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End of the affair: Irish stop buying potatoes
The unthinkable has happened the Irish have fallen out of love with the potato. Sales of fresh potatoes in the Republic of Ireland have tumbled 11.3% in value and 12% in volume over the last quarter [TNS 12 w/e 14 June 09]. Year-on-year...
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Aldi begins search for new MD after Foley’s shock exit
Paul Foley's boss will take temporary charge of Aldi's UK business following the shock departure of the UK MD this week, but the appointment is not expected to be permanent. Armin Burger, promoted to oversee Aldi Süd's international...
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Heinz’s new squeezy bottle turns out not so squeezy after all
Heinz has been forced into an embarrassing rethink after a wave of customer complaints over its much vaunted lightweight tomato ketchup bottle.The company launched the bottle in April, heralding it a major step forward in packaging...
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Sales up after pork pies ditch crusty old image
British shoppers are rediscovering their taste for pork pies restoring the category to growth after a poor 2008.Shoppers bought 360 million pork pies over the year to the end of May [TNS], 2% more than in the previous year. Value was up...
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Dairy ‘ahead of game on Roadmap green targets’
The dairy industry is well along the road towards meeting many of the targets laid down in the Milk Roadmap last year defying critics' expectations. One target was for 50% of dairy farmers to have at least half their dairy-managed...
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Stores are step ahead of call for bogofs ban
Critics have branded Hilary Benn's call for an end to bogofs "idiotic", as research for The Grocer shows supermarkets have already significantly cut back.At this week's launch of the Defra food strategy, the environment secretary said...
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Campaign Trail: Typhoo backs sports for all
England World Cup winning knight Sir Geoff Hurst is the celebrity ambassador for Typhoo's new partnership with the Federation of Disability Sport. Typhoo Sports For All was launched this week to provide more than 500 community-based sports coaches...
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Frijj sponsors Sky Sports’ Soccer AM
Frijj has been revealed as the new sponsor of Sky Sports show Soccer AM this season.Under the deal, the Dairy Crest milkshake is being promoted in 15-second idents at the start and end of the three-hour programme, as well as five-second...
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Debbie and Andrew turn Dragons to find new product talent
A 'Dragons' Den' style initiative to discover the next generation of food innovators has been launched by Debbie & Andrew's.The sausage specialist this week began accepting entries from 18 to 24-year-olds for ideas for new food or...
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NewsCan off- licences fight back?
Yes they can, says Peter Cripps. But they will have to raise their games dramatically if they are to claw back share from the supermarkets and start making money again
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Picture This... Holland & Barrett turns intimate massager
Holland & Barrett has started selling sex toys after calling for food and healthcare suppliers to "bombard" it with lines. The chain, which plans to add at least 500 new lines by the end of the year, is selling two types of 'intimate massagers'...
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Mars focuses on the big sellers as festive range cut by a third
Mars has slashed the size of its 2009 Christmas confectionery line-up by nearly a third as it focuses efforts on a more "condensed range of big sellers" and NPD in boxed formats.
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Booker course boosts staff butchery skills
Booker will next month begin a second wave of butchery training.The wholesaling giant has already trained more than 40 staff in butchery over the past 12 months as it attempts to address a shortage of butchers in the trade. "Due to the...
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Retail Prices: Fruitful growing conditions bring down produce prices
Summer has brought good news for lovers of fresh produce - retail prices are on their way down. Michael Barker and Richard Ford report
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PepsiCo targets kids with new porridge called... Paw Ridge
PepsiCo is hoping to heat up the cereal aisles with a new puntastic porridge aimed specifically at kids.Paw Ridge, which hits shelves next week, comes in Original and Honey flavours and contains oats that have been "milled extra finely"...
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Co-op calls in suppliers to demand lower prices
The Co-operative Group is calling in suppliers to demand price reductions of up to 10% as it moves to consolidate its supply base.In May, the society sent an email to suppliers proposing an improvement in trading terms backdated to 1...
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Uruguay predicts fall in cattle production
The UK faces further pressure over beef supplies as Uruguayan exports fall. Uruguayan production is expected to fall by 8% during 2009 according to Uruguay's Instituto Nacional de Carnes (INAC), with a further fall anticipated in 2010....
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Champagne houses go for revamp as sales fall
Top Champagne houses are pulling out the stops to revive falling sales with revamped packaging and uplifts in marketing activity.Taittinger is revamping the livery of its entire Cuvée range, while Lanson is launching a new gift pack for...
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Kepak takes the hot sub concept to retail
Kepak is adding a hot subs range to its Rustlers fast food portfolio to tap into consumer demand for subway sandwich snacks.Rustlers Hot Subs, available from next month, come in two variants; southern fried chicken with creamy mayo, and...
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NewsCritical Eye... on the gazpacho gestapo and medicated pudding
I like to pretend I cook from scratch every day. So apart from an expensive M&S prepared salads habit that I refuse to give up (even if I do have to whip out the credit card), I generally don't spend extortionate amounts on food, and certainly...