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Research Notes
In the past year 'dairy' soya products such as milk, yoghurt and desserts have become increasingly popular, shaking off their image of being consumed only by health food nuts or those allergic to dairy. The sub-category has grown solidly...
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Public switch as price of sunflower oil soars
The price of sunflower oil has risen a staggering 133% over the past year, forcing shoppers to switch to vegetable oil. A one-litre bottle of own-label sunflower oil now costs £1.35, up from 58p 12 months ago, according to new market...
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What the papers said
?Unilever and Procter & Gamble, two of the world's biggest spenders on advertising, have reassured advertising companies that they will not cut their marketing budgets this year. P&G told the FT it planned to spend about the same...
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Price Survey
It was five out of five for Asda this week as it undercut its nearest rival by just 67p to scoop this week's cheapest retailer award - with the help of some pork chops. Despite increasing their price by £1.28 - the biggest hike of the...
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The price of sustainability
The annual jamboree that is the CIES World Food Business Summit is usually a pretty boisterous affair. Not this year. At last week's Growth and Sustainability-themed event in Munich, it was as though someone had been told they'd got a...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited co-op group Childwall, Liverpoolone stop Havant, Hampshiresomerfield Crewe, Cheshirespar Holmer Green, Buckinghamshiretesco express Woodville, DerbyshireHow they...
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Marfrig buys Moy Park
Leading UK poultry producer Moy Park has been sold to Brazilian meat giant Marfrig.The announcement came as Moy Park's parent company, the Chicago-based OSI Group, sold all of its chicken businesses in both Europe and Brazil to the South...
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Bunge acquires Corn Products
Bunge, the world's largest oilseed processor, has acquired Corn Products in a deal worth $4.4bn (£2.2bn).Corn Products supplies corn syrup, starches and sweeteners to companies including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Kellogg, Unilever and...
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Tesco store application in spotlight
Tesco has been accused of using the guise of a local retailer to submit a planning permission for an 80,000 sq ft supermarket.The retail giant bought independent retailer Brian Ford's Discount Store, which has one store in Barnstaple, Devon,...
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Waitrose to source 100% British bacon
Waitrose will source all of its bacon from British farmers by the end of the year, it announced this week. The retailer already sources 100% of its fresh pork and 90% of bacon from UK suppliers, but has now pledged to stop selling...
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Inflation soars to 12.6% with 11-year high prices
The spiralling cost of food appears to have beaten even the best efforts of the multiples to keep a lid on inflation, latest research from The Grocer has shown.The true rate of food inflation is a staggering 12.6%, far higher than the...
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Sales defy poor 2007 crop yields
It has been a fairly torrid 12 months for vegetable growers and retailers. Some of the 5.5% increase in the category's value to £366m will have been caused by last summer's poor crops of peas and green beans in particular, which forced...
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World News - 21st June 2008
X5 ups stake in Russian retail chain. MOSCOW: X5 Retail Group NV has increased its stake in Russian chain Pyaterochka and signed a franchise agreement to roll out 30 new stores. Russia's largest retailer said it has acquired a...
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Rain and smoking ban cut Costco profits 24%
Bad weather, the smoking ban and cost pressures led to a 24.2% fall in pre-tax profit at Costco Wholesale UK, according to the latest accounts. Full-year pre-tax profit fell from £22.3m to £16.9m in the year to 2 September, 2007, on...
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Accentuate the Positive
Sitting in the cheerless, corporate grey surrounds of InBev UK's Luton HQ, it is hard to fathom how MD Stuart MacFarlane remains so sanguine. He is the fourth man in five years to take the helm at the Belgian brewer and joins at a time...
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Republic faces a ban on kids' food adverts
The food and drink industry is to fight a proposal to ban radio and TV advertising of certain children's foods in the Irish Republic. The proposal is contained in a new Broadcasting Bill published by communications minister Eamon Ryan, a...
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FSA stands up for industry in fight against minimum font
The FSA looks set to take a stand against Brussels' plans for a minimum font size on labelling, backing industry concerns that it is impractical and would cost companies millions.In January, the European Commission laid out new labelling...
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Food policy is part of everybody's agenda
Jane Midgley Research fellow, Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) northSir; At a time when one food crisis seems to follow another it is tempting to agree with Tim Lang's argument for food policy to be tackled (The...
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In Brief: Marine aliens threat; Scots unite over fuel; BOCM sells Porcofram
Marine aliens threat The UK's shipping and aquaculture industries are under threat from an 'invasion' of non-native species, according to the Marine Aliens Consortium, which defends against non-native organisms. Scots unite...
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Q&A with Andy Stanbridge Store manager of the week
Are there any perks to the events? Well they certainly increase footfall. We recently had the regional university fair and thousands of students descended on the store and blitzed our stock of sandwiches. But we know when the events are...