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Availability fears as Morrisons hit by IT upgrade problems
Morrisons' £310m upgrade of its IT systems has hit problems, which industry sources have warned could have a knock-on effect on availability in-store.The supermarket has been carrying out a comprehensive upgrade of its systems since...
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Focus On Rice & Noodles: Brand leaders cut back as Tilda and Kohinoor push
Advertising revenues were down more than a quarter across the whole sector as brand leaders cut back on spending.
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Commission hits back at ‘Yes, Minister’ jibe
The Competition Commission (CC) has been accused of writing the next chapter of Yes, Minister with a new clampdown on supermarket property deals.The Commission barred supermarkets from using property deals to freeze out competitors with...
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NewsEthics: the first casualty in the new banana price war?
After 2009‘s brutal price wars, bananas are again at the heart of the hositilities. As prices again head south, asks Rob Brown, have no lessons been learned?
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Beefy and Lamby to escape Defra site cull
Defra will close 57 of the 82 food and agriculture-related websites it currently manages by April next year, but plans to keep a domain related to Beefy and Lamby.The cull was announced by Defra minister Richard Benyon in a written...
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Campaign Trail: Mr Jack in his birthday suit
Jack Daniel's is celebrating its birthday with a limited-edition all-black bottle and a concert bringing 'Tennessee to Town'. Mr Jack's 160th Birthday bottles (rsp: £24.99) hit retailers and wholesalers next month.
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Oxo range extended into Spag Bol cubes
Premier Foods has done an Italian job on its iconic British brand Oxo and given the new line a very different look. Rolling out next month with an rsp of £1.39, Oxo Spag Bol Recipe Cubes contain a selection of herbs, spices and…
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Grouse next famed brand to do premix
Famous Grouse has joined Jack Daniel's, Whyte & Mackay and Smirnoff in the rapidly growing premixer category.Famous Grouse & Cola (rsp: £1.75) contains one measure of the Maxxium-owned Scotch and is 6% abv stronger than Whyte...
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Retail Prices: Major brands squeezed by own label in fight for space
Several major brands slashed promotional activity in the past month. The big exceptions were Birds Eye, Lindemans and Pampers. Alex Beckett reports
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British wheat crop set to cool inflation fears
Food inflation fears continue to grip the media but a very promising start to the British wheat harvest should allay fears of a significant rise in food prices, according to experts.
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Focus On Rice & Noodles: Ethnic rices gain bulk
Dried rice as a category may be suffering at the hands of more convenient formats but smaller ethnic brands are enjoying a boom as the multiples look to capitalise on growing consumer demand for world foods.
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Campaigners should listen to us
Sir, Christine Haigh's letter in The Grocer last week (Kellogg's must do better on sugar, p26) illustrated Liz Hamson's point at the front of magazine (It's easy to have a pop at the food industry, p3) beautifully. Your industry readers...
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HMV keeps up drive into impulse with soft drinks chillers
Entertainment retailer HMV is pushing further into the impulse sector by stocking soft drinks.Dedicated chillers have been introduced for soft drinks in response to positive feedback from customers. It follows a successful trial and...
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They’re not in front but Sainsbury’s and M&S still wow City
Sainsbury's and Marks & Spencer dazzled the City with the latest year-on-year sales growth ahead of Tesco and Asda. In the 12 weeks to 8 August [Kantar Worldpanel] Sainsbury's posted year-on-year sales growth of 5.5% , while M&S...
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Producers urge Defra to close clone ID loophole
The National Beef Association is calling for a new code to be added to cattle documentation to ensure cloned animals and their offspring can be identified and traced easily. In the wake of news that 'cloned meat' had entered the UK...
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Wholesalers to reveal the real cost of drink
Wholesalers are working out the average price they pay for key booze lines to help the government ban below-cost sales of alcohol.A representative sample of Federation of Wholesale Distributors members have supplied information about how...
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Cost-cutting tactics help First Milk return to profit
First Milk has "turned the corner" having converted last year's £9.9m loss into a profit in its latest results.
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Samworth grows in a ‘tough’ economy
Samworth Brothers, the Leicestershire based food manufacturer, is creating 240 new jobs in Leicestershire and Cornwall. The chilled food company, which supplies major retailers including Tesco and Waitrose, will recruit the jobs at two...
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Lidl watches energy with smart meters
Lidl has installed 'smart meters' in 95% of its UK stores to help it cut gas and electricity consumption. The discounter has worked with British Gas to install the meters, which will enable it to keep track of energy consumption.
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NewsFocus On Rice & Noodles: Stormy times for rice and noodles
Commodity price pressures might not lead to a hefty retail hike for rice and noodles but even a slight rise could damage a sector hit by slowing growth. Nick Hughes reports