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Price of barley adds to woes of indie brewers
Independent breweries are warning they may have to put up prices by up to 15% as they are more exposed to soaring barley prices than the big breweries.Beer prices are expected to rise across the board next year as a result of a 50% rise...
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Pizza Express adds passata to retail offer
All About Food is extending its supermarket Pizza Express range from salad dressings to passata sauce. The canned passata (rsp: £1.09), which is the same recipe as used on pizzas at the chain's 370 outlets, will hit stores in October.
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Alcohol advertisers sticking to stricter set of rules, says ASA
Drinks firms have been given a resoundingly clean bill of health over their advertising this week.Almost all ads run by alcohol companies in the past 12 months were in accordance with advertising rules, according to the Advertising...
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NewsCritical Eye... on friendly-fired salmon and instant aggro
Here's a winning concept for you: Instant Restaurant, a trendy London diner serving only cup soups and powdered egg. You're welcome. (If feeling generous, send a share of the profits to the Food Hacks Benevolent Fund, c/o Grocer Towers.)
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My Alternative CV: Sam Dolan, brand manager, Cravendale
Sam Dolan, Cravendale brand manager, on milk apathy, interior decorating and Disneyland.
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Tilda’s pre-prepared ambient rice range makes stir-fry easier
Tilda has claimed a first with its new Stir Fry Rice collection a range of prepared rice specifically tailored for stir-fry dishes. The four-strong gluten-free line-up is available in Waitrose stores and through Ocado now in Peking...
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The Human Angle: Graham Archibald
I have the luxury of working with something I love beer and wine and also have the advantage of a very supportive head office team which makes my very high workload more manageable than you'd expect.
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Mars unveils Twix Fino - another light choc bar for the gals
Mars has unveiled its latest female-friendly chocolate bar. Twix Fino the first permanent extension in Twix's 40-year history is being pitched against Nestlé's Kit Kat Senses and Ferrero's Kinder Bueno. The new countline (rsp: 52p)...
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Sanderson takes on MD role at Findus Czech arm
Neil Sanderson, the man chosen last year to grow the Findus brand in the UK, has been appointed as MD of the group's Czech Republic and Slovakia business. Sanderson has been with Findus since February 2009, working as business unit...
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Cheesemakers unite in artisan growth bid
Two of the West Country's biggest cheesemakers have linked up in a bid to grow sales of artisan cheeses. Somerset cheesemaker AJ & RG Barber and Dorset-based Ashley Chase Estate agreed a merger in June, The Grocer can reveal.
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Pets at Home hires Asda veteran as its new trading director
Peter Pritchard, the former non-food trading director of Asda, has been appointed trading director for petcare retailer Pets At Home. Pritchard will join Pets at Home in January 2011 from Wilkinson where he was head of buying for 16…
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NewsFocus On Breakfast: Chocs away!
As two big players launch cereals that manage to be both healthy and chocolatey, Chloe Ryan discovers what these angel foods mean for the rest of the breakfast market
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Women’s Institutes go back into battle over milk price war
The National Federation of Women's Institutes (NFWI) has waded into the milk price war by calling for reassurance from supermarkets that they will support British dairy farmers.The move comes after Asda cut the price of four pints from...
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Focus On Breakfast: Tea hit by fewer promotions while coffee comes back home
While Britain is still a nation of tea drinkers, with tea accounting for half of everything drunk at breakfast hot or cold, this could be slowly changing.
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Ginsters Balti chicken spices up pasty range
Ginsters is replacing its Ham, Leek & Cheese Cornish pasty with a Chicken Balti variant, and is pledging to keep the nation's love of spicy food in mind for future launches. The Chicken Balti Pasty (rsp: £1.99), which hits shelves...
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Sainsbury’s sources UK cherries for basic
Sainsbury's is offering homegrown cherries in its basic tier for the first time, following a breakthrough in negotiations with British growers. The retailer routinely stocks British cherries for its standard and Taste the Difference...
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Focus On Breakfast: Plight of the honey bees
Honey producers are reluctant to put a price on the impact that two poor nectar summers, crippling disease and rising demand for home-grown honey is having on the market.
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Code ‘being used to squeeze suppliers’
The big supermarket chains are using the new code of practice to bully suppliers, a leading industry advisor has claimed.The Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP) was a "snare and a delusion", David Sables, CEO of management...
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Picture This... Tesco to lose the Big Brother house party
The imminent demise of C4's Big Brother is not just bad news for its legions of fans. Tesco will also be mourning the end of the reality TV phenomenon.
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Commodities: Bitter winter turns up the pressure on milk powder prices
Prices for milk powder stabilised in July but they may start to go up again if a cattle feed grain shortfall hits milk supply says Liliana Gonzalez of Mintec