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NewsSeabrook boosted by £6m fund for growth
Seabrook Crisps has secured additional banking facilities as it ramps up plans to boost distribution in the South. The family-owned company has agreed extra funding of up to £6m with its existing bank HSBC to help pursue its five-year...
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NewsAah! Bisto and Oxo in squeezy tubes debut
Premier Foods is claiming a category first for new concentrated pastes of stock and gravy launching under its Oxo and Bisto brands in the popular squeezy tube format.
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NewsFuture of Alworths in doubt after bailiffs shut Llandudno store
The future of Alworths, the variety chain formed following the collapse of Woolworths, was thrown into doubt this week as bailiffs temporarily seized one of its stores, and it emerged a partner at restructuring specialist Hilco UK had been...
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NewsPlum launches new yoghurts for babies
Plum is hoping to challenge Danone and Nestlé in the yoghurt aisle with a new line-up under its organic babyfood brand. The Fruity Yogurt range, available now from Tesco, Waitrose and Ocado, contains a higher percentage of fruit than its...
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NewsCellier des Dauphins fights back for French
Rhône producer Cellier des Dauphins is launching Les Dauphins, a new "highly promotable, volume driving" wine brand specifically for the multiples. Les Dauphins carries a retail price of £7.99, which can be promoted to £5, according to...
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NewsPersil washing-up liquid is back with a fruity look
Persil washing-up-liquid which was axed by Unilever 14 months ago is being resurrected this month with a new look and formula. In November 2009 the range was the highest-profile victim of Unilever's strategy to reduce its number of...
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NewsCall to back UK meat as EU/Mercosur deal looms
Retailers and consumers are being urged to show their support for British beef and poultry as a new trade deal threatens to bring in floods of cheap imports from South America. The NFU this week said it was important that consumers were...
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NewsBattered mackerel hits the multiples
Young’s has unveiled details of its new battered mackerel as it announced the first listings in Tesco and Morrisons.
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NewsPicture This... Rugby gets even beefier
A Highland bull calf, pictured with Scots rugby players Chris Paterson and Ross Ford, made its way to Murrayfield last week to celebrate a tie-up between Quality Meat Scotland and Scottish Rugby that will see top Scottish Rugby players inspire...
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NewsBirds Eye has a fresh stab at natural frozen seafood
Less than a year and a half after axing its natural seafood range Naked & Natural, Birds Eye is entering the fray once more, with Catch Fresh, a range of frozen prawns it believes could become a £15m brand within three years. The...
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Taj boss rules out return to SaboTaj site
Brighton-based independent retailer Taj has moved to quash rumours that it is considering reopening a store in the city if Sainsbury's fails to secure an alcohol licence for its former premises. Taj closed the Old Steine store last...
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NewsID failure is most likely for young busy males
Convenience stores have caught up with supermarkets in correctly enforcing ID checks for age-restricted products, with a 77% pass rate in tests carried out last year, according to the results of a new survey seen exclusively by The Grocer.
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NewsCampaign Trail: Giant step for heart of palm
Green Giant is launching its first push for its non-sweetcorn Specialities range, which will focus on hearts of palm but aims to raise awareness of the whole range, which includes asparagus spears and kidney beans. The company has developed three...
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NewsFocus On Ice Cream: Fresh ideas keep ice cream cool
Ice cream suppliers are coming up with increasingly clever ways to avoid passing commodity price rises onto consumers. Nick Hughes reports on the latest innovations in the sector
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Focus On Ice Cream: Depth versus frequency of promotions
The number of captured promotions at Asda almost halved in 2010, although it was still by far the heaviest supermarket promoter, with 424 captured deals versus Sainsbury's 320.
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Focus On Ice Cream: Innovations
Fredericks Dairies is set to launch an ice cream version of Cadbury's Wispa brand in both impulse and take home formats.
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NewsToffee flavour joins the Dodgers family
Burton's Foods is bringing out the first non-jam Jammie Dodger in over a decade, supported by a £4.5m TV campaign. Toffee Dodgers, available now, comes in the biscuit's traditional heart-shaped cut-out format, but features a sticky toffee...
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NewsTime could be right for UK to drink red wine from the fridge
A trend towards chilled red wine is gathering pace, according to retailers, as consumers increasingly opt for fresher and lighter or lower abv styles of wine. The UK market is now "ripe" to embrace chilled red wine; a style that has...
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NewsLevi Roots grows his empire with Vimto soft drinks link-up
Fruit juices and fizzy drinks are being added to Levi Roots' Reggae Reggae portfolio to bring a taste of the Caribbean to the market. Roots is joining forces with Vimto Soft Drinks to launch this month. Vimto will make the drinks under...
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NewsJaxx ‘to fill early teen market gap’
Teenagers and kids are being offered confectionery with attitude in the shape of Jaxx Crunches. Former Unilever and Nestlé executive Yehudi Lipman, who is behind the launch, said there was a gap in the market for a product aimed at early...