begun to recoup the £778m splashed out by Walmart.
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NewsCod suppliers to push for higher retail prices
Cod suppliers are bracing themselves for tough price negotiations with supermarkets as rising raw material prices put retail prices and pack weights under pressure. The wholesale price of fresh Norwegian cod fillets has risen 20% in the...