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NewsBrand extensions: stretch or snap?
From clothing to crisps, brand extensions are getting ever more weird and wonderful. But do they have the legs to stay the course, asks Simon Creasey
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NewsButter up the most as shoppers pay for a decade of price hikes
Shoppers are paying 56% more for butter than they were 10 years ago, government figures have revealed. The retail price of butter has risen more since 2000 than for any other food category, according to the Retail Price Indices of the...
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NewsCall for duck eggs to get Lion-style mark
The UK's largest producer of duck eggs, Watercress Lane, believes a British Lion-style mark would restore consumer confidence in duck eggs after the recent salmonella outbreak. Although the Food Standards Agency sets out general handling...
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News‘Trendier’ image could make for a sherry Christmas
Sherry has become far "trendier" over the past year and must be given bigger shelf space this Christmas to boost sales according to leading brands Harveys and Croft Original. Category sales of the traditional festive tipple slipped 2.6%...
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NewsForeign competition set to increase for UK tomato growers
British tomatoes will face more competition from abroad over the next five years as new market entrants ramp up exports into the UK. The UK is primarily an import market for tomatoes already, with most of the fruit sold here coming from...
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NewsIs Quorn still cool enough to help rescue Premier Foods?
Suitors are said to be circling one of Premier Foods’ key brands as it struggles to cut its debt mountain. But who will want Quorn, asks Simon Mowbray
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NewsRomford Wholesale Meats’ profits dive
Pre-tax profits at Romford Wholesale Meats fell 91% in 2009 as the bottom line was hit by higher input costs and lower wholesale prices. Profits at Romford, which supplies beef and lamb to major retailers, fell from £486,000 to £43,000 in...
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NewsNorthern shakes up divisional structure in drive for growth
Northern Foods is streamlining its management structure from six divisions to two in a move likely to result in job losses. In a bid to improve growth and cut costs, it is creating a branded division, headed by former Fox's MD Graham...
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NewsP&G’s Lee slaps down the prophets of doom
Procter & Gamble UK vice president Irwin Lee came out all guns blazing this week with an upbeat forecast for the future of the grocery trade. Speaking exclusively to The Grocer ahead of his speech at next week's annual IGD Convention,...
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NewsHas Yeo got the X Factor?
Tonight the organic sector is launching all-out assault on the mainstream as dairy supplier Yeo Valley unveils its first-ever primetime TV campaign. CEO Tim Mead tells Rob Brown how organic has reached critical mass and is on the verge of cracking the mainstream
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NewsTales of Titania: Fungus, veggies and jumbo sausages
You will have seen our hugely successful campaign for vinegar salt, a product that came about entirely by accident (Sarson's vs Saxa lorry crash, M6 closed for five hours). And without a market until we invented a major consumer issue out of soggy...
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Going underground: The Grocer meets Ms Marmitelover
A mysterious online foodie has used her presence to establish an ‘underground’ farmers’ market. Julia Glotz visits Ms Marmitelover’s London flat to find out more
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Second Opinion: Sir Terry Leahy’s story of success
Tesco’s departing boss should be proud of his list of notable achievements, says Clive Black
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NewsPicture This... Tillman’s to the rescue
The first UK TV ad for Toast Me!, the meat-filled 'pop tart' snack from German meat giant Tillman's, will go live during ITV's The X Factor today.
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NewsScotmid eyes swoop for Spar chain Botterills
Scotmid Co-operative Society is planning to snap up Scottish Spar convenience chain Botterills.
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NewsAldi left devastated by discounter-style offensive of big four
Aldi, which just two years ago was promising to revolutionise the UK grocery industry and had Tesco on the run, made a whopping £54.2m pre-tax loss last year, The Grocer can reveal.
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NewsCastel deal could boost SAB Miller in Africa
SAB Miller is eyeing a £6bn swoop for the African beer business of Groupe Castel, the French brewer that owns the Nicolas off-licence chain.
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NewsThorntons next to warn of chocolate price hikes
Thorntons has become the latest confectioner to warn of price hikes on its chocolate products, as cocoa costs continue to soar.
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NewsChilled and bakery boom but frozen suffers at Northern
Strong performances in chilled foods and bakery offset a decline in frozen sales at manufacturing giant Northern Foods.
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NewsTesco relies on overseas growth as UK sales stall
Buoyant sales overseas helped Tesco grow first-half profits despite UK sales staying almost flat over the past six months.