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Asda to stop below-cost booze sales
Asda has vowed to end the below-cost selling of alcohol in its stores.The retailer has unveiled a new commitment not to sell alcohol below cost including VAT and duty and has pledged to offset any potential increase in the cost of...
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Captain Morgan is given a ‘handsome and authentic’ look
Diageo has given its dark rum brand Captain Morgan a packaging revamp to make the seafarer "more handsome and authentic", and further boost already buoyant sales. The new design, rolling out now, is intended to emphasise the brand's...
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Dairy futures market to begin trading in autumn
Europe's first futures market for dairy products is set for a September launch, the trading company behind it has announced. Developer NYSE Euronext hopes the trading platform, designed to iron out price volatility, will go live in...
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Milkmen double the number of products available on rounds
Offering fireworks, catfood growbags and the odd pint of milk milkmen have more than doubled the number of products available through their milk rounds in the last year. New data from trade body Dairy UK, which surveyed 4,000 milkmen,...
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New share bags and shapes for Randoms
Jigsaw pieces, padlocks and diggers are among the new shapes contained within new Rowntree's Randoms sharing bags. Nestlé will introduce the extension to its high-flying Randoms brand to fixtures from 23 August. With an rsp of...
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NewsCamelot ban sparks calls for fair play in e-payment sector
The barring of Camelot from the e-payment market has delighted PayPoint but left Payzone fuming – and contemplating legal action, says Beth Phillips
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NewsBreaking the sound barrier
A blast of Bizet in the French wine aisle and even birdsong in the loo... it all adds up to a more satisfying customer experience – and enhanced sales, says Suzy Bashford
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Focus On Lunchbox: Frozen takes on the food waste battle
Frozen food has a new weapon in its promotional arsenal the environment. As environmentalists try to highlight the detrimental impact of food waste, frozen food should be perfectly placed to promote its waste-saving potential.
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NewsItalian job sees Birds Eye snatch frozen ops
As Birds Eye Iglo landed Unilever's Italian frozen food business this week, CEO Martin Glenn said strong backing in the City and a willingness to work jointly with Unilever in the future helped beat off competition from frozen food...
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Focus On Lunchbox: Biscuit snack-pack success
When it comes to the crunch, much of the action in the biscuit aisle has been around multipacks and formats suited to lunchboxes.
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Loaded energy shot offers libido boost
Lads magazine Loaded is putting its name behind a new energy shot that claims to have aphrodisiac effects. The Loaded Stamina Shot (rsp: £1.99 per 60ml bottle) has been produced by Edinburgh-based pharmaceutical company Podium Brands and...
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Wilson to head marketing at Burton’s Foods
Stuart Wilson has replaced Jaspal Chada as marketing boss at Burton's Foods.Wilson will take up the role of chief marketing officer in September and joins from Premier Foods where he was director of grocery, responsible for the sweet...
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Campaign Trail: Perrier, you are a teese!
Burlesque beauty Dita Von Teese is gracing bottles and cans of Perrier in a bid to enhance the brand's chic appeal and reaffirm "its commitment to the category".
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NewsCarlsberg’s Mr Fixit
Carslberg UK was in serious trouble in 2008 – until Dr Isaac Sheps arrived. He tells Liz Hamson how he dragged the second-biggest brewer in the off-trade back from the brink
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Payzone considers legal challenge over PayPoint exclusivity
Payzone is considering a legal challenge against the stranglehold that rival PayPoint has over the payment services market. The company is to fight PayPoint's exclusivity agreements, which ban retailers that use a PayPoint electronic...
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Focus On Lunchbox: Health sends kids chomping cheese
Children's products continue to dominate snacking cheese as parents look for healthy goodies for their kids.
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Cheestrings follows Shots with Spaghetti
Kerry Foods is encouraging kids to play with their food with the latest launch under its Cheestrings brand: Cheestrings Spaghetti. Aimed at the kids' lunchbox market, the new product is the shape and thickness of spaghetti but is made...
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Retail Prices: Coke and Mars kept up the pace despite England exit
It has been all change in the promotion rankings over the past month thanks to the impact of a certain football tournament, says Alex Beckett
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Seafish fights on in the Supreme Court
Seafish is now set for a Supreme Court showdown in its battle to retain its levy on imported fish. The Sea Fish Industry Authority and Defra last year won a High Court case against British Seafood, which challenged the levy as illegal....
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Wood’s rum shows off its Navy cred
First Drinks is bolstering the seafaring credentials of its Wood's 100 Old Navy Rum dark rum. The brand is sponsoring a sampling event at the Meet Your Navy show held at Portsmouth Naval Base next weekend. FD is also running a...