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Bavaria hires Rourke to brew alcohol-free storm
Dutch brewer Bavaria has enlisted Hollywood hell-raiser Mickey Rourke to give non-alcoholic beer a "cooler" image and knock Beck's Blue off the top spot. The Wrestler star and alcohol-free beer may not be an obvious match, but a new...
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NewsChris Etherington Q&A: 'The unexpected is always best'
Wholesale has had it tough over the past couple of years – with Palmer & Harvey no exception. Even now, sales and profits remain flat. But things are looking up, says this week’s guest editor, P&H CEO Chris Etherington. Beth Phillips put your questions to him – and a few ...
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NewsDogs, stoats and a royal coat of arms
Last week BrewDog stole the headlines with genre-bending 55% abv beer End of the World, the apocalyptic sequel to last year's 32% Tactical Nuclear Penguin. (We'd ask what they've been drinking to come up with names like those, but there probably...
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Asda says pre-mixes set for massive sales burst
Asda predicts an explosion in sales of pre-mixed drinks within the next five years, and that every big spirit brand will introduce a version. The retailer backed Mintel's forecast that pre-mixed category sales would grow more than...
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Atradius trade credit plan to focus on SMEs
Insurer Atradius has launched a new product to help small businesses manage their trade credit.Modula SME targets businesses with sales of up to £5m. It offers to pay 90% of any losses incurred, a fixed price with 5% discount for advance...
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Walkers taps growth in sharing bags with Extra Crunchy range
Walkers is launching a new crisps range called Extra Crunchy next month, available exclusively in sharing bags and backed by a £3.5m ad campaign. PepsiCo hopes the power brand can tap into the runaway growth in the bagged snacks sharing...
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Buxton Spa is second baker to go under
A second independent bakery has collapsed in as many months.Buxton Spa Bakery, which supplied bread and cakes to supermarkets, retailers and foodservice, went into administration last week. It is the latest supplier in the sector to go...
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NewsFocus On Home Baking: Happy days for home baking
The recession has driven a resurgence in home baking. But it’s not all about thrift, with a raft of on-trend product launches turning up the fun factor. Simon Creasey reports
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Focus On Home Baking: Shoppers buy more baking items per trip
Home baking is worth £381m, and has leapt 9.1% in value over the past year.
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Focus On Home Baking: Four to watch
Dr Oetker is hoping to replicate the success of its ready-mixed Shake It pancake batters with two new cake mixes Fairy Cake and Chocolate Fairy Cake.
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Focus On Home Baking: Prices may yet go nuts
While most sectors of home baking have charged ahead over the past year, the one blot on the copybook has been culinary nuts, with value sales only up 1.8% and volume down 4.5% [Kantar Worldpanel 52w/e 16 May].
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US Silly Bandz craze to hit British stores
The latest product craze across the pond Silly Bandz wrist bands is set to hit UK multiples in the next few weeks and is predicted to generate £20m in sales by Christmas. The colourful elastic wristbands have been available in the US...
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Whyte & Mackay in hi-tech barcode first
Whyte & Mackay claims to be the first drinks brand to introduce 2D hi-tech barcodes to drinks, with a new digital marketing strategy for its Glayva brand. The 2D barcodes will be added to Glayva PoS material in retailers later this...
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Flat bread, rising sales: Honeytop goes beyond naan
Honeytop Speciality Foods has gone from strength to strength since diversifying beyond naan and flatbreads into morning goods and tortillas, as Anna-Marie Julyan discovered
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Birds Eye sizes up market for natural fish products
Birds Eye is investigating the market potential for a new range of natural fish and seafood products in the UK, less than a month after news emerged that it had called time on its Naked & Natural fish range. The frozen food...
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Booker starts self-scanning trial in depots
Booker is trialling self-scan technology in three of its depots. The cash & carry giant is testing the technology in its Kettering, Lancaster and Lincoln depots. Customers are given a scanner gun, which they return to an operator at...
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Mars hires Pickering as petcare sales boss
Whiskas owner Mars Petcare has appointed John Pickering as its new sales director, following the departure of Martin Porter to Heineken UK.
Pickering was previously sales director for Radox and Douwe Egberts owner Sara Lee in the UK and… -
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Tesco brings in new own-label flag for healthy option lines
Tesco is introducing a new range of healthy eating labels across 700 of its own-label products in August to signpost healthier options to its customers.More than 200 of those lines will have the new healthy eating 'wave' symbol, which...
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Saturday Essay: British farming is central to our food security
Rural prosperity sounds twee but is central to the wellbeing of the whole nation and the economy, says Mark Price
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Export plans hampered by Defra? Call The Grocer
A lucrative export deal to Russia is a step closer for Singleton's Dairy after The Grocer intervened in negotiations with Defra to speed up the process. The dairy, which has won the Queen's Award for Export twice, had lined up £65,000...