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NewsHow could Cadbury’s café chain avoid an early Bath?
Kraft has green-lit Cadbury’s plan to create a network of 60 branded cafés across Britain. Can Cadbury succeed in a fiercely competitive market, ask Alex Beckett and Carolyn Wilson
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World Cup Watch: Group B
As well as prodigiously gifted footballing dwarves, Argentina's main export is beef.
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Mars Bar brand chief joins Premier Foods to lead Hovis team
Premier Foods has recruited Mars' former marketing controller for bars to lead its resurgent Hovis brand. Caroline Jary, who took over the role of Hovis head of brand this week, said one of the biggest opportunities would be taking the Go...
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Co-op: ‘slavery probe not behind supply shift’
The Co-operative Group has denied that a BBC probe into child slave labour at one of its suppliers prompted it to broaden its cocoa supply base.The Panorama investigation, broadcast last month, claimed to have found evidence of human...
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Ben & Jerry’s: why so serious?
Sir, Is it my imagination or is Ben & Jerry's becoming an increasingly one-dimensional ice cream proposition these days, with its Fairtrade fixation?
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NewsWatch out, Ben & Jerry’s
R&R chief executive James Lambert tells Nick Hughes why he’s not afraid to gun for Unilever’s dominance in ice cream
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Foodservice beware, DHL plans to cut wholesalers out of chain
Logistics expert DHL is planning to muscle further into the foodservice market and is in talks with several pub and restaurant chains.
Several companies were examining their supply chains to look for efficiency savings and were… -
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Tesco planning bigger push for buy one get one free later promos
Tesco is working on ways to roll out buy one get one free later on a larger scale.The retailer offered the bogofl deal on pineapple, melon, salad and lettuce as part of a two-week trial in January this year.Speaking at a...
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Minimum wage hike a ‘bigger threat than NI’
Labour plans to increase the minimum wage could cost more grocery retail jobs than its proposed hike in national insurance, it has been claimed.The main political parties released their manifestos this week, with Labour unveiling plans...
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NewsDon Pumsey on Bond's emotional swansong
Poor old Bondandybond. I've always had a sneaking regard for the ginger ninja, whatever people say about his stewardship of a company The Grocer has in survey after survey revealed to be Britain's Most Depressing Supermarket. I mean, his record speaks for itself.
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Owner of Threshers brand names signs up to Nisa-Today’s
SEP Properties, which has bought the rights to the Threshers, Victoria Wine, The Local and Bottom's Up names, has become a member of Nisa-Today's, The Grocer can reveal.SEP, which runs four Dave's Discount Stores in the West Midlands,...
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Retail Prices: Mars breaks out of Easter mould with flurry of deals
Mars has leapt to fifth place as it pushes promos in support of recent NPD but Cadbury is maintaining high levels of activity too, says Alex Beckett
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Innocent swoops upon Sainsbury’s Brightman
Innocent has headhunted Philippa Brightman, special diets and health manager at Sainsbury's, to help steer the technical side of its fruit sourcing.The 27-year-old, who was instrumental in the February relaunch of Sainsbury's 100-strong...
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Focus On PLMA: Weak pound, strong Brits
The UK contingent may not have the biggest pavilion of the 40 countries taking part in the World of Private Label Show, but British supplier numbers are up from 13 to 16 this year as businesses look to exploit the weak pound.
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Chile’s supply crisis sends salmon prices rocketing
Salmon lovers are facing further price hikes as the impact of the Chilean salmon industry's collapse continues to send UK prices skywards.The average price of salmon fillets in the big four has already risen 16.7% in the past year to...
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‘Eating prawns does not raise cholesterol’
Prawns could be set for a sales boost after new research busted the myth that the shellfish raises levels of bad cholesterol.
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Perfectly Clear gets new lines in revamp
Kent bottled water supplier Silver Spring plans to claw share of the flavoured water category from Volvic with an overhaul of its Perfectly Clear range, six months after a private equity buyout.Privet Capital acquired Silver Spring at...
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NewsCritical Eye... on Heston's dark recesses
Chefs love quality ingredients, so it's odd they couldn't get better celebrities for Heston's Fairytale Feast (Tuesday 9pm, Channel 4) especially with Waitrose's wunderkind in top form.
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Findus Group names its new CSR director
Ian Hagg has been appointed to the new role of corporate social responsibility director for Findus Group.He will be responsible for ensuring sustainability remains at the core of all Findus Group activity.He joins from...
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Nocton Dairies postpones plans for dairy mega herd
Nocton Dairies has delayed plans to establish an 8,000-strong dairy herd in Lincolnshire while it addresses public concerns.