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Switch to biodiesel triggers ‘massive’ cost hikes in oils
Vegetable and sunflower oil suppliers are warning of “market mayhem” as crops around the globe are switched towards biodiesel. Soaring demand, exacerbated by flooding in the United States which caused crop reductions of 10%, has already pushed up...
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Birds Eye takes on sustainability chief
Frozen food giant Birds Eye has appointed Peter Hajipieris as director of sustainability and external affairs to spearhead its first-ever sustainability commitment programme. The Birds Eye View, published this week, sets out targets in nine areas...
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Persistence of kids characters blasted
Suppliers have vehemently denied claims by Which? that they are taking advantage of lax regulations to market unhealthy foods to children. In a report entitled Food Fables – The Second Sitting, Which? accused companies including Kellogg’s, Nestlé...
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A new colossusis born
The Co-operative Group’s CEO Peter Marks moved to reassure Somerfield’s suppliers in the hours after the mutual’s £1.565bn deal to acquire the supermarket was completed. Asked in an interview with The Grocer what implications the “biggest structural...
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Tesco Mobile finds new brand image
Tesco has revamped its mobile phone business and is rolling out a marketing drive to draw in customers. The company has overhauled its tariffs and developed a new brand image to stand out from rival operators, with a cyan blue colour scheme...
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Waitrose shoppers go for brown meat
It seems even Waitrose customers are feeling the pinch, with the retailer revealing this week that shoppers are opting for cheaper poultry cuts. Waitrose said that although customers were still defying the economic downturn to buy free-range...
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Nestlé prepares raft of Christmas products
Nestlé Confectionery has announced a raft of developments for Christmas 2008 including the launch of products that play on the heritage of its Quality Street brand, the overhaul of After Eight and the introduction of more environmentally-friendly...
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On-pack footprints ‘would be damaging’
Carbon labels and traffic lights are a “meaningless” and even damaging way of communicating carbon footprinting information to consumers, the lead researcher of a major new carbon project has astonishingly claimed. “If you start putting individual...
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Frico updates Edam design
Friesland Foods has repackaged its entire Frico brand cheese range. The Dutch company, which supplies 90% of Edam sold in the UK, said the new packaging emphasised the “heritage and unique craftsmanship” of Dutch cheese. “We have invested heavily in...
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Sainsbury’s pours its last drink online
The retailer is abandoning its drinks website at the end of the month. Where did it go wrong, asks Graham Holter
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The Flying Dutchman
Morrisons caught its rivals off guard with its recovery. CEO Marc Bolland tells Adam Leyland how it was done Marc Bolland doesn’t want to be known as ‘a marketer’. He’s a retailer now, CEO of Morrisons, entrusted with the keys by Sir Ken and doing well by all accounts. But ...
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Multiples focus efforts on seasonal favourites
Analysis of weekend activity shows the retailers putting summer indulgence to the fore in promotional activity
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Spotlight: Regional Farm Foods
Good times or bad, local and regionally produced food looks set to remain the number one ethical choice for British consumers, argues Chris Clark, managing director of Regional Farm Foods
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Ocado in same-day service first
Ocado is to trial a same-day delivery service, in a first for online grocery retail. Finance director Jason Gissing told The Grocer the trial would take place “over the next few months” in London, where Ocado claims it commands 50% of online...
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School Milk Scheme to include more products
The EU has extended the Continent-wide School Milk Scheme to include a wider range of dairy products and a wider age group. Cheese and yoghurt will now be part of the scheme, as will buttermilk and other fermented milk products. Previously only milk...
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What kids really want
What do kids really want? Rainbow-coloured food in zany packaging and ever more bizarre f lavours? Not according to the panel of 12 and 13-year-olds at the Food for Kids conference. Nick Hughes reports
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Out goes needs test as Blears aims to protect small stores
The controversial needs test is to be scrapped and replaced by a new impact test. At the annual conference of the Royal Town Planning Institute on Thursday, communities secretary Hazel Blears announced that the planning rules were to be...
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Hot Topic: What are the odds on Andy Bond taking over from the 'Mugabe of retail'?
A Rose by any other name would smell sweeter. Or so 22% of M&S shareholders seem to think.
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In Brief: Wine website axed; Partnership rolls out; BRC Shop Price Index
Wine website axed Sainsbury's is closing its dedicated wine website at the end of July. Although the site offered wines by the case, customers already ordered wine by the case from its grocery site,...
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Wild Bean escapes from the forecourt
BP has opened its first standalone Wild Bean Café in the UK, marking the format's first departure from the forecourt. The store, which sells cold drinks, sandwiches, newspapers and magazines and has a separate seating area, opened this week...