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The Challenge
Premier Foods poses the biggest challenge for any manufacturer operating in the cake category. The company, which owns the Mr Kipling brand, the licence to produce Cadbury-branded cakes and, following its purchase of RHM, 15 of the UK's top 20...
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TV debut for Feel Good Drinks Co
The Feel Good Drinks Company is making its TV debut this week as part of a multimillion-pound campaign to boost its seven-year-old soft drinks portfolio.The three-month campaign, which features its three still, sparkling and 100% juice...
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The Commission just won't be told
Small shop leaders have rounded on the Competition Commission for concluding the number of convenience stores is on the up in the week that a new report showed a further decline in the market.In the final report of its two-year...
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Sainsbury's to ditch paper for Talkmans
Sainsbury's claims that accuracy of its stock picking has improved to 99.99%, after ditching paper picking lists for voice technology.The chain, which has in the past struggled with its supply chain and four years ago had to write off...
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PG Tips its hat to ethical tea
F rom the air, the tea plantation appears as a vast green oasis in an otherwise arid landscape. Its full scale becomes even more apparent once you have driven through the 13,500 hectare estate having landed on its private air strip - the...
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Fingleton fingersgrocers
Retailers and suppliers have been left reeli ng by the shock intervention of the OFT over alleged price-fixing between the multiples and major suppliers with the new enquiries threatening to completely undermine this week's final report by the...
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Future forward for Freeman
It's not over, of course. The fat lady hasn't sung, there's an ombudsman to appoint, a GSCOP to write, retailers still have to give undertakings and everyone from the ACS to Tesco has two months to appeal. But after 722 days the Competition...
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Pepsi sets sail for UK water market
PepsiCo has made its first foray into water in the UK with the acquisition of vitamin water brand V Water.The purchase of the £1.2m-selling brand, which pitches it against Coca-Cola in the niche category, would "create significant...
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The stars at Mars were the Planets
The "record-breaking" launch of Planets fuelled an 8.5% rise in confectionery sales last year for Mars, which this week announced it was buying Wrigley for $23bn.Planets has racked up sales of more than £17m in the year since its debut...
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Short-termism will wreck quality meat production
Leading retailers need a strategy - and quick - to deal with structural changes in supply chains if quality British meat supply is to surviveOur three largest retailers - Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's - refuse to tell The Grocer whether...
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Ocean Spray's revamp takes it into smoothies
Ocean Spray is set for a major relaunch that will include its first foray into smoothies, a raft of NPD in the snacking and impulse juice sectors and new packaging across the portfolio.A three-strong range of smoothies, in cranberry,...
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PepsiCo acquires V Water
PepsiCo has acquired vitamin water brand V Water in a deal thought to be worth £10m.The brand, which has six flavours, was set up in 2004 by Walter Faulstroh and Chris Coleridge and is sold in Waitrose, Ocado, Wholefoods Market, BP and...
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Industry responds to groceries inquiry
Supermarkets and small shop campaigners united in their criticism of the Competition Commission's groceries inquiry final report yesterday, with the big four claiming an ombudsman could increase prices and campaigners claiming the report had failed...
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Unilever to spin off brands
Unilever is set to spin off 14 European food brands, including Marmite, Bovril, Pot Noodle and Peperami, into a separate company.The new company would be managed from Rotterdam in the Netherlands and would provide specialist management focus...
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Groceries market investigation - final report
The Competition Commission (CC) has today published its final report in its inquiry into UK groceries retailing, including measures to improve competition in local areas and to address its concerns about relationships between retailers and their...
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Competition Commission releases final report
UK grocery retailers are delivering a good deal for consumers, but action is needed to improve competition in local markets and to address relationships between retailers and their suppliers, the Competition Commission has concluded. In its...
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Mars chews up Wrigley
Mars has acquired chewing gum company Wrigley in a deal worth $23bn (£11.6bn).As part of the deal, Wrigley will operate as a subsidiary of Mars from its headquarters in Chicago and Mars' non-chocolate sugar brands, including Starburst and...
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Forget the hype: inflation is just 4%
The sensational headlines putting inflation at 15% keep coming but The Grocer can reveal which product categories are keeping the real cost of inflation at just 4%.Based on the hundreds of prices tracked by The Grocer across 12...
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Cereals thrown a lifeline
Cereal manufacturers have been given fresh hope that the controversial Nutrient Profiling Model may be altered to allow more cereals - including Bran Flakes and Kellogg's Special K - to be advertised to children. Currently 80% of cereals,...
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Uniq to close factory
Convenience foods group Uniq has announced plans to close its desserts factory in Paignton, Devon.The closure was needed “in order to recover from the current loss-making position and generate profitable growth for the long term”. Production...