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Caravan gears up for Windermere Row
Caravan, the charity for the grocery industry, is gearing up for its annual Windermere Row.
The gruelling 10-and-a-half mile row from one end of Lake Windermere to the other, takes place on Saturday 16 May.
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Delamere Top Life Cat Milk gets Tractor
The UK's first cat milk to carry the Red Tractor logo has been launched by Delamere Dairy.Pet milk supplier Delamere has developed the milk for cats over eight weeks old. Top Life Cat Milk is lactose-reduced cows' milk with added taurine to...
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Morrisons to offer in-store health checks
Morrisons has followed Sainsbury's lead in expanding the range of health services it offers in stores, with a range of check-ups and vaccinations. From May, Morrisons will offer weight, blood pressure, blood glucose and cholesterol checks...
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Five-a-day the city c-store way
Three months in, how is the pilot scheme to increase the availability of fruit and veg in deprived areas shaping up, asks Noli Dinkovski
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CK's fined for out-of-date food sales
CK's Supermarkets has been fined £18,000 for selling out-of-date food, including garlic sausage five weeks past its use-by date.The company admitted 12 offences of breaching food labelling regulations at two of its stores in Swansea and...
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Milk Link completes Oswestry upgrade
Milk Link has claimed the upgrade of its Oswestry packing plant will offer its customers the most flexible automated technology in the UK cheese market. The last piece of equipment to go into the upgraded production facility will be...
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Mystery Shop: Independents have a good crack at Easter
At this time of year it's all about the eggs and bunnies. All but one of the stores surveyed in this month's mystery shop stocked a good range of Easter products, Nick Hughes reports
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NewsCritical Eye... on freaky french fries and pixie nutritionists
It's hard to know what's more insidious - documentaries that exploit people just about weird enough to be interesting , or those shows' attempts to position themselves as anything more constructive than a chance to point and laugh. Despite...
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Voice picking system cuts waste at depot
Henderson Wholesale claims to have saved £175,000 since introducing a new voice picking and stock system.The Northern Ireland-based Spar wholesaler said the system at its ambient depot in Belfast had helped halve its wastage and that it...
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Tims Dairy makes retail yoghurt move
Foodservice yoghurt supplier Tims Dairy is celebrating 60 years in business with a move into retail.Its new posh, health-orientated yoghurts range, which rolls out to selected Budgens stores next month, includes a selection of Greek-style...
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Picture This: Egg timer with the X-factor
Online retailer Prezzybox's egg-shaped device lets cooks know when their egg is perfectly cooked - by singing a tune. Beep Egg, which is dropped into the pan with the eggs, plays Killing me Softly for soft-boiled eggs, I wish I Was a Hen for...
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NewsFarmfoods gives stores an upmarket overhaul
Frozen food specialist Farmfoods is rebranding its estate in an attempt to give stores a more upmarket look. It is ditching its blue colour scheme and replacing it with a mostly black scheme, featuring the Farmfoods logo on a background of...
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NewsP&H to give Mace its second relaunch in two-year period
Palmer & Harvey, the UK's biggest wholesaler, is following in Booker's footsteps by relaunching its symbol fascia Mace. The wholesaler planned to unveil a "fresh, modern identity" for the currently silver and blue fascia at its trade show...
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O'Neill starts Irish role by matching UK prices
Tesco has promoted Jacqueline O'Neill to commercial director for Tesco Ireland, after 18 years in various commercial roles at the retailer.O'Neill, who is one of three senior appointments announced by Tesco this week, told The Grocer she...
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Sneaky mash range targets the parents of veg-dodging kids
A new potato product has been launched that will make it easier to get kids to eat their 5-a-day, its makers promise.Mighty Mash contains fresh vegetables and fruit, with each serving providing up to two of a child's 5-a-day. Five flavours...
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Kim: making pizza, not war
While the OFT ponders whether Dr Oetker is about to bite off too generous a slice of the domestic pizza market, North Korea's first pizzeria has even less competition to worry about.It marks the crescendo of a 10-year pizza obsession for...
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Summery new look for Sunrise
Chilean wine producer Concha y Toro has unveiled a more summery design for its Sunrise range to attract seasonal drinkers. The redesign features a more distinctive yellow and brown motif. Greater emphasis is placed on the 'Enjoy 300 Days of...
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The Price promise
A new entry-level range will make Waitrose an essential shop, says managing director Mark Price. By Adam Leyland
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Plymouth & South West Co-op to merge with The Co-operative Group
Plymouth & South West Co-operative Society has become the latest regional society to join forces with the might of The Co-operative Group.
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UK alcohol consumption ‘falls in 2008’
As pressure continues to mount on the drinks industry to tackle excessive drinking, new Government figures show alcohol consumption in the UK fell by more than 3% last year.