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Brains Black gets listed in Welsh Tescos
Tesco has granted listings to Brains Black throughout its Welsh stores, following the stout's success as a challenger to Guinness in the on-trade. The Welsh brewery launched Brains Black into pubs in March as an alternative to the market...
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Dafereras takes over as Makro booze buyer
Tassos Dafereras has taken over the role of head of buying for ambient and beers, wines & spirits at Makro Cash & Carry UK. Dafereras is one of the wholesaler's international heads of buying, based in the UK. He replaces Nick...
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Huntapac launches its first vegetable brand
Carrot packer Huntapac is looking to do for carrots what Rooster has done for potatoes with the launch of Roots, its first-ever consumer-facing vegetable brand. The company, which supplies root vegetables and salad crops to Tesco, Marks...
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Focus On Breakfast: The fastest-growing meal of the day
The number of home breakfast occasions has grown 1% year-on-year to 18 billion, making it the fastest-growing meal occasion of the day.
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Budge up Phileas: Mr Filbert’s is here
Two food industry veterans have launched a new snacking brand, which they are pitching as an upmarket Phileas Fogg. Dorset-based start-up company Mr Filbert's Fine Foods was launched last month by co-founders Mark Taylor a former buyer...
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Tesco calls it a day at its Calais drinks store
Tesco has made 80 people redundant at its Tesco Vins Plus store in Calais, France, following its closure at the end of July and a lengthy consultation with employees. Tesco is the latest UK operator to leave the booze cruise capital...
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Stans pushes fruit in healthy campaign
It's better known for selling the cheapest fuel in Britain, but now Stans Superstore has turned its hand to healthy eating.The independent retailer ran a bumper healthy eating campaign at its store near Oswestry in Shropshire last week....
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Molson Coors: Grolsch can survive hit to sales
Molson Coors says it is prepared to take "the short-term hits" on its struggling Grolsch brand and that it will continue to eschew promotions in an attempt to boost long-term sales. Although sales of the 400-year old Dutch beer have...
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Nocton lets out its cows following public pressure
Nocton Dairies has bowed to public pressure over its plans to establish a dairy in which most cows would be kept indoors by deciding to allow the majority of cows to graze. The original plan for Nocton Dairies' 8,100-cow herd in...
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Cravendale kicks off loyalty programme
Cravendale is launching the first-ever customer loyalty programme for milk, with the introduction of an on-pack collector scheme on its bottles next week. Special promotional versions of Cravendale's two-litre milk bottles will go on...
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Now fish fingers face shock doc treatment
The fish finger could soon be the latest victim of a shock doc investigation into the food and drink industry.
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Dr Oetker turns up its frozen pizza firepower
Dr Oetker is to set to bolster its dominance of the £377m frozen pizza market with two new propositions a range designed to lure consumers away from chilled pizza and a line boasting The X Factor. The Chicago Town owner is launching a...
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NewsFeel the EcoForce
Two-year-old green cleaning brand EcoForce has been mopping up an ever-bigger share of the UK household products market. Now it’s poised to sweep Europe, says Rob Brown
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Makro moves to join in with online purchasing
Makro Cash & Carry UK is set to become the latest wholesaler to launch into online ordering.The wholesaler is working on a new website that it plans to launch later this year and will include a function to allow its members to make...
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Kershaws launches veggie ready meals
Kershaws Quality Foods is launching its first range of frozen vegetarian ready meals this autumn under a cheeky twist on the 'I can't believe it's not butter!' banner. The chicken-style soya kievs, vegetarian bangers & mash and nut...
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Majority of shoppers missing out on promos
More than three quarters of shoppers who made a special trip to a supermarket to buy an advertised promotion found an empty shelf, according to a survey by the Institute of Promotional Marketing.Sixty four per cent of shoppers blamed the...
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How can the industry see off another attack of the clones?
Given Defra was warned in 2008 about products derived from cloned animals, why was action not taken? And what happens now, asks Richard Ford
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NewsAsda takes down price of bananas to eight-month low
Asda has lowered the price of bananas to an eight-month low.Loose bananas now cost 67p per kg 31% less than a fortnight ago.
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NewsLocalised minimum pricing won’t stop binge drinking, say retailers
If 10 local authorities succeed in exploiting a competition law loophole, it could signal the end of national pricing strategies on alcohol, warns Michelle Perrett
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NewsThe Living Dead: grocery's pensions zombies
Massive pension liabilities are draining companies of their lifeblood. Rob Brown and Ivan Castano ask how grocery players avoid joining...THE LIVING DEAD