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Retail Prices: Birds Eye takes top spot as Cadbury reins back deals
Birds Eye has upped its promotional activity, reports Alex Beckett, but shoppers are being lured away from frozen by fresh and chilled deals
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NewsFocus On Bakery: Breads use more than their loaf
Over the past few decades Brits have been eating less and less bread. It’s a situation bakers are determined to turn around, reports Chloe Ryan. But will they succeed?
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Booker blasts banks for not support independents
Independents are receiving "shockingly bad service" from their banks, claims Booker chief executive Charles Wilson.
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C-stores leave their big box rivals in the shade
Local c-stores are growing at a faster rate than large out-of-town supermarkets.Speaking at the Federation of Wholesale Distributors conference this week, Nielsen analyst David Glennon revealed that sales at stores under 3,000 sq ft had...
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Jack Daniels gets low-abv rival with Black Star launch
As sales of imported whiskey leapfrog single malt whisky, Jack Daniel's has cautiously welcomed the launch of Intercontinental Brands' Black Star bourbon spirit.
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NewsCritical Eye... on muddy boots and fish out of water
There was plenty to chuckle at on TV this week. Like that shot of the Queen shaking hands with Cameron at the Palace (you know, the pre-smile one that suggested she'd rather have been watching Holby City).
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Musgrave boss Smith named FWD chairman
Musgrave Retail Partners GB managing director Phil Smith has been named as the new chairman of the Federation of Wholesale Distributors.
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Mixed bouquets drive Morrisons flower sales
Supermarkets would significantly boost their flower sales if they followed Morrisons' lead in selling more bouquets packed with lower-value flowers, a report has claimed.Morrisons has outperformed the market in the past year with a 7%...
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Brakes spree continues as it snaps up Browns
Brakes has bought catering butcher Browns Food Service in its third acquisition of 2010.Browns will still be run as an independent business, led by its current MD Andrew Dalton, and would "sit comfortably alongside" Brakes' range of...
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New milk brand from Medina
Medina Dairy has launched a new milk brand out of its recently acquired former DFB Blaydon Dairy site.Simply Milk was a more premium-looking product, designed to show customers that Medina was now a bigger player, said processing...
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Yorkshire Tea Cakes shrink to woo elderly
Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate is relaunching its Yorkshire Tea Cakes portfolio in smaller sizes and revamped packaging to appeal to its core elderly consumers. The updated range, which is rolling out now, comes in 25% smaller packs....
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Smirnoff faces challenge of Eristoff
Smirnoff might have been declared the most powerful global spirit or spirits brand this week, according to a new survey, but Georgian rival Eristoff plans to emulate its success.
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Will supermarkets be tempted by new cheap meat supply?
An influx of cheap South American meat could be destined for the EU, tempting retailers and manufacturers away from British sourcing commitments.
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Riverford offers cheaper franchises to graduates
Riverford Organic is to roll out a subsidised “franchisee internship” programme to attract more graduates to its national supply network.
Under the scheme, the organic veg grower and box scheme operator will target recent graduates who… -
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Müller goes Greek in latest extension to Corner portfolio
Müller is to kick off a £9m overhaul of its Corner portfolio with the launch of a new Greek-style sub-range.
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World Cup Watch: Group F
Durum wheat pasta was introduced to Sicily by raiding Arabs in the 7th century long before the apocryphal tale of Marco Polo bringing it back from China, invented by the Macaroni Journal to promote pasta in the US.
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NewsDiscounter dreams destroyed as store openings plummet
The discounters have failed to open stores at the ambitious rates they promised when 'The Aldi Effect' was in full swing, new figures show.
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Tesco to take down gap-bridging store
Tesco is to dismantle the temporary store it built in Workington after floods last November damaged bridges in the town.
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Focus On Fresh Produce: Dude where’s my veg?
Healthy eating came under strain in the recession, with veg consumption under particular scrutiny. And veg was having a tough enough time even before the recession, with consumption in 2008 down 11% on the previous five-year average, according to European fresh produce association Freshfel.
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NewsIn the line of duty with HMRC
Duty hikes, supermarket price wars, and greed are fuelling the trade in illicit alcohol and tobacco. Peter Cripps is the first journalist to join HMRC as a new crackdown hots up