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Stassen set to rival S&N's over-ice cider offerings
Belgium's leading cider producer is planning to enter the UK just over a year after winning its independence from S&N.Stassen was bought back by the family of the same name in January 2008, 16 years after being sold to Bulmers, which was...
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Dairy Crest sells Yoplait stake as import costs hit
Dairy Crest chief executive Mark Allen has blamed its decision to sell its stake in Yoplait prematurely on soaring import costs in the yoghurt market.Britain's biggest dairy business sold its 49% stake in Yoplait Dairy Crest to the Yoplait...
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Picture This: Here's one I tossed earlier...
Posh salad bar chain Tossed has opened its seventh store in London this week. The store on Tottenham Court Road is Tossed's second franchise store. The first was opened last October on Baker Street. The company plans to open a further six premises...
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Indies urged to make most of Easter Sunday
Wholesalers are urging independent retailers to capitalise on Easter Sunday when their larger supermarket rivals will be closed.Stores over 3,000 sq ft are not allowed to open in England and Wales on Easter Sunday, leaving independent...
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In the firing line
Trade bodies have warned of a significant rise in retail theft, burglary and violence as a result of the economic downturn. So what steps are retailers taking to protect themselves and their staff, asks Kelly Smith
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Fish takes fresh to new levels
With just yards between the sea and the counter, it doesn't get much fresher than at Brighton and Newhaven Fish Sales' new retail venture Fish. Richard Ford reports
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Waitrose trials new food store format at motorway services
Waitrose is locking horns with M&S Simply Food by trialling two motorway service franchises.The retailer has teamed up with motorway services operator Welcome Break to open 2,500 sq ft food stores next month at Oxford Services on the M40 and...
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Quality test: own-label fRESH PASTA SAUCE, TOMATO & MASCArPONE
At £1.99, Waitrose's sauce was the priciest of the bunch and was pale in colour.
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Merger 'not spurred by pension fund hole'
Douglas Fletcher, CEO of Plymouth & South West Co-op, has poured cold water on speculation that the society had proposed a merger with The Co-operative Group to shore up a £17.4m deficit in its pension fund.Plymouth & South West Co-op, which...
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In Season: Kippers
The clamour for value is helping boost sales of kippers in the recession. Sales of kippers, or smoked herring, have gone up 8% by volume over the past year, according to Nielsen, with Brits now spending £14.8m a year on the fish, a 13%...
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Smith retires from Unilever, making way for Simmons
Tony Smith, vice president of customer development at Unilever UK & Ireland, is set to retire later this year following a 28-year career at the manufacturing giant.
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Morrisons debut for northeast curry maker Maysan
Morrisons has launched a new range of hot curry pastes and powders that are being sold in 177 stores in the northeast by a local producer.
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NewsRetailers reap 90% of trade promotion profits
Retailers pocket 90% of the profits generated by trade promotions, despite manufacturers spending £8bn a year funding the deals.
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Holberry quits Magners hot-seat amid career worries
Magners GB managing director John Holberry has quit after just a year with the company – blaming a lack of career opportunities following the installation of a new management team.
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NewsRose hails new ranges for slowing M&S food sales decline
Marks & Spencer has posted better than expected results for the fourth quarter of the year, with like-for-like sales down by just 4.2% in the UK.
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Tesco in £400k push to save water
Tesco is working on an efficiency project with Yorkshire Water to reduce the amount of water used in hundreds of stores to improve its carbon footprint and save costs.
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Sales at caterer Compass hit by rising unemployment
Catering giant Compass is expected to announce a fall in UK sales for the past six months.
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NewsAbsolut cashes in on G20 controversy with new ad campaign
A mass pillow fight between political protestors and the police features in the first UK advertising for Absolut vodka since it was bought by Pernod Ricard last year.
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AG Barr energised by Irn-Bru but water sales dry up
Fizzy drinks fuelled solid growth in profits for soft drinks group AG Barr, despite a flat performance by waters, juices and smoothies.
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World News 28/3/09
CHINA: Coca Cola’s bid to buy Huiyuan juice was turned down because China feared the soft drinks giant could abuse its position, an official said. Ministry of Commerce spokesman Yao Jian said in an interview with the People’s Daily that Coca-Cola…