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Is Bestway looking to purchase rival Makro?
Speculation is rife that Bestway is planning to buy rival cash & carry operator Makro. The two companies are rumoured to be thrashing out a deal that could create a wholesaling giant to rival Palmer & Harvey McLane and Booker, with a turnover of...
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NewsPromotrack: Coca-Cola injects a bit more fizz into its offers
The supermarket aisles were awash with Coca-Cola offers at the weekend, but its biggest rival is starting to play catch up
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Osgrow offers a wriggle bit more
This column has recently noted retailers' growing enthusiasm for 'Bugof' promotions - the practice of livening up bags of lettuce and other mundane fare by (accidentally) including the dessicated corpse of an exotic creature or two.
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Irish blast EU criticism of bovine TB controls
Fears have been raised over the safety of Irish beef for human consumption following the publication of a damning EU report on bovine TB. The report, prepared by the EU Food and Veterinary Office (FVO), claimed that while the eradication campaign...
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Why Woolies should take a leaf out of Wilko’s book
If Malcolm Walker succeeds in getting his hands on Woolworths, he’ll be well advised to look at why its rival is doing so well.
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End of the line for Boosted Smoothies
Nestlé’s Boosted Smoothies drinks have been discontinued just four months after they were launched to take on Innocent. The smoothies range had been billed as Nestlé’s “number one focus for a good few years” by Jon Walsh, MD of new business. But...
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Harrods lists Tahira Ramadan calendar
Halal food company Tahira Foods has won a contract to supply Harrods with chocolate Ramadan calendars. Similar to a Christmas advent calendar, the Ramadan calendar contains 30 pieces of milk chocolate in a box decorated with Islamic...
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Cool summer helps lift consumption of carrots
Consumers are eating more carrots this year thanks to the cooler weather and growing popularity of the vegetable among children. The number of carrot-eating occasions has risen 3% to 3.8 billion, according to new consumption data from TNS. Value...
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Premier ‘will need a strong second half to ease City fear’
Price hikes on some of the most iconic grocery brands on the supermarket shelf helped Premier Foods post a 43.5% sales jump to £1.29bn – but its gigantic debt is worrying investors. Britain’s biggest food manufacturer, which owns Hovis, Mr Kipling...
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Malcolm set to replace Walker as CJ Lang MD
Scott Malcolm is to become the managing director of C J Lang & Son, Scotland’s largest independent retailing and distribution company, at the start of November. He will take the reins from current chief executive David Walker, who is to retire. In a...
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P&H closes down its Winerite depot
Palmer & Harvey McLane, the UK’s biggest wholesaler, is to close its alcohol distribution company Winerite. The business, which operates out of a single depot in Leeds, will close towards the end of next month, affecting 70 jobs. The closure was...
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Costcutter reaps rewards of promotions
Consumers are buying more special offers to save money during the credit crunch, according to Costcutter. The c-store chain said its sales were up 6.2% for the year to date as a result of increased promotional activity. Sales had also been boosted...
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Police seize counterfeit Spar vodka
Counterfeit Spar vodka containing 160 times the legal safe limit of methanol has been seized by police and council officials in North London and Northumbria. More than 180 bottles of the vodka, which was an imitation of Spar brand Imperial vodka,...
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New Covent Garden launches family lines
The New Covent Garden Food Co is shaking up its chilled soups portfolio by introducing new flavours, improved recipes and its first family-sized range to broaden the brand’s appeal. The Daniels Group subsidiary is putting £1.5m behind the push,...
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Diageo introduces set list price for retailers
Diageo is introducing new trade terms for all its customers from next month in an attempt to be seen as an fmcg business rather than just a drinks and marketing company. “Over the last 10 years we have put the consumer and brands at the heart of our...
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Disney lines up Mickey for healthy kids ranges
Disney is hoping to inspire “pester power for healthy food” with its first UK frozen range of children’s favourites, all made in the distinctive shape of Mickey Mouse. Disney Consumer Products (DCP), its UK consumer arm, has spent the past two...
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Duvel picks Willson to be UK manager
Duvel Moortgat, the Belgian blond beer stocked by the big four multiples, has appointed Matthew Willson as its general manager for the UK. Willson, who has spent the past 11 years with Coors Brewers, will be responsible for developing on and...
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How not to lift staff morale in tougher economic times
Marks & Spencer’s move to reduce redundancy pay levels is poorly timed. It will do it no favours as it struggles to bounce back. Dear oh dear, what is Marks & Spencer playing at? If it weren’t bad enough that its 68,000 employees must wake up each...
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Egg margins get poached
Supermarkets have again been accused of exploiting food price inflation to boost profits, after it emerged that the retail price of eggs had increased 39% in the past 18 months, while the price received by producers had increased by just...
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InBev tries to restore Stella to former glory
It has a premium look and a 5% abv, but can the so-called ‘wifebeater’ shake off its old image, asks Charlie Wright.