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Plymouth & South West to trial The Co-operative fascia
Plymouth & South West Co-op has decided to adopt The Co-operative fascia in a major u-turn for the society.It plans to pilot the fascia, first launched by the Co-operative Group in 2005 at its Chaddlewood store in...
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Fury as Marks drops deli product supplier
Marks & Spencer has been accused of putting 183 workers' jobs in jeopardy by switching suppliers of deli fish products.The Unite trade union said this week that the management at the Coldwater Seafood plant in Redditch had begun a 90-day...
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Wellness Foods set to drive up Dorset sales
Dorset Cereals plans to at least double retail sales to £60m in the next five years as new owner Wellness Foods invests in a raft of NPD and in building the brand's international sales. The brand, which saw its turnover grow from £13m in...
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Echo Falls in single-serve PET glasses
Californian wine brand Echo Falls will be available in foil-sealed single-serve PET glasses this summer.Brand owner Constellation Europe is hoping the new format will resonate with drinkers who are increasingly environmentally aware and...
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Ginsters revamp kicks off with ready meals
Ginsters is making its first foray into ready meals next week, spearheading a £6.5m relaunch of the entire brand as it continues to diversify from its core pastry offer.The three-strong Real Meals brand, a premium pots range, has been...
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A mango for on the go
Mangoes have become the latest fruit to go miniature as retailers look to cash in on the trend for on-the-go snacking.Tesco's launch this week of mini mangoes comes in the wake of mini bananas (bananitos) and doughnut-shaped peaches....
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Industry told to improve health services at work
The food and drink industry has welcomed calls for a radical reform of work-related health services after a government-sponsored review indicated illness was costing Britain £100bn a year.Dame Carol Black, the national director for...
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Novelli puts his name to new wine range
Celebrity chef Jean-Christophe Novelli is launching an eponymous wine range into the UK on and off-trades, The Grocer has learned.The brand will launch initially with a merlot, a semillon and a rosé in bottles as well as in red and white...
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Pressure on retailers to increase milk price
Pressure is mounting on Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda to increase the milk price paid to their dedicated producers and "calm farmer nerves".Tesco is expected to increase the price, which is based on a formula geared 60% towards costs of...
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innovation's magic pill
Big brands, it's fair to say, are embracing innovation. Heinz will launch 100 lines this year. P&G is looking to roll out NPD every six months. Premier, too, is reinventing itself as an innovator. Health reformulations, brand extensions, organic...
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Sangrino targets summer lifestyle
The company behind a new wine-based sparkling drink is hoping to appeal to the Pimm's crowd this summer. Sangrino is a sangria-like drink, made with red wine, orange juice and spices. It is being launched exclusively in the off-trade in...
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Prince Charles dons his pinny
As Sir Ken hangs up his pinny another 'celebrity', Prince Charles, dons his with the opening this week of a new shop in Tetbury.The Highgrove store really is a one-stop shop, providing you are in the market for Lebanese soap, a pair of...
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Tropicana pulls smooth move on rival Innocent
PepsiCo is determined to wrest market share from Innocent in the booming smoothies category with its new premium Tropicana Smoothie range. The five-strong range of Tropicana smoothies launched last month are now being promoted heavily...
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Asda to revamp George
Asda is planning to increase sales of its George clothing brand by up to £500m in three years.Speaking at a business update of the brand yesterday, new George boss Anthony Thompson said he wanted Asda to replace Marks & Spencer's as the UK's...
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MPs vote on post office closures
The Conservative Party has failed in its bid to prevent the closure of 2,500 post offices.The Conservatives lost a vote to suspend the closures by 268 to 288 in the House of Commons last night. Some 19 Labour MPs voted with the...
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Tesco food miles under fire
Tesco has come under fire from environmental campaigners for sending its Scottish chicken on a 1,000-mile trip to be slaughtered and packaged.The chain's Scottish chickens are slaughtered in an abbatoir in Scotland, driven 500 miles to Essex...
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WH Smith acquires United News Shops
WH Smith has acquired hospital c-store chain United News Shops for £19m. United News Shops was 21st on The Grocer’s Top 50 poll of independent grocery retailers. It has 72 stores and eight coffee shops and reported sales of £36.4m last…
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Yo! Sushi to use traffic lights
Yo! Sushi has become the first restaurant chain to adopt the Food Standards Agency-backed traffic lights labelling system.The Japanese restaurant chain has developed a booklet to provide nutritional information with traffic lights labelling...
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Matthews switches all turkey to 100% British
Bernard Matthews is to switch its entire range of turkey products to 100%-British turkey as it looks to repair the damage caused by last February's avian flu outbreak, The Grocer can reveal.The company has pledged to increase its 95%...
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Talking shop - 15th March 20008
Describing aquaculture as a dirty industry is inaccurate and fails to reflect its role in providing healthy food, says Phil MacMullen, Seafish head of environment. A recent Sunday newspaper article suggested fish farming was "the biggest ecological...