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Focus On World Cuisine: Fully kitted out
Suppliers are latching on to meal kits as a way to meet consumer demand for greater authenticity and freshness without cannibalising sales of ready meals – with mixed results. Rachel Barnes reports
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Focus On World Cuisine: Four to watch
Scratch started out life at a few London markets from where it sold its scratch-cooking boxes. Each box contains fresh, uncooked ready-prepared ingredients and instructions to cook a meal from scratch as an alternative to a takeaway.
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Dickinson & Morris offers festive pies
Pork pie specialist Dickinson & Morris is launching a limited-edition Ultimate range to Tesco and Waitrose in time for Christmas. The Game Pie, an extra large authentic Melton Mowbray pork pie, and a cranberry-topped pork pie are...
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NewsProject Golden put on hold as recession hits expansion
Chief executive Stefan Barden's £50m factory reveamp has been shelved, but does Northern have another ambitious plan up its sleeve? James Ball reports
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Festive meat supply threat from striking UK vets
Christmas meat supplies are facing serious disruption after abattoir vets threatened strike action.
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Wealmoor returns to fire- wrecked site
Fresh produce supplier Wealmoor is returning to its processing site in Atherstone, Warwickshire, two years after its premises were devastated by fire. Since the November 2007 blaze, which killed four firefighters, Wealmoor has been...
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Mills Group opens its first Nisa stores
Rapidly expanding independent chain Mills Group has opened its first Nisa-branded stores.A new 850 sq ft store in Wallsend, near Newcastle, bears the Nisa fascia, while two former Somerfields in Whitby and Haxby bought from The Co-op...
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Waste levels in fish and meat industries scrutinised by Wrap
A meat and fish 'resource map' is to be created to establish the extent of waste in the supply chain and find ways to reduce it.The Wrap and Envirowise-led research will examine the poultry, beef, lamb and pork chains as well as 20 types...
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PepsiCo’s healthier kids lunchbox range tested in Sainsbury’s
PepsiCo has launched Planet Lunch, a range it claims is the first cross-category brand for the kids' lunchbox market.
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It’s not just potato... it’s a super potato
A new campaign has been launched to promote the potato as a 'Supercarb' and help shoppers understand it is more than just carbohydrate.Part of the Potato Council's Love Potatoes campaign, the Supercarb message will be promoted by...
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Wanis spreads its Reggae roots
Afro-Caribbean food and drink distributor Wanis is on track with its expansion plans despite the recession - and relcation forced by the Olympics. Alex Black reports
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Parmesan and mozzarella shortages push up prices
Italian cheese lovers are to be hit by a double whammy as shortages push up the prices of both Parmesan and mozzarella. When the export market for Italian Parmesan collapsed due to the recession earlier this year, the Italian...
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NewsCadbury gears up for battle of the bunnies
Cadbury is putting its best rabbit foot forward in the battle of the bunnies by pitting its Caramel bunny against Mars’ MaltEaster Bunny and Nestlé’s new Kit Kat Bunny next Easter.
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Bulletin: Jamie the salt addict... King's VAT warning... Greggs after Threshers bargains
Celeb chef's sauce 'like 10 bags of crisps'; supermarket profits impress; high street baker hunting new sites
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News‘Salt addict’ chefs slammed over sauces
Jamie Oliver and Loyd Grossman have come under fire for the high salt content of their pasta sauces.
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NewsMults’ growth at slowest since 2007
Falling food inflation meant growth across the major multiples has slowed to its lowest level since 2007, according to new data from Nielsen.
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Bulletin: Cadbury bid to come today... Asda is least green... bad week for Gordon Ramsay
Deadline for confectioner approach this afternoon; supermarket rapped by consumer body; sweary chef hits gin sales
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NewsSmoothie maker Innocent guilty of £9m loss
Innocent has reported a loss of £9.1m in its latest accounts, filed last week at Companies House.
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NewsWal-Mart shifts Asda ownership to subsidiary Corinth
Asda has been ‘sold’ by parent Wal-Mart to investment subsidiary Corinth Services in a £6.9bn deal.
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NewsKraft beats deadline to launch formal Cadbury bid
The Cadbury board has rejected a formal bid from Kraft, launched just four hours ahead of the ‘put up or shut up’ deadline set by the Takeover Panel.