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Campaign trail: Unilever's Hellmann's mayonnaise
Unilever is highlighting its switch to free-range eggs across its Hellmann's mayonnaise range with a new TV campaign. Breaking on 1 July, the ad will focus on the quality and provenance of the product's three core ingredients - free-range...
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The Challenge
The English Provender Company's extensive range of condiments pitches it against heavyweight brands such as Heinz and Colman's, but its more premium positioning means it also goes head-to-head with smaller chutney and preserve companies such as...
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Climbing the ladder
What was your first-ever job? I was a waitress at my local pub. Give us a quick run-down on your career to date? I began as store manager at Woolworths and moved to sales at Mars. I then joined Coca-Cola Enterprises in 1998 where...
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High oil costs fuel new collaboration scheme
With soaring fuel prices, the need to cut costs as well as carbon emissions has never been greater. Last week, The Grocer revealed details of a groundbreaking collaborative distribution scheme involving 37 retailers and suppliers,...
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School meals service 'set to collapse'
The government has been told to significantly increase its investment in school meals or risk losing its fight against childhood obesity.In an open letter to secretary of state for children, schools and families Ed Balls, the Food For...
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Company Profile English Provender
Established: 1991
Turnover: £65m
Number of lines: 250 in retail and 700 for suppliers
For nearly two decades RAF Greenham Common in Newbury was home to a camp of women, who protested against the nuclear weapons kept… -
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Scandal could cost Greencore millions
Greencore expects to take a €9m (£7.1m) hit to its operating profits in 2008 following the revelation that a former executive concealed costs in its mineral water business.The scandal is a fresh blow to the Irish group, already bracing...
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Sainsbury's: website crash did not hurt us
Sainsbury's saw a record number of orders - one every two seconds - placed for deliveries on the evening its website came back online last Thursday, it claims. The retailer was forced to shut down its online service last Tuesday and it...
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Decoding soya's mixed message
Soya's new health positioning, as opposed to its previous, narrower free-from positioning, has been one of the reasons for its turnaround in fortunes. Manufacturers have been quick to capitalise on the fact soya is low in saturated fat,...
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Payzone pledges to invest despite losses
Troubled electronic payment provider Payzone has said it will push ahead with its planned investment in its core business, despite recording a pre-tax loss of €166.7m (£131.8m) on sales of €449m (£355m) for the six months to 31 March.The...
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Tesco doubles size of exotic offering
Tesco has announced this week that it will be doubling its range of world food produce to 50 items. TV chefs and exotic holidays had been key drivers of demand, said Tesco, adding that it planned to use 'box talkers' to provide...
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Thunderbirds are go as Drench sales soar
Britvic is bringing back its hit TV ad featuring Brains from Thunderbirds in August after sales of its Drench water brand soared by more than 100% following the May campaign. The ad, which marked its expansion from impulse into...
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Protest over eco-towns' links to retail
A national demonstration will take place at Westminster on Monday (30 June) to complain that a third of the government's proposed eco-towns are being backed by developers that have associations with supermarkets.Protesters campaigning...
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It's time to stop pretending everything in your life is OK
Many people believe it is so hard to alter their lives that they make excuses for the way things are - but simple changes make a difference It was the longest day of the year last Saturday - and it felt like it! I spent the day ...
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Half-price offers motor as favoured mechanic
A review of promotions in the first six months of this year shows that, while the top five mechanics used for featured space promotions remain in largely the same order, half-price is the new kid on the block.Half-price showed the...
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NFU gets fresh with its fruit and veg message
Provenance and healthy eating will be paired together for the first time in a saucy new campaign aimed at getting the public to eat '5-a-day the British Way'. Next week, the NFU will be sending information on Britain's seasonal fresh...
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Soya suppliers put stress on health instead of intolerance
Soya product sales have recovered from last year's 3.2% dip to leap 10% to £110m [TNS Worldpanel, 52w/e 23 March, 2008].Sales were likely to grow further as manufacturers continued to reposition products as healthy rather than just 'free...
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Q&A with Jeremy Smith Store manager of the week
What headaches does running such a large store bring?The challenges are certainly greater than running a standard-sized store. The secret is to focus on individual departments rather than the store as a whole. The senior team is...
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Peter's sausages win Tesco listing
A new line of premium sausages from Peter's Food Service has been launched into Tesco's Welsh stores. The pork and pork and leek sausages, which are sold in 454g packs of six, are packaged and sealed in a plastic tray and covered with a...