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Tesco stops trade with Zimbabwe
Tesco is to stop sourcing products from Zimbabwe "until there is an end to the current political crisis".The supermarket chain buys around £1m worth of goods, including vegetables, from the country and would now look at other ways to support...
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Asda could defy Scots alcohol crackdown
Asda has warned it would consider defying plans by the Scottish government to crack down on cheap alcohol. There was nothing to stop it and other supermarkets from building warehouses in northern England and selling cheap alcohol online, the...
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Brakes to buy Woodward Foodservice
Catering giant Brakes has bought wholesaler Woodward Foodservice from Baugur for an undisclosed sum. Woodward Foodservice has eight distribution centres in the Midlands, Northern England, Wales and Scotland and as part of the deal Woodward’s...
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A store every weekfrom Aldi
Aldi is to spend £1.5bn in the next five years, building a new store a week and recruiting 1,500 staff to cope with its ambitious expansion, MD Paul Foley has told The Grocer. And, in a warning that will send a chill through the big four...
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Here comes the reformed sandwich
Anyone fancy a 'reformed' sandwich? Descriptions such as 'traditional', 'roast' and 'smoked' to describe meat in sandwiches will be blacklisted if Lacors gets its way - and replaced by 'reformed' and 'processed'. The British Sandwich...
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Woodward sale speculation rife
Baugur's sale of its 31.4% stake in C&C giant Booker this week, to focus on retail, has fuelled speculation it is also about to sell wholesaler Woodward Foodservice, with Brakes Group emerging as the likely buyer.One leading wholesale...
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Puro plans broader range as turnover heads for £1m mark
Unpasteurised smoothie brand Puro is on target to hit turnover of £1m in the next 18 months and plans to widen distribution and launch new formats. The brand, which shifts 5,000 units a week and has doubled sales in the past year, is...
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100 must-stock new products
Amoy's Straight-to-Wok stir-fry and rice meals, Heinz. unched: March 2008. Amoy's straight-to-wok stir-fry and rice meals tap the popularity of Chinese food and the convenience of frozen. Six varieties, including sweet &...
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After the 2p sausage, it's Asda's 50p mince
Asda's mission to ignore pressure from the meat industry and continue to offer the British public cheap food has continued with the launch of a 50p pack of mince. The supermarket this week announced a two-week promotion slashing the price...
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Milk Link defies costs to push up sales 2.8%
Milk Link has defied the cost pressure in the dairy industry to post a strong set of full year financial results. The farmer-owned processor this week reported a 2.8% increase in turnover to £523m for the year to 29 March, with EBITDA...
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World News - 28th June 2006
French officials relent on Red Bull. FRANCE: French consumers may soon be able to get their wings, after a ban on Red Bull was lifted. Concerns about the levels of caffeine and another ingredient, taurine, meant the energy drink...
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Findus targets growth through 70s nostalgia
Findus is bringing back its fish fingers after an 11-year absence to capitalise on the revival of interest in old 1970s staples. It hopes the relaunch, which comes ahead of a wider refresh of its classic frozen food offer, including the...
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Time for action: we need to triple crop production
As we move from a land of plenty to a land of uncertainty, what can be done to combat the food crisis?Mexican tortilla chip riots, empty shelves in Venezuela, beef export bans in Argentina, export taxes on Russian wheat and pasta...
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AdeZ - what went wrong?
Unilever said it pulled AdeZ because of a lack of interest and the outlay required to raise awareness. Basically, people didn't get it. Fruit juice combined with soya was a foreign concept to the British and one that was not communicated well by...
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Tesco admits planning bid in guise of independent store
Tesco has made it clear it does not own any other independent retailers after admitting it was the owner of the apparently 'independent' Brian Ford's Discount Store in Barnstaple, Devon.The multiple was forced to reveal it owned the...
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The Advice Shop
Gary Blake managing director, The English Provender CompanyOwn-label products are no longer yours - they are the retailer's. Are you ready to lose a degree of the product ownership, and are you comfortable with a collaborative...
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this week a year ago The winner was...
Located at the end of Manchester's tram network, Morrisons' Eccles branch won our Top Store award last year for the way it coped so well with crowds of commuters.Store manager Ian Thorpe (left) said a departing tram could prompt 500...
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There's a wealth of alternative choices
Sir; Cutting down on meat and milk has been little-disputed advice in the past few years and has stimulated redoubled campaigning. Goods rated meat-free, dairy-free, and cruelty-free combine interests in tackling obesity, waste, and...