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Chada to drive Premier brands on world stage
Premier Foods has recruited Burton's Foods marketing director Jaspal Chada to grow its presence on the international stage.Chada joined Premier Foods this week in the new role of international director for grocery. At Premier he will be...
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Mills‘ vegan business gets kosher status
Heather Mills' vegan food business, Redwood Wholefood Company, has been awarded kosher certification for its range of natural plant-based products.Redwood secured the certification from the Manchester Beth Din, one of the UK's biggest...
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NewsHow Weetabix can clean up with its choc-flavoured cereal
It turns milk chocolatey yet Ofcom is happy for it to be advertised on children’s TV. Alex Beckett weighs up what Weetabix Chocolate means for the market
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How health claims went sour
The health claims approvals process has become a costly and time-consuming nightmare. Nick Hughes reveals which claims are getting through, which have been thrown out – and which are stuck in limbo
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Henderson helping itself to coffee-to-go
Henderson Wholesale has drawn up a new food-to-go concept based on the Streat café business it bought in January.It has designed a new food-to-go counter selling hot drinks and snacks that can be used by convenience retailers with no...
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Waitrose opens its own cookery school
Waitrose is to become the first UK supermarket to own and operate a cookery school when it opens a new facility above its Finchley Road store in London in October.The 4,600 sq ft school will be equipped with a theatre, teaching area,...
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The humble potato gets a day of its own
The potato is to get its own designated day in October off the back of a successful bid for EU funding.A 4.75m three-year marketing campaign part-funded by the EU will finance an annual Potato Day in the UK, France and Belgium.
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Slower inflation lifts Dovecote Park profit
Dovecote Park, the sole supplier of beef to Waitrose, has posted a 9.8% rise in pre-tax profits as cattle price inflation slowed. Pre-tax profits rose to £3.1m on sales up 8.2% to £106.3m in the year to 25 September 2009, according to...
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New feed offers greener milk with lower satfats
A new cattle feed has been launched that its makers claim will slash the satfat content and carbon footprint of dairy products and "revolutionise" the dairy industry.Lintec, which is already used extensively on the Continent, was...
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Makro loses key figure in turnaround strategy
Allard Sjollema, Makro Cash & Carry UK's influential commercial director, is leaving the business.Sjollema, who has been at Makro UK for four years and was right-hand man to MD Hannes Floto, is leaving on 16 July to take up a role...
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Tetley for soya milk first to sport range redesign
Tetley is kicking off a major range redesign with the launch of a new tea bag especially designed to be used with soya milk.
The Tata-owned brand is introducing Tetley for Soya (rsp: £2.39 per 80 tea bags) to retailers later this month…. -
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Sensory junkies get a new thrill
Unilever is adding a new variant to its Comfort intensely scented fabric conditioner line-up next month and says the range is close to hitting its target of £5m first-year sales.
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Sainsbury’s Hodgson heads for Shanghai to spot opportunities
Sainsbury's has promoted category manager Michael Hodgson to the newly created role of head of trading strategy international, based in Shanghai.
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R&D spend ‘shielded industry in recession’
The food and drink industry now invests more than £1.1bn in R&D, bringing it in line with the automotive sector. This is the key finding of a new report from the FDF and the University of Cambridge's Institute for Manufacturing....
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NewsMoy’s new muscle
Backed by Brazilian meat processing giant Marfrig, and with a major restructure, Moy Park is in the black again, managing director Nigel Dunlop tells Richard Ford
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sowing their oats
Having fed hungry commuters across the nation’s capital with its pots of oats, fruit and yoghurt, Moma now has ambitions to double its retail sales. Catherine Dawes reports
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NewsMary Queen of Shops tells indies: knowledge is king
Even the mightiest giants of grocery have weaknesses that independent traders can exploit. Self-styled retail guru Mary Portas tells Rob Brown how
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NewsIncorrect data is costing the big retailers ‘up to 1% of turnover’
The big five retailers are wasting £1.4bn a year, seven times more than initially feared, because their data is not being recorded properly, according to a new report.
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NewsAsda plays Christmas catch-up with premium lines
Asda is hoping to turn around its Christmas fortunes by introducing new premium food and general merchandise lines.
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NewsTesco takes on Primark with West End clothing store
Tesco is planning to launch a standalone clothing store in London’s West End.