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NewsCanned sweetcorn prices likely to soar as shortages loom
Shoppers could soon be left without sweetcorn for tuna sandwiches as suppliers warn of looming shortages and higher prices for the canned product.
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NewsBrothers Cider makes canned debut
Brothers Cider is now available in cans for the first time. Eight-packs of the 440ml cans are already available to the off trade, with 12-packs due out later this month.
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NewsSAB Miller finance chief Wyman calls it a day
Malcolm Wyman, the chief financial officer at SAB Miller, is to retire at the end of August. He spent 25 years with the brewing giant, including a decade as finance chief.
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NewsSainsbury’s: £50 to feed your family for a week
Sainsbury’s has launched a major advertising campaign telling shoppers they can feed a family of four for an entire week for just £50. Three-page colour adverts today appear in papers including The Daily Telegraph and The Times, in a renewed bid by the supermarket to push its value credentials.
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NewsSainsbury’s gears up to launch mobile coupons
Sainsbury's is hoping to become the first supermarket retailer to offer consumers money-saving vouchers via their mobile phones. Speaking exclusively to The Grocer, group development director Darren Shapland revealed that Sainsbury's was...
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NewsEaster scorcher turns up the heat on Thorntons
Easter sales at Thorntons were down by more than a fifth from last year thanks to the recent hot weather. Like-for-like sales in the key Easter period were down 22.8%, the confectioner said today.
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World News 30/4/11
US: Walmart has acquired social networking company Kosmix for an undisclosed sum in a major bid to grow its online and mobile shopping businesses. Kosmix has developed a platform that filters and organises content in social...
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NewsAll About Food takes La Tasca sauces to UK dining room tables
All About Food is targeting what it describes as the "untapped" market for Spanish cooking sauces with its latest restaurant link-up. The company, which produces Pizza Express, Nando's and Wagamama grocery products, is to launch a...
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NewsThe Honey Monster in vanishing act
For the first time in 35 years, the Honey Monster is disappearing from Sugar Puffs packs. But fear not, the furry fella has only been removed temporarily for promotional purposes. The Find Honey Monster campaign offers...
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NewsBaby Zilli adds some zing to baby drinks category
Aldo Zilli's babyfood brand is hoping to reinvigorate the declining baby drinks market with the launch of an organic range. The Baby Zilli drinks will hit supermarkets from mid-June in: apple; summer fruits; orange, mango & apple;...
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NewsCollier’s takes to Twitter after Sainsbury’s axing
Collier's Powerful Welsh Cheddar hopes to mobilise shoppers to lobby more supermarkets into stocking the brand following its delisting by Sainsbury's last month. The Fayrefield Foods brand is using Facebook and Twitter to get consumers to...
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NewsCeuta defies chequered past of brokerage with a new agency
A new sales and marketing agency has been launched to capitalise on an anticipated rise in the number of companies looking to outsource the management of non-core brands. Go2Grocery, a division of health and beauty agency Ceuta Group, is...
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Focus On Soft Drinks: A credible alternative to booze?
Adults have arguably been under-represented in the soft drinks aisles. But the increased penetration of sophisticated brands such as Bottlegreen and Belvoir in mainstream retail is beginning to change that.
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NewsKooks plans growth with mum appeal
The creators of new baked vegetable snack Kooks are hoping the product will prove a hit with kids and their mums. The cheese-flavoured corn puff-style snack, which contains rice and eight vegetables, and no artificial colours or…
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NewsAsda goes for Cornish Crystal spuds
Asda has introduced Cornish Crystal potatoes to its Extra Special range. The potatoes have a creamy, soft and tender flesh with a fluffy skin. Grown in Cornwall and supplied through QV Foods, they are harvested about two…
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NewsWarbies bagged snack back with new identity
Warburtons has returned to the snacks arena 10 months after a fire stopped production of its new SnackaDoodle and Chippidy DooDaa lines but it has dropped one brand and radically revamped the other.
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NewsHaldanes’ new bakery to supply retail estate
Fast-growing supermarket chain Haldanes has become vertically integrated after snapping up a bakery. The chain, which was formed in November 2009 but already has more than 50 stores, acquired Woodhead Bakery and 11 of its 29 retail...
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NewsHottest Easter since records began puts eggs in meltdown
Easter confectionery sales were "hammered" by the hot weather as shoppers swapped chocolate for a cold beer over the Easter Bank Holiday. As the mercury hit 27.8C, during the hottest Easter since records began, sources revealed Easter...
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NewsRival suppliers put in their bids for Loseley
Ice cream suppliers are picking over the bones of Loseley Dairy Ice Cream after it was put into administration last week. Earlier this month, The Grocer revealed rival suppliers were running the slide rule over the company after venture...
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Focus On Soft Drinks: Giant brands thinking big with health
In 2010, PepsiCo shook up the soft drinks industry when it pledged to make 65% of its carbonated soft drinks sugar-free by 2012.