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Hovis wins race to make first all-British loaf
Hovis will trump Warburtons in the race to produce Britain's first all-British bread loaf, The Grocer can reveal.Although the heritage of both Warburtons and Hovis dates back more than 100 years, the UK's two leading bread brands have...
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Andrex rolls out seasonal toilet paper
Kimberly-Clark is introducing Christmas designs on its Andrex toilet rolls for the first time.The Winter Collection, in four-roll packs (rsp: £2.20), comes in completely clear packaging another first for the brand with six different...
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Johal appeals judgement for invoice plot
Johal Dairies will have the chance to clear its name in the Court of Appeal over a High Court judgment against it. In June the High Court concluded Johal had acted unlawfully in paying an illegal immigrant to steal information from rival...
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NewsBananas up as Christmas approaches
Supermarkets are gradually increasing the price of bananas in the run up to Christmas as the record autumn cuts come to an end. Bananas are currently selling for 77p/kg in the big four, double the 38p/kg price seen in Asda last month but...
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Arla sets out plans for mega dairy in London
Arla Foods UK has unveiled ambitious plans to build the world's biggest fresh milk dairy on the outskirts of London by 2012, creating about 500 new jobs. The new facility will process up to one billion litres of milk a year double the...
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NewsEditor's Comment: Government has more tools in its arsenal than imposing more duty
Earlier this week we learned that Customs officers seized 32,000 illegal cans of lager from a warehouse in Birmingham, representing £51,000 of lost duty value according to HMRC.
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Asda plans web tool to track online order
Asda is planning to offer an online tool that will allow customers to track their online shopping, The Grocer has learnt.Earlier this month, the retailer launched a service allowing shoppers to track the vans carrying their deliveries...
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Government asked to clarify cash & carry tobacco display rules
The Federation of Wholesale Distributors has demanded government clarification on whether cash & carries will be made to comply with the proposed tobacco display ban. Under the terms of the current draft display ban, wholesalers are...
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Focus On Bacon & Sausages: Sales of pigmeat fly
Bacon and sausages have defied the recession and production cost pressure thanks to their ease of preparation and affortability. But premium lines are also doing well, finds Michael Barker
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Burts: It's in the bag
Turnover has nearly doubled at premium crisps maker Burts this year, thanks in no small part to a thriving export market. Alex Beckett reports
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A Christmas price war? Bah humbug
Supermarket shoppers looking for the record-breaking money-off deals they've read about in the papers are set for a shock, The Grocer can reveal, as new data shows this year's deals offer a smaller saving than 2008.Of the big four...
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The battle of Crouch End
Run a successful independent store and the chances are a big chain will have its eye on your patch. Joanne Grew looks at the efforts one high-profile indie has gone to in an attempt to fend off a bigger rival
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Threshers stores set to become bookmakers
Threshers stores are more likely to be taken over by bookmakers, food-to-go outlets and hairdressers than off-licence chains, claim industry insiders. Growing competition from supermarket and c-stores' alcohol offerings meant small local...
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Campaign Trail: Green & Blake masterpiece
Iconic pop artist Sir Peter Blake, who designed the Beatles' album cover for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, has created a giant art work out of 700 bars of Green & Black's chocolate.
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NewsCan Morrisons move forward without Bolland at the helm?
As the Morrisons board begins its search for a successor to Marc Bolland, Ronan Hegarty looks at the potential candidates and the prospects for the retailer
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McKenna is tipped as Bolland replacement
Is Morrisons, the Yorkshire-based supermarket known for its traditional ways, ready to surprise the market again and appoint a woman as its new CEO?
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Eggs set to receive a promotional boost from new campaign
British Lion is to launch a £1m egg marketing campaign that focuses on their health, cost, convenience and culinary benefits.The campaign, which kicks off in January, aims to capitalise on recent scientific studies that have debunked the...
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Holme Farm bottles its love for local milk
Lancashire milk processor Holme Farm Dairies has launched a campaign to reassure consumers its milk is 100% locally sourced. The Love Milk Love Local campaign was launched last week by the sixth Duke of Westminster, Gerald Cavendish...
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M&S voted UK’s most family-friendly brand
Marks & Spencer is the UK's most family-friendly brand, according to shoppers. The retailer was judged as having the most caring and trustworthy image of 97 brands in a poll of 1,500 consumers conducted by The FamilyBrands.
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Curry king spices up Indian meals with first branded range
Sir Gulam Noon is hoping to shake up the own-label dominated Indian ready meal market with his first branded range in partnership with Kerry Foods.