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Co-op removes carrier bags from checkout to reduce use
The East of England Co-operative Society and Plymouth & South West Co-operative Society have announced plans to reduce carrier bag usage in their stores.The East of England Co-op, which operates 135 food stores across Norfolk, Suffolk...
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Heinz gets saucy with Spread & Bake range
Heinz is making its first foray into the £720m cooking sauce sector with a 'spread and bake' range it is confident will be able to take on Dolmio and Knorr.Spread & Bake is being rolled out this month backed by a £1m launch campaign. It...
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Baobab goes to EU for export licence
The baobab fruit has the potential to be a $1bn industry that could transform the livelihoods of African farmers, claims PhytoTrade Africa, a trade promotion organisation representing southern African nations.PhytoTrade has submitted an...
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Meat price rises cover barely half of the costs
Meat is being sold below cost across Europe, controversial new European Commission figures have revealed - though the price of many other food staples has risen faster than the cost of production.The retail price of bread was expected to...
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Sweets turn functional with energy-giving Sport Beans
US business the Jelly Belly Candy Company is hoping to create a new category of functional sweets in the UK with the launch of the Sport Beans sub-brand.The company, which makes Jelly Beans, claimed the sweets energised the body by...
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INSIGHT - cauliflower needs to become a fast food
AGE PROFILE of cauliflower consumers Children 0-1010% 11-167% Male 17-348% 35-6421% 65+10% Female 17-3410% 35-6422% 65+14% Info: Usage overview of cauliflower. In-home/lunchbox The cauliflower market has grown 4.7% to £101m in the past year The...
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Marston's to develop fresh take-home beer
Marston's is hoping to capture cask ale fans in the off-trade by developing a new "fresh beer" category.The brewer, which makes Marston's Pedigree, Bank's and Hobgoblin beers, is also hoping to move into super-premium ales, which could...
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Waitrose gets the big eggs in
Waitrose has begun stocking a new line of ostrich eggs.The giant eggs, which weigh about 2kg each and are equivalent to 24 large hen eggs, went on sale two weeks ago in selected stores and will be available until August.The eggs...
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The big four keep inflation in check
The worst of the food price rises seems to be over as the latest pricing data from The Grocer reveals that supermarkets have kept food inflation in check for the second month in a row.April's food prices were only 2.8% higher than in...
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Dorset Cereals makes kids' breakfast range
Dorset Cereals is launching a kids' breakfast range in its first push towards doubling sales to £60m in the next five years.The Breakfast Projects brand has been designed to stand out from other kids' cereals by focusing on education....
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IN THE CAN - Canned strawberries turn dull brown
Canned strawberries turn dull brown Research linking hyperactivity in children to food colouring has led to a change in specification for canned strawberries. Spain, a major...
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Wholesaler Profile HT & Co - Drinks business taking the fast track to gowth
Number of depots: 1 Turnover: £116m Sector: Alcohol, soft drinks, confectionery Type of operation: cash & carry, delivered Alcohol and soft drinks wholesaler HT & Co (Drinks) has done it again. For a second year the Acton-based cash and...
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Canned lager companies need to get thinking fast
With the British teams out of Euro 2008 and the threat of another washout summer, it's time the big players put their thinking caps onNo one is looking forward more than I am to seeing Cristiano Ronaldo deliver a one-man show on the...
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IN THE CAN - Poor catches push up price of skipjack tuna
Poor catches push up price of skipjack tuna Skipjack tuna prices on the Bangkok market are on the rise again because of poor catches worldwide. Fishing fleet operators now face...
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Foo.go gets set to roll out as national chain
The owner of a Lincolnshire c-store is looking to turn the business into a 40-strong national retail brand.Foo.go, which supplies sandwiches and other food-to-go products to WH Smith, opened the store in Lincoln in 2005 and after three...
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Wall's proves a chilling opponent in ice creams
Wall's ice creams and lollies accounted for more than half of the top five ice cream chart for promotional offers last weekend, taking 53% of activity - 31 points ahead of closest rival Nestlé.Unilever's extensive range under the Wall's...
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Growers fear pesticide shakeup will hit crops
Fruit and vegetable growers could be forced to relocate their crops outside Europe - or stop growing them altogether if new EU pesticide proposals come into force.This was the stark prediction from growers as the European Commission put...
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Fewer dairy farmers now planning to quit
There is a renewed sense of optimism among dairy farmers - but many are still threatening to leave the industry if prices fall.So claims a report by levy board DairyCo, which has revealed that the number of farmers intending to leave the...
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Walkers Nonsuch to keep it in the family
Specialist toffee maker Walkers Nonsuch, which makes traditional toffee bars and twist-wrapped toffees, has appointed three new directors, all from the Walker family.Managing director Ian Walker's daughters Katie and Emma Walker and...
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Waitrose strikes fear into heart of specialists
Waitrose has long been the darling of British farmers and foodies - but could its crown be about to slip with its latest move into smaller format stores? Next week, it opens the first of three trial Market Town stores in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. At...