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NewsSpain blamed for ‘poison cucumber’ deaths
Spanish officials have hit back at claims that exported cucumbers from the country are to blame for an outbreak of food poisoning that has killed at least 14 people around Europe.
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NewsCo-ops start to benefit from Somerfield deal
Co-operatives are starting to reap the rewards of The Co-operative Group's acquisition of Somerfield. Trading profits and margins have boomed as the Co-operative Retail Trading Group leverages its bigger buying clout to forge stronger...
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News‘Crippled’ Eastenders sells its flagship depot
The owners of Eastenders cash & carry have been forced to sell off their flagship Barking depot after it was financially crippled by December's Customs raids. Customs officers swooped on six Eastenders depots in co-ordinated dawn...
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NewsWalker ‘still favourite’ to take over at Iceland
As newspaper reports confirmed a 'beauty parade' of financial advisors strongly linking Morrisons with a £1.5bn swoop for Iceland, Malcolm Walker is still the favourite to get his hands on the company he founded, a senior City source close to the...
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NewsLansley blasts mults over Responsibility Deal
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has launched a stinging attack on leading supermarket companies, accusing them of failing to take the Government¹s Responsibility Deal seriously enough.
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NewsE45 brand to target mature skin market
Reckitt Benckiser is hoping to grow the 'mature' adult body moisturiser market with an E45 brand extension. E45 Endless Moisture Derma Restore (rsp £4.59/200ml), which is going into stores now, is designed to deliver short and long-term...
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NewsSainsbury’s £50 meal planner scheme gets off to ‘great start’
Sainsbury's has claimed its Feed Your Family For £50 meal planner has boosted sales and driven traffic to its website. The retailer launched the meal planner earlier this month, providing a list of ingredients and menu cards for a family...
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NewsKopparberg unveils first UK TV advert
Swedish cider brand Kopparberg is hitting the UK's TVs and radios for the first time next month. A £5m ad campaign up from £3m in 2010 will run from 6 June to September and will include outdoor, digital and print activity.
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Costcutter enters Africa with store in Morocco
The Costcutter fascia is set to make its debut in Africa through a joint venture between three UK retailers, The Grocer can reveal. Sunstar Group, Thothaal Group and Payless Group each of which own a number of Costcutter stores in London...
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Focus On Oils: Algal oil not just a novelty food
Algae may not be particularly pretty, but it can produce up to 300 times more oil per acre than the likes of rapeseed and soybeans, several times a year, and it could be heading this way.
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Costco suffers another fall in pre-tax profits
Costco UK’s pre-tax profits fell for the second consecutive year last year as the wholesaler continued to face competition from supermarket deals and customers move away from big-ticket items. Pre-tax profits slipped 5.1% to £20.9m, on sales up 2.3% to £1.44bn…
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NewsGalloway Cheddar to get refreshed appeal
Lactalis is to revamp its Galloway Cheddar brand in a bid to grow its appeal to younger families. New packaging rolling out in July will highlight the brand's Scottish provenance and taste credentials. The relaunch will be backed by a...
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NewsOlympics is our biggest challenge ever says FSA
The Food Standards Agency has launched a crackdown on "unsafe" retail outlets near venues holding events at the London 2012 Olympics. Food business operators in or close to the 30 or so venues mostly in London but some as far away as...
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NewsSpirits bottles shrinking in size as tax hikes bite
First Drinks is expanding the number of smaller pack sizes in its spirits portfolio ahead of an anticipated price rise of almost 30% in larger formats across the category over the next three to five years. First Drinks, which markets...
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NewsFocus On Oils: Extending the olive branch
Despite pricing volatility and a fall in promotional activity, shoppers continue to flock to the oil fixture – particularly for olive oil. It’s all down to NPD and added value, finds John Porter
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NewsNestlé seeks a place for Buxton water at the breakfast table
Nestlé Waters is looking for a slice of the breakfast drinks market with a new campaign urging consumers to quench their 'morning thirst' with Buxton. It is providing 5,000 PoS shelf-edge wobblers to independent retailers and revealed it...
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NewsFPC considers collective buying to help growers
The Fresh Produce Consortium is consulting on whether it should create a 'collective purchasing consortium' to help fruit & veg growers and suppliers cope with soaring raw materials costs. If the plans go ahead, the FPC would start...
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NewsNPA to ‘shame’ mults if new letter campaign fails
The National Pig Association is considering a national ad campaign to 'name and shame' supermarkets that do not do enough to support British pig farmers after a warning letter to retailers failed to get the hoped-for response.
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NewsNew York Style pita chip set to challenge Warburtons snacks
The baked snacks aisle is hotting up. Under the New York style brand, Greek-owned company Chipita will launch into the UK for the first time, taking on Warburtons Baked Pitta Chips and other rivals in this emerging category.
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NewsKung Fu Panda kicks off first kids Cheddar launch
First Milk is looking to harness significant amounts of pester power in the dairy aisle this summer, when it launches a new brand of kids' cheese in partnership with Kung Fu Panda and Shrek-maker Dreamworks.