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Princes ups the stakes in tuna with NPD
One month after John West announced it was rolling out its No Drain concept across its entire tuna range, rival Princes is stepping up innovation with a flavour-infused range.
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Orchard World trials tastier pear varieties
Orchard World is looking to jazz up the pear category with a concept orchard to trial four new varieties.The grower plans to produce better-tasting fruit and increase yields to boost profits for pear producers. The four premium varieties...
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NewsM&S presses on with ‘bigger, bolder’ Plan A
Marks & Spencer has provided an update on the progress of its environmental campaign three years after the launch of Plan A.
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NewsMorrisons: Fine retailers for selling booze below cost
Morrisons has called for legislation that would see retailers fined £25,000 for selling alcohol below cost.
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NewsMüller red-faced as ‘home’ county mix-up moves its dairy to Wiltshire
Dairy giant Müller has been left red-faced after using a picture of Wiltshire to promote its Shropshire dairy roots.
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NewsDigital Dragons' Den: the finalists
Earlier this year, The Grocer ran a fabulous competition to win a £30,000 digital marketing strategy. Seven finalists were shortlisted. They made their pitches to three ‘digital dragons’ in our executive den – and we’d like you to be dragon number four.
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NewsOcado touts shares to half a million shoppers
Ocado has written to 500,000 customers offering them the chance to buy shares, as the online grocer gears up for its widely trailed stock market flotation.
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NewsMorrisons poaches Waitrose commercial director Hodgson
Waitrose commercial director Richard Hodgson has defected to Morrisons to become the supermarket’s new group commercial director.
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NewsCoca-Cola facing ballot on strike action
More than 2,000 workers at Coca-Cola Enterprises could go on strike this summer in a row over changes to the company’s pension scheme, as trade union Unite steps up the pressure on the soft drinks giant.
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NewsClarke to take Tesco reins as Sir Terry sets departure date
Philip Clarke has been named as the next chief executive of Tesco, after Sir Terry Leahy announced his retirement following 14 years at the helm.
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NewsThe Co-op makes a Healthier Choice with new range
The Co-operative Group has launched a new healthy eating range called The Co-operative Healthier Choice – as predicted by The Grocer earlier this year.
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NewsWaitrose unveils Lasting Leaf stay-fresh lettuce
Waitrose is rolling out a new range of bagged lettuce it claims can stay fresh for up to a week.
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NewsNew row breaks out as Defra boss gives backing to GM
A fresh row over GM crops has broken out after the new environment secretary publicly backed the controversial technology.
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NewsThe Co-op adds Fairtrade chocs to Somerfield stores
The Co-operative Group is looking to double its Fairtrade chocolate sales by introducing the own-label range to Somerfield stores.
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NewsBRC warns Whitehall: We need cuts, not taxes
The British Retail Consortium has called on the coalition government to focus on spending cuts over tax rises, amid fears that retailers could be hit by a rise in VAT.
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World News 5/6/10
Following Asda's £778m acquisition of Netto UK, Walmart International CEO Mike Duke has promised further expansion of its international business.
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Grocer 33: Waitrose wins the day with service
Waitrose and Asda each had one item out of stock this week, but Waitrose in Colchester just pipped Asda in Wheatley on customer service.
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Industry blasts NICE's 50p/unit pricing plan
Proposals to introduce a minimum price on alcohol will not solve Britain's binge-drinking culture and could lead to an explosion in duty fraud, industry campaigners have claimed.
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Tesco delivers £8.8m duty blow on promos
Tesco has called on brewers to foot the bill for the cost of all duty hikes for beers on promotion in the 16 weeks following the government's 22 June emergency budget.
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Welsh abattoirs ‘at risk if regulatory subsidy is cut’
Many meat slaughterers will go bust if the Welsh government does not step in to subsidise struggling smaller abattoirs, an influential new report has claimed.The Welsh government should "develop a mechanism for subsidising the industry...