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Robinsons celebrating 75 years of link to Wimbledon
Britvic is celebrating Robinsons' 75-year tie-up with Wimbledon through a new marketing campaign, and doesn't anticipate the football World Cup will overshadow the tennis tournament.
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NewsAcid Test: Sailor Jerry
The label design certainly appeals thanks to the hula girl! It looks too stylish to hide away in a cupboard.
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Hovis turns up the flair with Hearty Oats TV ad
Hovis's switch to all-British ingredients has prompted a 2.5% sales increase for the brand, which is now seeking to excite "lacklustre" fmcg advertising with a new £5m ad campaign.Five months after the Premier Foods business switched...
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Ad of the Week: Irn-Bru's loony tunes
In the past, if you were followed home by animals you were either a Catholic saint or a pensioner fleeing hyenas. They can smell death, you know (both hyenas and pensioners).
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Asda’s Old World wines ahead of rival retailers
Old World wines are "fighting back" in Asda, where sales are beating those of the retailer's rivals.In the past four weeks, like-for-like sales of French wine at Asda have grown 47% ahead of those at Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons,...
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Careers File: Minimum alcohol pricing, no national insurance rise... it's all change in business
Sir Terry Leahy, The Grocer's retailer power player, is off the starting blocks before anyone else yet again. Just a day after the...
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A pollen-less flower for allergy sufferers
Sainsbury's has targeted the potentially lucrative allergy market by introducing a pollen-less lily.The new variety follows extensive breeding work to produce a lily that retains the colour of the original but has shrunken anthers that...
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B&M confirms meteoric rise as pre-tax profits hit all-time high
B&M Bargains has reinforced its rise to number five in The Grocer's Top 50 Independents list by announcing record turnover and profits.Owner B&M Retail has filed bumper figures with Companies House following its expansion from 89...
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Sainsbury’s raises animal welfare bar
Sainsbury's has set new animal welfare standards for its dairy farmers to accelerate its bid to become the most welfare-friendly supermarket.The retailer's Dairy Development Group farmers have been issued with a three-page document...
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Focus On Functional Foods: Athletic antioxidants
Antioxidants have been big news of late, with celebrities and dieticians proclaiming the health benefits of a host of berries, including blueberries, goji and acai berries.
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Coles appointed to expand The Co-op’s food store estate
The Co-operative Group has appointed Andrew Coles to the new post of national acquisitions manager for its food business.Coles had been working as a consultant to The Original Factory Shop prior to his appointment. He previously worked...
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Price inflation stabilises in May following frantic April
A 0.8% rise in inflation made April an exciting affair. But May has been quiet, with few significant changes in category prices. Michelle Perrett reports
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Argentina’s Quilmes is set for World Cup
Quilmes beer has won national listings with Tesco its first major foray into the multiples.The 4.9% abv Argen-tinian lager will be in 412 Tescos nationwide (rsp: £3.29 for 970ml). Importer Morgenrot said it expected the beer, which has...
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Netto: ‘OFT won’t force Asda to sell our stores‘
Asda is unlikely to be ordered by the OFT to sell many, if any, of the Netto stores it bought, according to the discounter's boss.Speaking to The Grocer, Netto's international MD Claus Juel-Jensen said he was optimistic the OFT wouldn't...
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Asda to give standard own label a makeover
Asda has announced plans to overhaul its standard own-label range angering suppliers who claim they're being asked to fund new recipes and packaging without being consulted.The first categories, including beer, spirits, beverages,...
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Asda set to run out of World Cup shirts
Asda's stockpile of cut-price England football shirts is close to running out after just eight days though with a fortnight until the World Cup kicks off, it wants to "get its hands on even more". Asda acquired the 48,000 shirts from...
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Second Opinion: And what of baby milk, Nestlé?
It’s caved in on palm oil, but its baby formula is also controversial, notes Joanna Blythman
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NewsWhy a below-cost booze ban will be harder than it sounds
With the relevant parties still unable to agree on exactly what ‘below cost’ means, a ban is likely to prove unenforceable. Graham Holter reports
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NewsEditor's Comment: Curb promotions, yes, but a below-cost ban won’t work
The day after Tesco was welcoming moves set out in the Queen's Speech to ban below-cost alcohol promotions, it was selling Stella for 95p a litre. In other words: six pence below the cost of the excise duty and VAT costs it pays out to HMRC.
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NewsBanana wars
Price skirmishes in supermarkets have hit growers hard. Now Costa Rican farmers are fighting back with a bid to premiumise the fruit. But will shoppers be willing to fork out more? Michael Barker reports from Central America