All news articles – Page 2755
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NewsToiletries supplier Intamarque boosted by The Range and P&G
Toiletries distributor Intamarque has recorded a 26% jump in sales as it continues to scoop up new business. Turnover grew to £29.7m in the year to 31 May, while profits increased by 24.8% to £1.46m, giving it a profit margin of 4.9%....
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NewsBored of the usual ketchups? Why not try out...bacon jam?
Britain's best convenience store is looking for listings for wait for it bacon jam. The Village Stores in Walthamstow named the best c-store in the country at the 2011 Convenience Retail Awards (organised by Convenience Store and The...
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Focus On Speciality & Fine Foods: Innovation born out of recession
A quintessentially British show and a melting pot for new products. That's how the organisers of the Speciality & Fine Food Fair see their 12th annual event. Over the years it has provided the perfect platform for artisanal producers keen to...
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NewsBranded Cheddar hit by own label upsurge
Sales of branded Cheddar have taken a serious hit as cash-strapped shoppers increasingly look to own-label products to manage price inflation. Over the past year, volume sales of branded Cheddar have declined 3.2%, to 100,425 tonnes,...
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NewsOcado and Daylesford build virtual farm shop
Daylesford is launching an online farm shop on the Ocado website next week, using technology that could soon create a “virtual high street”.
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NewsKeep Team GB Pumped, urges Cadbury
Cadbury has unveiled the latest activity in its build-up to the Olympics and is hoping to get Brits singing to inspire our athletes.
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NewsSpanish cherry sales hit record level in UK
Spanish cherry growers have sold 70% more picota cherries in the UK this season than they did in 2010. According to estimates from the Cereza de Jerte Denomination of Origin Regulatory Council, out of an export total of 7,000 tonnes, a...
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NewsTesco chops milk prices to counter discounters
Tesco has responded to the resurgence of the discounters by switching its Creamfields discount brand to semi-skimmed milk and whole milk for the first time. Following the move, four pints of semi-skimmed and whole milk will be available...
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News‘Grown by women’ coffee line launched
Cafédirect co-founder Equal Exchange is launching a range of eight Fairtrade and organic coffees sourced from women farmers. The range, which carries a flash saying "coffee grown by women", launches next month in dark, medium, decaf,...
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Waitrose.com learns ‘common sense’
Waitrose has promised to add "common sense" features to its problem-plagued online delivery site admitting that the platform was not built to remember shopper addresses or their local branches. New users currently have to complete an...
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Midcounties Co-op sells News Express
Midcounties Co-operative Society has sold its CTN business News Express to Dave's Discount Group, the owner of the trade names Thresher, Victoria Wine, The Local and Bottoms Up. Dave's, which has off-licences, Post Offices and...
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Leighton leaves Selfridges to focus elsewhere
Ex-Asda boss Allan Leighton has resigned as deputy chairman of Selfridges, trimming his list of directorships to five. Leighton, who took up the role at Selfridges in January 2004, has a lot on his plate. Most recently, he joined Pace as...
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NewsHarvest Pale success leads to Tesco listing
Sales of Camra's 2010 supreme champion beer of Britain have doubled in the past 12 months and are predicted to double again following a national listing with Tesco. Sales of 4.3% abv pale ale Harvest Pale have risen to £500,000 since it...
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NewsWhitehall vows 'no fat tax' as study warns of soaring obesity
The government has ruled out imposing a ‘fat tax’ on food companies – despite a new study warning that almost half of British men will be obese by 2030.
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NewsAngry Earl Grey drinkers demand return of Twinings' old blend
Furious tea drinkers have slammed Twinings for changing the taste of its Earl Grey and are demanding the company reinstate the old version. Twinings has been attacked by consumers after revamping its Earl Grey in April this year by adding...
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NewsShoppers ignoring extra organic products in mults
Shoppers continue to desert the organic aisles in their droves even though there are more products on supermarket shelves for them to choose from. Sales have fallen for the third year in a row, by 5.8% to £847m a drop of almost 25% from...
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NewsOFT to look at merger of mushroom growers
The OFT has launched a merger inquiry into the acquisition of Sussex Mushrooms by Monaghan Mushrooms. The competition regulator announced on Tuesday (24 August) that it was seeking comment from interested parties on any competition or...
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NewsUK ‘resilient’ as emerging markets fuel Diageo growth
Rapid growth in emerging markets was the key driver as Diageo posted a 5% rise in operating profits for the past year to £2.88bn.
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NewsFood sales slide at The Co-op as Marks laments ‘toughest market in 40 years’
The Co-operative Group has blamed intense competition, faltering consumer confidence and government spending cuts for a sharp fall in sales at its food business.
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NewsOcado pioneers ‘shopping wall’ technology in London shopping centre
Ocado will this week unveil a ‘shopping wall’ in London that lets passers-by do their grocery shopping by scanning barcodes with their mobile phones.