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Picture This... franz ferdinand co-operates
Alex Kapranos, singer and guitarist for indie band Franz Ferdinand, this week launched The Co-operative Group's partnership with British Music Experience, which promotes the history, science and culture of British pop music. The society will give...
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Eblex offers PoS kits for farm shops
Eblex is offering a special point of sale promotional kit for farm shops and direct-selling meat producers to boost sales. The materials were designed to whet customers' appetites for beef and lamb by giving them recipe ideas and...
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Sainsbury’s focuses on freshness with UK flower varieties
Sainsbury's is planning to stock more fresh-cut British flowers following a 40% rise in value sales of some home-grown varieties during the past year. The retailer, which now sources 25% of its flowers from British growers up from 15%...
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Focus On Oils: Four to watch
The number one Greek olive oil brand is trying to break into the UK market. Managing director Savvas Papachristou believes Greek oil is grossly under-represented in the UK, despite the country being the third-largest producer.
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Londis Fresh system pushes fruit and veg
Fruit and vegetables sales have increased 66% at Londis in the past year following the launch of Londis Fresh. Musgrave Retail Partners GB launched the initiative a year ago. A new warehouse management system was introduced to allow for...
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Irish retailers plug the gaps left by Tesco
Rivals in the Irish market are cashing in on the disappearance of several popular brands from Tesco shelves as the company sources more products in the UK. Superquinn has gone public in acknowledging that it now stocks many of the...
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Heinz low-salt soups for health-conscious
Heinz has launched reduced salt versions of its Classic canned soups to meet a growing demand for lower-salt products. The four-strong Heinz Classic Reduced Salt range consists of Cream of Tomato, Cream of Chicken, Cream of Mushroom and…
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Local heroes
Mary Portas, Queen of Shops, swears by it. Symbol groups are clamouring to fill their shelves with it. Indies across the country are arming themselves with it. What is it? Local produce....
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Lamb’s Navy Rum promo supports RNLI
Lamb's Navy Rum has joined forces with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) for the first time in an on-pack promotion that offers a two-week cruise holiday. Nearly 100,000 bottles of the Halewood rum are being rolled into the...
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Picture This... Spar signs up the pocket rocket
Spar has long believed that small is beautiful nearly all of its 2,600 stores are smaller than 3,000 sq ft. So it's fitting that they have signed a small but deceptively powerful athlete as their mascot. Jenny Meadows known as the pocket rocket...
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Focus On Beer & Cider: Alcohol-fre beers
Patchy quality and the arrival of more interesting soft drinks had consumers turning their backs on non-alcoholic and low-alcohol beer (NABLAB) in the 1990s but it is enjoying a revival. Sales of NABLAB are up 8.6% in volume and 4% by value in the take-home market [Nielsen 52w/e 17 April].
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NewsLottery commission blocks Camelot e-payment bid
The National Lottery Commission has blocked Camelot’s plans to branch out into the e-payment market due to concerns over competition law.
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NewsDry weather threatens cauli & cabbage supply
Retailers could be faced with a shortage of British-grown brassicas in the autumn and winter as the dry weather affects growing conditions, producers have warned.
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Axed Vergo workers get surprise help from East of England
East of England Co-operative Society has stepped in to help hundreds of staff hit by the collapse of Vergo Retail.
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NewsBolland: ‘Heritage’ key for M&S success
New Marks & Spencer chief executive Marc Bolland has offered shareholders his first insights into the retailer.
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NewsAd watchdog finds fault with George’s ‘no quibble’ guarantee
An advert for Asda’s 100-day quality guarantee on George clothing has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for presenting standard consumer rights as a unique benefit of shopping at the supermarket.
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Wessex Foods hit by blaze at Lowestoft plant
Suffolk meat processor Wessex Foods has been hit by a fire at its plant in Lowestoft.
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NewsAmazon UK grocery debut is ‘ridiculous’
Amazon.co.uk's launch into the UK grocery sector is a "mad" concept that has not been thought through effectively, claim industry experts.
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NewsWaitrose shines amid promotional shambles
Waitrose has been voted best for in-store promotions for the first time in a new survey on trade investment for The Grocer.
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World News 10/7/10
The Indian government has given a strong signal it may open up its retail sector to foreign players. A discussion paper from the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion will test the appetite for reform, which...