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NewsThe wine world’s great secret heads for London
The profile of Lebanese wines "one of the wine world's great secrets," according to one Master of Wine is set to be boosted by its debut appearance at the London International Wine Fair. Generic body, Wines of Lebanon, will be attending...
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Stonegate shells out for organic specialist
Stonegate has snapped up specialist Farmhouse Freedom Eggs in a move the supplier claims will bolster its position in Wales. Based on the outskirts of Usk in Wales, Farmhouse Freedom specialises in packing free range and organic eggs and...
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NewsTesco’s Price Check becomes ‘just the difference’
Tesco has cut back its promise to refund double the difference on products bought for less at Asda. The retailer will now refund only the difference, having claimed shoppers were misusing the promotion in a bid to make money.
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NewsSchofield calls time on Premier tenure
Shares in Premier Foods rose 4% in early trading today following the news that chief executive Robert Schofield is to retire. Schofield, who has held the top job since 2002, will hand over the reins as soon as a successor is appointed “or no later than 28 April 2012”.
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NewsHighland Spring claims record market share
Highland Spring grew sales of its sparkling water by 8% in 2010, the company said today. It also claimed to have achieved a record 14.1% share of the market.
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NewsEFB snaps up 37 stores from Oddbins administrator
European Food Brokers has bought 37 of the Oddbins stores still open from the off licence chain’s administrator. Deloitte said it was engaged in discussions and “confident of an imminent deal” on the remaining 48 open stores.
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NewsExtra share for Kingsmill but Associated profits are flat
Kingsmill maker Associated British Foods reported a rise in group revenues for the past six months but warned that sugar production costs would weigh on profitability in the second half of the year. Group sales were up 9% to £5.21bn in the 24 weeks to 5 March, while pre-tax profits ...
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Nestlé recalls Milkybar Buttons
Stores have been told to clear a range of Milkybar Buttons products from shelves after a consumer found a piece of rubber in a pack. Nestlé issued a recall order this week and has established that the rubber came from a production line belt at one of its manufacturing facilities.
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NewsTesco and M&S targeted in Thanet Earth workers’ protest
Protestors dressed as vegetables will descend on Tesco and Marks & Spencer tomorrow in a bid to draw attention to working conditions at Thanet Earth. Officials from Unite vowed to “take the fight to the top of the food chain” to bring attention to what it claimed were “sweatshop” conditions ...
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NewsTrashed Tesco at centre of Bristol riot
A Tesco Express in Bristol was left badly damaged over the bank holiday weekend as police clashed with protestors opposed to the new store.
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NewsNPD fuels sales boost to settle Reckitt wobbles
Reckitt Benckiser has credited new products including Dettol No Touch soap and the wasabi-infused Strepsils Warm for robust sales growth in the past three months.
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NewsHaldanes snaps up Midlands bakery Woodhead
Haldanes has swooped to buy Scarborough-based Woodhead Bakery in a move that will bring production of its freshly baked items in-house. The retail chain also adds 11 stores to its footprint after taking over Woodhead, a family-run business that had slipped into administration.
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NewsMorrisons and Waitrose join heavyweight campaign to beat fish discards
A heavyweight coalition comprising some of the UK's biggest retailers and seafood suppliers has come together to push for a more sustainable seafood supply chain. Retailer members of the Sustainable Seafood Coalition include Morrisons, The Co-operative Group, Waitrose and Marks & Spencer.
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NewsMorrisons offers patriotic petrol with ‘Fuel Britannia’ stunt
Morrisons has knocked 6p off a litre of petrol or diesel for customers spending £40 or more at stores from this week until May 8. The Fuel Britannia deal would beat recent offers introduced by Sainsbury’s and The Co-operative Group, the retailer claimed.
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NewsFamily fortunes dip again in March
Family spending power continued to decline last month, according to the Asda Income Tracker. The average family had discretionary income of £172 a week in March – down 5.6% on March 2010, or around £10 a week.
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NewsClarke concedes ‘We must do better’ as Tesco falters in fourth quarter
Tesco has admitted it must do better in its home market after UK sales fell in the final three months of the year. Profits at the retail giant rose by more than 12% to a record £3.8bn in the year to 26 February. But Tesco again relied on its overseas business to drive much of the growth, with profits at its Asian business up 17%.
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NewsCoalition takes on retailers over ‘best before’ labels
Retailers have warned that coalition plans to axe ‘best before’ labels from food are not a “silver bullet” for defeating waste. The government is set to issue new guidance to retailers urging them to minimise their use of the labels.
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NewsNHS removes false babyfood advice as The Grocer wades in
Health chiefs panicked into incorrectly advising parents not to give infants rice-based babyfood following media "scaremongering" over a Swedish report this week but after The Grocer alerted them, it has rectified the error.
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NewsC-stores furious over red tape stigma for Sunday trading regulations
Small store owners have slammed the government for attempting to bring an end to existing Sunday trading rules under the guise of reducing red tape.
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NewsHMRC must return its Eastenders raid haul
Customs officials have been ordered to hand back the documents, invoices and computers they seized from six Eastenders cash & carry depots during dawn raids in December after a court ruled that search warrants should not have been granted in the...