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EU approves funding to grow Red Tractor scheme
The Red Tractor logo is set to appear on more products following the EU's approval of a funding package that also secured the future of the scheme. The future of the scheme had been hanging in the balance since an application was made...
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Profits twice as nice for BA Cash & Carry
Full-year pre-tax profits have more than doubled at Welsh wholesaler BA Cash & Carry.Profits jumped 101% to £282,262 in the year to 28 February, the Landmark Wholesale member revealed in accounts filed at Companies House. Sales rose...
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NewsWill the government hang free single-use bags out to dry?
With Wales set to implement mandatory charges for single-use bags, retailers elsewhere are wondering if they've done enough to stave off legislation. Chloe Ryan reports
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Findus invests in NPD in bid to overtake Birds Eye
Findus UK has set itself the ambitious target of becoming the nation's number one frozen food brand within five years a feat that would require a thirteenfold increase in sales.
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First Drinks gives Tia Maria big welcome
First Drinks has pledged to raise Tia Maria's profile in the UK, after securing distribution of the coffee liqueur last week.The brand, which has a UK sales value of £43.8m, would benefit from a host of "exciting brand-building"...
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Green & Black’s farmers turn waste into fertiliser
Green & Black's is working on a new carbon reduction programme in Belize that could lead to the company becoming carbon neutral.The ethical chocolate maker is working with carbon reduction specialist Carbon Gold to pay cacao farmers...
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Nescafé Green Blend takes on green tea
Nescafé Green Blend, a new coffee that Nestlé claims is healthier than standard coffee, hits shelves this week.The new variant (rsp: £2.98 for a 100g jar) contains regular roasted coffee beans and unroasted green coffee beans, which...
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Booker's oil recycling scheme ‘used by thousands’
Booker has given £100,000 back to its customers under the cooking oil recycling scheme it launched in June last year.
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Morrisons serves up both value and ethics
Morrisons has been ranked best retailer for combining value and ethics in an analysis of real shopping baskets published this week.More than 1,000 shoppers were asked to explain why they had bought each item in their weekly shop.
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Brakes ramps up efforts to turn operation green
Brakes has vowed to step up efforts to cut the thickness of packaging on own-label products, replace older refrigeration with eco-friendly systems and switch to greener transport. In 2008, it reduced the thickness of packaging on 160...
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Glorious! buy-out livens up soup brand
Marco Pierre White-endorsed soup brand Glorious! has been given a new lease of life following the £24m management buy-out of its manufacturer TSC Foods in July. The brand has won new national listings with Asda, where it will arrive next...
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Hughes to head up global marketing for Mars cat brands
Mars has named Fiona Hughes its new global pet care marketing director for cat brands including Whiskas and Sheba.Hughes, who takes up the newly created role from 2 November, will be based in Mars' Brussels office and will focus on...
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Where there’s muck, there’s brass
Vital Earth is on an eco-mission to turn food waste into environmentally friendly peat-free compost - and to get it listed in the major grocery retailers. Alex Black reports
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What role will supermarkets play in Brown’s eco-towns?
The supermarkets have so far failed to convince government they have a role to play in eco-towns. Graham Holter asks how they can turn round the situation
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Crime Busters scheme nets two criminals
A scheme launched by a retailer six weeks ago to crack down on store crime has already led to two prosecutions. Under its Crime Busters scheme, TJ Morris, which trades as Home Bargains, displays images of suspected shoplifters caught on...
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Who will win the carbon race?
From 2010, Britain's food retailers will be ranked according to their carbon usage. Nick Hughes reports on how supermarkets are limbering up for the race to be greenest
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Woodeson is named as Cavendish’s successor
The Department of Health has announced the successor to Will Cavendish, who left his role as director of health and wellbeing last Friday.Liz Woodeson, director of health protection, will take over the role once someone is found to fill...
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Sainsbury’s set to launch new meal deal in time for Christmas
Sainsbury's is gearing up to launch a Feed Your Family for a Tenner meal deal, The Grocer has learned.The offer follows the success of its Feed Your Family for a Fiver launch in March 2008, and is thought to mirror the concept quite...
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Third Party: This Christmas, give less and you’ll do more
The best gift the industry can give to the environment is responsible packaging and production, says David Rennie
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Lifeboat Tea sets course for Waitrose
Posh tea brand Williamson is launching its Lifeboat Tea range in Waitrose the first time it will be available outside RNLI outlets.The range, which is being rolled out now, has been revamped for its mainstream launch in order to clearly...