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Frozen veg gains gourmet qualities
Birds Eye is venturing into gourmet vegetable dishes as part of a £15m three-year plan to rejuvenate the frozen vegetables market. The heavyweight investment will kick off next month with the launch of Tasty Veg, a new range of prepared vegetables...
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Meat under pressure as migrants go home
A “chronic shortage” of migrant workers is jeopardising UK meat production, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has warned. Meat-processing companies have witnessed a steady increase in the number of EU migrant workers returning...
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Green revamp for M&S pizza
M&S’s pizzas have undergone a makeover in preparation for a relaunch of its Italian range next week. M&S said more than 60% of the packaging in its pizzas had been stripped away, so almost 500 fewer tonnes of cardboard and 83 fewer tonnes of...
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Green targets for new Wiseman super-dairy
Robert Wiseman Dairies will formally open its £80m super-dairy in Bridgwater, Somerset this week in a move it claims will set groundbreaking new standards of environmental efficiency in dairy processing. The fresh milk dairy, which will be opened by...
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Questions raised over how local Tesco’s produce really is
Environmental groups and independent retailers have poured scorn over Tesco’s local food claims. This week, Tesco reported a 40% year-on-year increase in sales of locally sourced food, and claimed to be on track to generate £500m in sales of local...
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Tesco secures local sweetcorn supply
Barfoots of Botley has struck a deal with Tesco to supply locally grown sweetcorn to stores in southern England. Local sweetcorn went into Hampshire and Sussex Tesco stores last weekend, while Isle of Wight sweetcorn was launched into the...
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Making the most of the multiples
How much of the market do the multiples command? According to Mintel they now account for more than 50% of sales, while TNS says they have a 61% share by value, headed by Tesco then Asda, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, the hard discounters and...
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What the papers said
Apples could rot on their branches due to labour shortages, warns The Observer. Apple growers blame government restrictions on immigrant workers for a shortage of labour. “If we can’t get the pickers, there is a grave danger that apples will be...
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NewsTop-Up shop
Every week The Grocer’s mystery shoppers also visit convenience stores to check out the price of 10 commonly bought fast-moving food items across all grocery categories
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Frü adds trifle and summer pudding
Frü adds trifle and summer pudding Gü is hoping to almost double UK sales of its Frü Fruity Puds brand to £9m in the next year by adding two new products to the chilled fruit-based desserts range. The new products consist of traditional British summer favourites strawberry &...
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Mars aims ethnic meal kit at the gastrosexual
Mars Food is using Seeds of Change, its organic foods business, as the blueprint for the launch of its first new brand in nine years – targeting the ‘gastrosexual’. PurAsia, a six-strong range of ethnic meal kits, is launching exclusively into...
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Family fun to fore as Green’s revamps home-baking range
Kerry Foods is planning a complete overhaul of its Green’s home-baking brand that will include new packaging, new products, a reformulation of recipes and more character-licence ranges. The new-look range and products are due to hit shelves next...
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Hula Hoops turn Mexican
United Biscuits is hoping to eat into the tortilla-style market, which it claims is worth £100m and growing by 11% year-on-year. It has added a Mexican-inspired selection of crisps to its Hula Hoops range, which will be made from corn and have a...
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They booze you lose
They booze you lose The pressure on retailers to stamp out alcohol sales to the under-age is already intense. But it’s about to get a whole lot worse. Robyn Lewis reports
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Premier posts 43% surge in sales
Premier Foods has announced a surge in sales for the last six months, with the UK’s largest food producer reaping the benefits from a run of major acquisitions. Premier, the company behind brands including Mr Kipling and Batchelors, saw H1 sales climb by 43.5% to £1.29bn, up from last ...
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Risqué Orangina ad attracts charity’s ire
The Advertising Standards Authority is investigating a number of complaints over a risqué television commercial for Orangina that features animated animals in bikinis dancing provocatively. The ASA has received around 150 complaints since the advert was first screened at the beginning of the month and will now decide whether ...
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Apple and pear prices predicted to rise 15%
The price of apples and pears could rise by as much as 15% over the coming year as increased production costs combine with a strong euro and dollar. Growers, processors, graders and packers around the world were struggling to absorb massive...
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Aldi celebrates 19.8% growth by joining BRC
Aldi has joined the British Retail Consortium, as new figures confirm the growing success of discounters. The German discounter joined the likes of Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury’s while celebrating 19.8% sales growth in the past year, and a record 3%...
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NewsGrocer 33: Price Survey - week of 23 August 2008
After being kept from the top spot for the past two weeks by Tesco, Asda struck back and regained its status as the cheapest retailer following several significant price cuts. Beating its nearest rival by £2.01, and third-placed Morrisons by £2.37,...
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World News - 23rd August 2008
Lianhua profits reach for the sky SHANGHAI, CHINA: Lianhua Supermarket Holdings has seen its first-half pre-tax profit leap 44.2% year-on-year to 262m yuan (£20.5m). Sales rose 19.8% in the half to 10.74bn...