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World News 11/9/10
Private equity firm Actis has invested £37m in Companhia Sulamericana de Distribuição, the operator of Brazilian supermarket chains São Francisco and Cidade Canção its first investment in Brazil. CSD is one of three...
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Retail Prices: Asda deals up by 20% as it puts alcohol in the spotlight
It may have stopped selling booze below cost, but this hasn’t stopped Asda running a fifth of its August promotions in the BWS aisle, reports Elinor Zuke
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda back with sub £60 basket
Asda offered the cheapest basket this week and the only one to come in under £60. It also had the greatest number of exclusively cheapest items (11) nine more than the nearest rivals. Five Rollback deals including Quality Street and the mushrooms...
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NewsGrocer 33: Full basket gives Tesco the edge
This week's winner is Tesco in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. It was the only store to provide a full basket and there was no wait at the tills. Other big plusses were that it was well presented and the staff were able to inform our mystery shopper...
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Forty Booths jobs attract 400 hopefuls
Booths is wading through more than 400 job applications for 40 roles at its newest store. The upmarket chain said it had been inundated by applicants after advertising for general assistants for its store in Hesketh Bank, Lancashire,...
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Müller returns to big pots with 450g yoghurts
Müller Dairy is going back into the big pot yoghurt market next month after a seven-year absence from the fixture.
The dairy giant is launching Müllerlight as a 450g pot the first time it has sold any of its yoghurts in a big pot… -
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Store on stilts will rise above the flood plain
Construction of Tesco's sixth eco-store in Scotland is to start at the end of the year in Galston. The store will be built "on stilts" a method Tesco has used in the past to provide car parking at ground level and retail space above ...
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NewsAcid Test: Brambles Pear Cider
"Brambles doesn't sound like something the girls from Sex and the City would be happy to drink and the label made me yawn."
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NewsAd of the Week: If Carlsberg did fridges, they'd copy Heineken
Women like chocolate and shoes, men like footie and beer. Heineken riffs on these minutely observed subtleties of the sexes for its new ad.
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Nestlé adds caramel to its Kit Kat Senses
Nestlé is overhauling its Kit Kat Senses bar by introducing a new caramel filling to replace the existing hazelnut flavour.The confectioner claimed the popularity of caramel flavours among women would open Kit Kat Senses Caramel Cream to...
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Birds Eye adds herbs to Field Fresh frozen range
Birds Eye is expanding its Field Fresh range of frozen vegetables with the launch of frozen herbs.Field Fresh Herbs (rsp: £1.69 per pack) will be available in six variants garlic, parsley, coriander, basil, chilli and Italian mixed and...
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Baby boomer to aid expansion for Plum
Babyfood company Plum has appointed Nish Kankiwala as non-executive chairman to help drive the brand's international expansion.Kankiwala has worked on global brands including Unilever and PepsiCo and is a former president of Burger King...
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Alpro teams up with Jamie in TV tie-up
Alpro is hoping that some of Jamie Oliver's Midas touch will rub off on the brand by agreeing a sponsorship deal for Jamie's American Food Revolution.Jamie's new series will debut on Monday 13 September, and Alpro branding will feature...
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Lovetub launch gives sofa surfers a hot alternative to ice cream
Farmhouse Fare is taking on Häagen-Dazs and Ben & Jerry's this winter with a cheeky new range of sponge desserts that come in ice-cream style tubs but are designed to be heated and eaten hot.Lovetub puddings, which come in two...
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News‘Emotional’ appeal from McCain Foods
Frozen giant McCain Foods is investing £6m in a marketing push to reconnect with consumers on "an emotional level". The six-week TV and radio campaign runs from 15 September and will highlight the link between family pride and "the pride...
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Arla reveals eco-friendly ‘next-gen’ dairy location
Arla Foods' £150m "next-generation" dairy will be located on a 70-acre site in Aylesbury, The Grocer can exclusively reveal. Since Arla announced its intention to build the dairy last November, it has remained tight-lipped as to the...
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AWG closes Eurospar store and changes focus to convenience
Appleby Westward Group is to close one of the three Eurospar stores it opened last year and is considering closing another because both have failed to turn a profit. AWG Spar's wholesaler in the south-west of England said it will...
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Jones makes history as Warburtons’ first female bakery boss
Warburtons has appointed its first female general manager in the baker's 134-year history.Vivienne Jones has taken up the role at Warburtons' Pennine bakery in Shaw, near Oldham. The bakery employs 188 staff and distributes some of...
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‘Wall’s will be bigger in pastries than bangers’
Wall's is branching into hot pies and owner Kerry Foods predicts the 200-year old brand will be bigger in savoury pastry products than in sausages next year. Hitting the chilled fixture this week, Wall's Fully Loaded Hot Pies (rsp:...
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NewsRetailers face battle for warehouse space as construction halts
Competition for warehouse space is set to intensify as the shortage of land and available 'sheds' starts to hit home. The market spiked in the first half of 2010 when the food sector took advantage of cheap rents being offered by...