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NewsCadbury goes viral for 2010 Creme Egg season
Cadbury has launched an extensive viral campaign to support this year’s Creme Egg season, which began this week.
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NewsColony Collapse Disorder and thrifty shoppers hit honey sales
Honey sales are down 5.4%, by volume after six consecutive years of growth [TNS 52w/e 4 October 2009]. Own-label honey led the decline, with sales down 7.4% in volume [IRI 52w/e 31 October 2009].
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NewsSmithfield Foods sells RMH and Maverick
US meat processor Smithfield Foods has offloaded all of the assets of RMH Foods, which produces beef…
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NewsBuffett warns Kraft on Cadbury bid
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has urged Kraft to keep its head when it weighs up its final bid for Cadbury.
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NewsAsda hails ‘biggest rollback in a decade’
Asda has slashed the price of 3,600 essential products in what the supermarket claims is its biggest price rollback…
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NewsFirst Quench owes £2m to Diageo - and £14m to taxman
Diageo has been named as the largest corporate creditor of collapsed Threshers owner First Quench Retailing.
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NewsNestlé completes Alcon eyecare sale to Novartis
Nestlé has concluded the $28bn sale of its majority stake in eyecare business Alcon to Novartis.
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NewsUnilever ponders billion-pound ad spend shake-up
Unilever is reviewing its media and advertising spending and could take a £281m marketing contract away from advertising giant WPP, according to the Daily Mail.
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NewsHovis crowned in The Grocer’s Top Products 2009
Hovis stormed into pole position in The Grocer’s 2009 Top Products Survey chart, with the biggest growth in value of all the products across 76 key categories.
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Waitrose wine boss heads for Direct Wines
Direct Wines has completed a swoop for Waitrose wine chief Justin Howard-Sneyd.
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Mugabe henchmen storm Nestlé HQ
The Zimabawean office of Nestlé has been blockaded after the Swiss manufacturer stopped buying milk from a farm owned by President Robert Mugabe’s wife, Grace.
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NewsYorkshire Tesco plan sent to court
Plans for a new Tesco in the Yorkshire town of Driffield have been delayed after a judicial review into planning consent was called.
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World News 19/12/09
Auchan has expanded its network of stores in Russia with the first store under a new hard discount hypermarket fascia, Raduga. The store is in Penza, 388 miles south east of Moscow. Head of Auchan Russia, Jean-Pierre Zhermen, said up to...
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The lad delivers: Hovis is the Top Product of 2009
Hovis stormed into pole position in The Grocer's 2009 Top Products Survey chart, with the biggest growth in value of all the products across 76 key categories. Sales of Hovis loaves soared £56.9m, up 14.6% on last year to £445.8m ...
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Top Products 2009: Campaigns we loved this year
The commercial break is for making a cuppa or grabbing a beer, right? Not always. Charlie Wright chooses the ads that had us stuck to the sofa or rolling in the aisles
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Top Products 2009: Alcoholic drinks
Cider with rosé can again toast success in '09: Despite hikes in VAT as well as heavy promotional activity, beer and wine sales did well and cider was a star, up 16.4%
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Top Products 2009: Biscuits
High levels of promotion, comfort eating and mini-makeovers boosted biscuit sales values, but volumes were flat