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NewsFive years on, Tyrrells ends that Tesco spat
Tyrrells crisps will be appearing on Tesco shelves from today (19 September) - five years after a row in which former owner Will Chase threatened to sue the retailer for selling its products via the grey market. The full Tyrrells range will be going...
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NewsSoho C&C increases its floorspace 150%
Today's Group member Soho Cash & Carry has closed one of its three Midlands depots and moved into a bigger 45,000 sq ft facility. The multimillion-pound facility in Smethwick has increased its floorspace 150% and would allow it to...
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Waitrose targeting Tesco rather than Ocado inside M25
Waitrose MD Mark Price claims the retailer's expansion of its online service into London will steal market share from Tesco not Ocado. Describing Ocado as a "business partner", Price said his goal was for Waitrose and Ocado to overtake...
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Tesco baffled as ASA bans sausage advert
Tesco said it was "baffled" by the ASA's decision this week to ban a TV ad for its Butcher's Choice sausages. The watchdog upheld four complaints that challenged whether the ad, showing pigs roaming in a field and walking freely in a...
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NewsRustlers back in Tesco after two-year break
Rustlers burgers will return to Tesco's shelves next month after a two-year break as Kepak Conven-ience Foods ramps up NPD and distribution in a bid to double the size of the business in the next five years. All of Kepak's products were...
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NewsHeinz learns messing with a classic brand can leave a bitter aftertaste
Does the public furore aroused by Heinz and Twinings mean brands will always generate bad PR when they reformulate, asks Vince Bamford
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NewsOlympic hygiene deal aims to ward off E.coli
Government fears that the Olympics will be hit by an E.coli outbreak have been used as evidence to help bring in sweeping new powers for local authorities over retailers.
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Dobbies aligns structure with parent Tesco
Tesco-owned Dobbies Garden Centre has made changes to its board to "align the company with the Tesco group structure" following the change in registration from plc to limited company this month. Kevin Grace, Tesco UK property director,...
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MPs attack high price of gluten-free
Free-from supplier Genius has defended the price of gluten-free bread after the products came under fire in the Houses of Parliament. During a debate on coeliac disease, MP Gordon Banks said gluten-free bread cost 833% more than standard....
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NewsCan Fairtrade help UK farmers bag a fairer retail deal?
Within weeks of Tesco escalating the milk wars by rolling out its Creamfields brand to whole and semi-skimmed, the Fairtrade Foundation is working on a groundbreaking initiative with British farmers to see whether elements of the Fairtrade model...
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NewsA new look and taste for Benecol yoghurts
McNeil Nutritionals has overhauled its cholesterol-lowering brand Benecol with a new look and new products. The company has added more prominent food photography to packs and softened their teal colouring to improve stand-out on shelf and...
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NewsBestway puts CC cider in can
Bestway has added a 500ml can to its range of own-label apple cider, Country Choice. The can is price marked at 69p and offers retailers a 25.4% margin. It joins the line-up of two and three litre bottles.
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NewsFrijj flaunts freshness with blue bottle caps
Dairy Crest is adding a light blue cap to bottles of Frijj to emphasise the milk shake's freshness, part of a wider redesign to boost the brand's on-shelf impact. Bottles bearing the new caps which replace white ones will be in-store...
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NewsBooker continues to outrun the market with more sales growth
Cash & carry giant Booker has continued to outpace the grocery market and recorded growth well above inflation.
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NewsSainsbury’s in Braille first
Sainsbury's has become the UK's first supermarket to introduce Braille on shelf barkers. Bethan Wilson, the manager of its at its Woolton store in Liverpool, came up with the idea to improve the shopping experience for her blind and...
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NewsBrand revamp pays off as sales of Sunbites finally get moving
Walkers appears to have finally unlocked the key to selling healthier crisps, as year-on-year sales of its wholegrain snack Sunbites rocketed 74% last month following a brand revamp. In 2010, PepsiCo pledged to deliver 1.7 billion...
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NewsLu Lin and LPV brew up the cubic teabag
We've had round, square and pyramid now the cube-shaped teabag is here. Fifteen years after Unilever claimed a market first with PG Tips Pyramid, tea importer LPV International is introducing a cube-shaped teabag under the Chinese Lu Lin...
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NewsRetailers unite to fight campylobacter threat
Eight of the country's biggest food retailers and the three largest chicken processors have joined forces to tackle the most common cause of food poisoning campylobacter in raw meat. Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, The Co-operative...
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NewsCollier’s turns Celtic with Mature Cheddar launch
Fayrefield Foods has extended its overarching Collier's brand beyond Collier's Powerful Welsh Cheddar for the first time by quietly launching a new variant, Collier's Mature Celtic Cheddar. Until now, the dairy giant only sold Collier's...