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‘Biggest-ever’ points giveaway for Nectar
Sainsbury's is running its first 'triple point giveaway' for Nectar customers this bank holiday weekend.Shoppers would receive up to one billion points over the four-day bonanza, which equated to about £5m in savings, the retailer...
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Two non-execs to retire from Tesco’s board
Charles Allen and Dr Harald Einsmann are both to retire as non-executive directors of Tesco from the end of this year's agm on Friday 2 July. The process of recruiting replacements is under way and the company expects to announce new...
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Sales of Mornflake Oatbran boosted by The Dukan Diet
Sales of Mornflake Oatbran cereal have doubled following the UK release of The Dukan Diet book, the cereal-maker has claimed. The Hollywood celebrity-endorsed book, written by French nutritionist Dr Pierre Dukan, advocates a daily dose...
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Thorntons to seek boss with greater retail clout
Struggling chocolatier Thorntons is on the search for a supermarket-savvy replacement for CEO Mike Davies, who announced his retirement this week.The news about Davies' departure came as the upmarket chocolate company posted a profit...
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Brookside to drive John West salmon
Salmon smoker and processor Brookside Products is hoping for an 80% sales increase by 2013 through wider listings of its John West smoked salmon products and an increase in exports.Brookside, which holds the licence to produce smoked...
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Focus On Functional Foods: The case for fortification
The debate about whether to make it mandatory to add folic acid to bread illustrates the complexities of legislation on functional food.
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Spayne Lindsay club splashes the cash on first three ventures
A Dragons' Den-style collective of venture capitalists has finally made its first investments more than a year after launching its search for the next big things in food and drink.Spayne Lindsay Investor Club made up of investors who...
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NewsFocus On Functional Foods: Crunch time for health claims
Will this year be the year EFSA finally gets to grips with health claims for functional foods? Or will a logjam mean suppliers give up in exasperation, asks Nic Paton
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Convenience growth set to outpace market
C-store sales have risen by 6.3% over the past year and are now worth £30.9bn, according to the latest UK grocery market data from IGD. Convenience accounts for 20.9% of total UK grocery and is forecast to hit £41.3bn by 2012 growing at...
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Value and fresh produce top c-store shoppers’ priority list
With supermarkets increasingly encroaching on c-store turf, independents are responding by getting fresh and boosting promotions. Rob Brown reports
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New powers give Customs right to demand duty fines
A crackdown on duty fraud will force any business caught handling black market tobacco or alcohol to cough up the missing tax.
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Moy Park enters turkey by gobbling up O’Kane
Moy Park is to move into turkey for the first time following its acquisition of fellow Northern Irish supplier O'Kane Poultry. The purchase this week, for an undisclosed sum, will result in Moy Park acquiring O'Kane's Ballymena site,...
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Morrisons expands training programme
Morrisons is to expand its Retail Skills training programme after the first 20,000 staff achieved QCF qualifications.The supermarket claims to have trained the largest ever number of employees on a vocational learning programme at any...
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UB fails to hit its first-quarter profits target
United Biscuits had a torrid start to 2010 missing its sales and profits targets and losing market share, a leaked company announcement has revealed.
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P&G makes Pringles flavours just for Tesco
Procter & Gamble has created a customised range of Pringles exclusively for Tesco the first time the fmcg giant has tailored a range for a multiple retailer.
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Focus On Functional Foods: Four to watch
Launched last October, Activia Single Pots were a break with the conventional multipack format and a way of extending the functional digestive product market penetration to younger consumers, a demographic traditionally overlooked, says Bryan Martins, customer development controller at Danone.
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NewsTales of Titania: Fruit and veg goes pear-shaped
Exciting times at Puff & Fluff. The world of fruit and veg has gone utterly pear-shaped.
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Tulip launches into meat snacks with Wicked Pig
Tulip is making its debut in meat snacks with a rival to Fridge Raiders.The Danish pork specialist has created Wicked Pig, a pork snack aimed at 17 to 35-year-olds looking for an alternative to crisps or nuts. The brand has been launched...
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Moy Park acquires O’Kane Poultry
Moy Park is to move into turkey for the first time following its acquisition of fellow Northern Irish supplier O’Kane Poultry.
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Sainsbury’s opens standalone bakery school
Sainsbury’s is bidding to improve the quality of its bakery offer with the opening of a dedicated bakery college.