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NewsSauce Kitchen reminds punters of freezer benefits
Sauce Kitchen has launched a campaign to encourage consumers to freeze excess or leftover food to use another day instead of letting it go to waste.
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Dolmio goes 100% natural in attempt to lift flagging sales
Mars is hoping to reverse a decline in Dolmio sauce sales with a new 100% natural ingredient claim and some squeezy NPD aimed at kids. Sales of the sauce brand dropped 2.3% to £148.9m last year [Nielsen 52w/e 2 October 2010] and in a bid...
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NewsZilli gives babyfood the celebrity chef factor
Italian chef Aldo Zilli and serial entrepreneur and celebrity lawyer Dean Dunham have made a foray into the organic babyfood market, launching what they claim is the first celebrity chef-backed baby food range.
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NewsHeston’s puddings help Northern to third-quarter growth
Northern Foods has reported strong third-quarter performances for its chilled and bakery arms, helped by the success of Heston Blumenthal’s Christmas pudding at Waitrose.
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NewsMorrisons and Haldanes gain from Netto carve-up
Asda has sold 39 former Netto stores to rival retailers in line with its settlement with the Office of Fair Trading. Morrisons has acquired 16 of the stores, representing 120,000 sq ft of retail space, in a deal worth £28.1m.
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NewsWalkers crisps get a comic twist with new flavours
Walkers has recruited some of Britain's best known comedians, including Stephen Fry and Jimmy Carr, to launch a new range of crisps, The Grocer can exclusively reveal.
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NewsSainsbury’s picks up festive share in latest Kantar figures
Sainsbury’s has again emerged as a Christmas winner by upping its market share over the key festive period, new figures suggest.
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NewsSnow to blame for December dip on high street
The severe weather of recent weeks contributed to a slight fall in like-for-like sales on the high street last month, with food sales proving more resilient than non-food.
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NewsMorrisons ‘a nose ahead’ as Philips hails strong Christmas
Morrisons boss Dalton Philips hailed a “very strong” festive performance after the retailer posted a 1% increase in like-for-like sales for the six weeks to 2 January.
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NewsOFT must block Tesco’s Mills deal, says ACS
The Association of Convenience Stores has called on the Office of Fair Trading to block Tesco’s acquisition of Mills Group.
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NewsWill Asda deliver on its 10% cheaper basket guarantee?
Asda is a long way off its pledge to offer baskets 10% cheaper than its rivals, figures from The Grocer 33 have revealed.
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NewsCampbell’s soup returns but not as Andy knew it
Iconic soup brand Campbell's is making a UK comeback, but Andy Warhol fans will not see the return of the famous condensed soup tins.
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NewsOcado hails workers’ ‘heroism’ as festive sales surge
Ocado delivered "exactly what it said on the tin" at the time of its July flotation in terms of sales for the past year.
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World News 8/1/11
Kraft could be slapped with a multimillion-pound tax bill after the Indian government said it was assessing Kraft Foods' tax liabilities following its £11.5bn takeover of Cadbury last year. The investigation follows...
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NewsFisherman’s Friend in 145 year sales record
The ailing health of the nation has helped Fisherman's Friend haul in a record sales growth for December, according to the 145-year-old company. Sales of the lozenge brand were up 28.7% in the past month compared with December 2009,...
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NewsMorrisons kicks off 2011 with price and people promotions
Morrisons group commercial director Richard Hodgson has described its new Price Crunch promotion as "a step change" from the traditional January price cuts favoured by rivals. Speaking exclusively to The Grocer, Hodgson, who joined from...
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NewsPreview of the Year: Who will be the soothsayer of 2011?
Wild commodity price rises and currency swings, rising inflation and yet more red tape and tax. Sound familiar? This was the worst 2010 threw at us, as foreseen by AB InBev UK boss Stuart MacFarlane, our soothsayer of the year. Our band of future-gazers – leading figures from retail, wholesale, ...
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NewsActimel brings it on in new ad campaign
Danone is launching a new advertising campaign for its Actimel drinking yoghurt called Bring It On. The £2.6m campaign will include national TV ads, starting this week and running for nine weeks, as well as outdoor advertising and digital...
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NewsWelsh creamery will vote on strike action
One of Tesco's Welsh-based cheese suppliers, South Caernarfon Creameries, could face employee strikes if a Unite ballot of worker-members is returned in favour of action. Unite has balloted its 70 members part of a 160-strong workforce...
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NewsLurpak cooks up new ad featuring Hauer
Arla Foods is encouraging shoppers to use Lurpak to whip up quick and simple meals in its latest ad, as it kicks off scheduled £13m marketing activity for 2011. The latest phase in Lurpak's 'Good Food Deserves' campaign includes an ad ...