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News‘Return to quality’ helps M&S beat market
Like-for-like food sales edged up by 1.5% at Marks & Spencer in the past three months.
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NewsAmazon goes live with online grocery business
Amazon has launched its long-awaited online grocery service, pitching the internet giant into direct competition with the biggest names in UK food retail.
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NewsHeston brings his Fat Duck recipes to Waitrose
Heston Blumenthal and Waitrose have added a new dimension to their partnership with food designed by the Fat Duck chef set to go on sale at the supermarket later this year.
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NewsAsda defends record on overseas wages
Asda has shrugged off criticism over the level of pay given to Indian workers that make its George at Asda clothing range.
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NewsRobert Wiseman ups milk price by 0.4ppl
Robert Wiseman Dairies has announced another increase in the price paid to its farmers for milk following last summer’s hike.
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Innovation the key to recession-proofing food trade
The food trade’s ability to innovate was the key factor in it emerging from the recession stronger than other sectors of UK manufacturing, a new report has claimed.
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NewsM&S tipped for new hike in food sales
Marks & Spencer is expected to unveil another rise in food sales in its first-quarter trading update later this week.
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NewsTesco on back foot over rainforest paper claims
Tesco has been forced on to the defensive amid claims that a supplier of paper products is involved in illegal logging in the Indonesian rainforest.
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Organic industry gets £1m EU match funds to fight falling sales
The UK organic industry has won its bid to unlock £1m of EU funding for its campaign to reverse decling organic food and drink sales. The latest organic sales data shows that the rate of decline in the organic sector has slowed, with...
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World News 3/7/10
Walmart has appointed Bill Simon as president and CEO of its US operations. Simon has been promoted from US chief operating officer. Former Walmart US boss Eduardo Castro-Wright continues as vice chairman and takes on the new roles of...
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Raw material costs fall 21% but prices increase
The world’s biggest food manufacturers benefitted from a sharp fall in ingredients costs last year while retail prices increased.
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NewsGrocer 33: Cottage cheese puts Asda back on top
Asda is back on top this week with nine cheapest items including the cottage cheese (£1), Parma ham (£1.18) and king prawns (£1.67).
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NewsGrocer 33: Bright, clean store offers great service
Four stores had no out-of-stocks this week and none of our shoppers had a disappointing experience. But Sainsbury's Murrayfield store in Edinburgh just edged it thanks to its great customer service, spotlessly clean store and full basket.
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NewsThe OC&C Global 50: Survivors, thrivers and divers
After the storm of recession, dead calm. Sales have flattened for the top 50 fmcg giants of today but a few are speeding along, writes James Ball
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NewsAcid Test: Inferno Hot Tomato Ketchup
First of all the label needs to be improved as it’s a bit on the dull side. As for the sauce itself, the taste is good, and garlic comes through as the strongest flavour. The label suggests the sauce is good with sausages and indeed it was.
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Weetabix launches a chocolate cereal it can advertise to kids
Weetabix claims to have created "the holy grail" of kids' breakfast time - a chocolate cereal that is healthy enough to be advertised to children.
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NewsSustainability must be top of the agenda, says Leahy
At the Consumer Goods Forum Global Summit, grocery leaders urged the industry to step up its efforts tackling climate change. Michelle Perrett reports
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Bestway aims to be biggest as well as Best in Scots assault
Bestway has launched a major push for its Best-One fascia in Scotland as it ramps up its efforts to become one of the biggest c-store brands in the UK.
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The Grocer praised for alerting world to mad EU unit law
MEPs from the leading political parties have praised The Grocer for exposing new draft EU food labelling regulations that threaten to outlaw the sale of groceries using basic numbers.
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My Alternative CV: Michael Boaler, Finlandia Vodka
Michael Boaler, brand manager at Finlandia Vodka, on missing out on being a vacuum cleaner salesman