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Bendicks makeover aims to double sales
Bendicks hopes that by giving its chocolates a more youthful edge it will double the brand's sales to £30m in the next year. From August its entire range will be relaunched to appeal to shoppers outside its core "older consumer base" - the...
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Inverness Tesco hit by tuna toxin alert
Fresh tuna steaks bought from a Scottish Tesco store have been linked to three cases of food poisoning.
Three instances of Scombrotoxin poisoning were diagnosed last week in the Inverness area.
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Asda trials specialist Irish chilled products
Asda is introducing a new range of speciality Irish foods into selected stores for a four-month trial this summer.Sourced from 14 Irish food companies, the 33-product range will be stocked in 14 Asda stores from May to September. The range...
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Aussie chain Coles still wooing UK retail talent
Australian supermarket chain Coles is set to plunder the UK retail scene again in a fresh bid to attract new talent Down Under.
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Campaign Trail: Jordans backs the bees
Jordans is hoping to raise awareness of the plight of the bumble bee through a £750,000 campaign called The Big Buzz. In the campaign, which runs until June, the Associated British Foods cereal brand is highlighting the role bees play in the...
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Foodvest builds up Findus UK to vend it like Beckham
Foodvest wants to build Findus UK into a £120m brand. Should Birds Eye be worried about competition in the frozen food aisle? Alex Beckett reports
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Editor's Comment: Tesco has become part of The Establishment
This week Tesco overtook Carrefour to become the world's second-most profitable retailer. And with the Chancellor announcing a basket case Budget a day later, it might seem odd to question one of the enduring success stories of the past New Labour...
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Beefeater launches super-premium gin in off-trade channel
Pernod Ricard is taking on luxury gin brands Hendrick's and Tanqueray with the off-trade launch of Beefeater 24, a super-premium gin.The new gin, which was launched into the on-trade in October 2008, will sit alongside its standard...
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Buster soars while big rivals slump
Upstart brand Buster is enjoying strong sales growth while its big rivals flounder, new TNS data reveals.Household cleaning brand Buster, made by Challs International and relaunched last year with a new look, saw sales rise 18% to £8.3m in...
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In Season: california Bing cherries
Record UK sales of California Bing Cherries are being predicted for this season.Growers in California anticipate the record 1,556 tonnes of Bing cherries exported to the UK last year will be surpassed this year. Bings represent more than 70%...
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NewsCadbury boosts sharing sector with Duo formats
Cadbury is emulating arch-rival Mars by extending its Boost and Double Decker bars into Duo formats in a move it says will achieve what its rival has failed to - revive sales of larger bars. Mars, which has Duo formats for Mars, Milky Way,...
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'Bread not suitable for UK vegetarians,' claims foodie group
Organisers of a leading food industry event are claiming much of the bread eaten in the UK is not suitable for vegetarians.
The Real Bread Campaign, which represents local, organic and artisan producers behind the Real Food Festival, an… -
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Morrisons and Budgens pork labelling under fire
Morrisons, Budgens and the major discounters have come under fire for “ambiguous” labelling of pork products.
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Wrap to map wastage in fruit & veg supply chain
A major new research project has been launched to measure and ultimately reduce wastage in the fresh produce supply chain.
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NewsInnocent and Tropicana chill out with the kids
Competition between Innocent and Tropicana is heating up in the chilled juice fixtures with a fresh raft of NPD aimed at kids.
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P&H overhauls pricing to enable comparisons
A new pricing structure from Palmer & Harvey will make it easier for retailers to judge its competitiveness against rivals.
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Picture This... Cookie doh! Frijj hires Homer
Homer Simpson will appear on bottles of Frijj chilled milkshakes for a new limited edition Cookie Dough flavour. Homer follows in the footsteps of fellow Springfield resident Chief Clancy Wiggum, who has been used to promote Frijj's chocolate fudge...
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Cooksey stands down at DFB as restructure ends
Dairy Farmers of Britain chief executive Andrew Cooksey has stood down following the completion of the company's restructuring process.Cooksey, who has been at DFB for four years, left the farmer-owned co-operative this week after laying off...
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The Co-op's Simply Value range replaces 'neglected' Everyday
The Co-operative Group's value range Everyday is set to disappear in the next few months, the society has confirmed. Last September, The Co-op Group food retail MD Tim Hurrell said the range had been "neglected" and it was planning to use the...
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Crisps from God's own county
You can take the crisps out of Yorkshire, but you can't take the Yorkshire out of the crisps. Nicolette Allen reports on a regional business with international aspirations