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NewsBag-in-box wines have shrunk in size and price
Wine suppliers and retailers are reducing the size of their wine boxes in a bid to hit lower price points. Value sales of Sainsbury's bag-in-box wines have increased 5% in the five weeks since the end of May, when it shifted all of its...
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NewsFood on Home Bargains site
Home Bargains has taken its first step into food retail on the web less than a month after it started to sell non-food online. The TJ Morris-owned discounter said that by offering chocolate or biscuits at reduced prices on the site, such…
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NewsCapacity constraints blamed for Ocado downgrade by City
Ocado shares sank to an all-time low this week after a downgrade from joint house broker Goldman Sachs sparked a sell-off. Shares bottomed out on Tuesday at 116p from a high of 152p a week earlier, beating a previous low of 125p last…
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News‘Looters tried to cash in stolen scratchcards’
A hard-working newsagent whose store was looted and torched has been left scared and sickened after thugs who stole scratchcards went to his other store to collect their ‘winnings’.
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NewsKellogg’s Mini Max to mix up cereal category
A fortnight after Post announced its entry to the UK market with Honey Bunches of Oats, Kellogg’s has unveiled Mini Max its first new kids’ cereal since Honey Nut Loops launched more than 20 years ago. Kellogg’s believes the cereal,…
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NewsJames offers mainstream cheese range
In a departure from his artisan cheese credentials, Blur bassist Alex James has launched a mainstream range of cheeses exclusively into Asda stores. The Alex James Presents... range comprises four flavoured Cheddar wedges including one...
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NewsNorwich’s co-op wine shop
East of England Co-operative Society has opened its first wine merchants. Le Château, which opened last week in Norwich, is “a modern concept store coupled with the high-quality service of a traditional wine merchants”. As well as beers,…
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Co-op Group’s electrical offer gets a push
The Co-operative Group is placing small electrical goods alongside its food offer for the first time. Trials are being conducted at the retailer’s Leek, Holmfirth, Mablethorpe, Maryport and Irlams O’ Th’ Height stores. ‘Tech…
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Production starts at Co-op’s milk group
The Co-operative's long-awaited milk group has finally launched. The Co-op's new dairy group is being operated by Robert Wiseman Dairies and comprises 230 British dairy farms, which supply liquid milk into the Co-op's stores. Each...
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NewsNew Covent Garden revamps as it feels the heat from rivals
New Covent Garden Soup Co is launching a £5m brand overhaul in a bid to boost lacklustre sales. Sales of its 32-strong soup range have risen 2% in the past year to £59m, a sluggish performance compared with own label (up 25% to £72m),...
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NewsLidl: reports of direct sourcing raise hopes
Banana Link has expressed hope that Lidl will take a less price-focused stance in its banana sourcing, following reports that the discounter has switched to direct sourcing of the fruit. Earlier this month, German newspaper Lebensmittel...
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NewsYoung’s hooks Jamie for new frozen range
Young's Seafood has been praised by rivals for injecting some much needed value into the frozen fish category with its new Jamie Oliver range. The 12-strong line-up, which hits shelves next month, is Oliver's first major retail...
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Joseph Heler targets the Muslim market
Cheesemaker Joseph Heler is set to boost its sales to Muslim consumers as a result of its new halal certification. Heler was assessed by the European Halal Development Agency, with all aspects of its cheese production evaluated. Heler...
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NewsWholesalers rally to help shattered stores
Wholesalers have quietly rallied round to help customers devastated by last week’s riots. They were reluctant to go into detail because they did not want customers to be identified as victims of crime and the measures were not intended to…
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NewsSERT-MST supports our Heroes with launch of toiletries range
SERT-MST has announced plans to raise money for Help for Heroes with a new range of toiletries. The products, which include a bath soak, body wash, hand soap and lotion, will be produced in the UK by three different suppliers, and will be…
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NewsMorrisons is hit by Twitter trickery in Tunbridge Wells
Morrisons was the unwitting victim of a Twitter hoax aimed at residents of Tunbridge Wells this week. CEO Dalton Philips has written to residents in the town after fake Twitter account @Morrisons_PLC taunted residents over a former…
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NewsWaitrose takes Duchy Originals to Spain
Waitrose has signed a deal to take Duchy Originals to the Continent. It will supply Spanish department store El Corte Inglés with the upmarket range, which Waitrose acquired in 2009.
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NewsMarco’s range dropped as Bernard Matthews changes tack
Bernard Matthews Farms has ditched its Marco Pierre White-branded line of turkey steaks and joints just six months after launch, after the chef’s range failed to generate enough sales. At the same time, the company is getting rid of its…
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NewsUK fruit under threat from a new type of fly
The last thing you want when you bite into a piece of fruit is to be confronted by a maggot - or worse, half of one - but more of us will soon be in danger with the arrival on these shores of a particularly nasty fruit fly.
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Herring roe is new beans on toast, says Waitrose
Beans on toast are taking a back seat as shoppers roll back the years with an old-fashioned alternative: herring roe. Sales of the fish at Waitrose are up 39% over the equivalent period last year.