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Pampers wipes floor with rival baby brands
Pampers continues to reign supreme in the branded baby category, with a firm hold on the promotional activity chart. Last weekend the brand accounted for twice the activity of its closest rival.
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MPs urged to back pigmeat campaign
Representatives of the British Pig Industry have delivered a petition with more than 13,000 names to Downing Street urging MPs to back their campaign for higher prices.Farmers and pig industry leaders took the petition to London to raise...
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Celebrity chefs to push bagged salad
Celebrity chefs Sophie Michell and Harry Eastwood have been signed up to front a promotional campaign for fresh prepared salads.The Cook Yourself Thin presenters will be the public faces of a Fresh Prepared Salads Producer Group...
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Price Basket - Price of cheese is rising steadily
Dairy prices have reached a three-year high, and the cost of cheese is climbing steadily. Pre-packed Blue Stilton is now 41.2% more expensive than a year ago, and is at its highest price since March 2005. The basket is now 18.7% more expensive than...
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Subsidy fury as cheap beef imports to double
Imports of South American beef could be set to double if controversial EU proposals to help poorer countries are approved.EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson has outlined plans to reinvigorate the stalling Doha round of trade talks by...
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Coors beefs up sales team and takes on new strategy director
The senior sales role at Coors Brewers has been split with the appointment of two new sales directors. The role has been divided between former logistics director John Heynen and former MD of Coors independent on-trade business Steve...
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Tyne Tees is snapped up by Blakemore
Blakemore Wholesale has acquired north east-based wholesaler Tyne Tees Cash & Carry for an undisclosed sum.Tyne Tees, which made a pre-tax profit of £676,000 on sales of £46.3m for the year to January 2007, was founded 35 years ago by...
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Warning to stores over festive bonus
Retailers in the Irish Republic have been told the traditional staff Christmas bonus should be paid in cash rather than supermarket vouchers. The warning follows a ruling by the Irish Employment Appeals Tribunal against Dunnes...
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Delivery charges go as Booker woos retailers
Booker is pushing its delivery business harder than ever after incorporating much of the technology used by delivered wholesaler Blueheath, which it bought last May.From this month, the cash & carry giant is offering free deliveries...
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Majestic boss Lewis fearful of potential booze tax hike
Majestic Wine's chief executive in waiting Steve Lewis has warned there could be major increases in alcohol prices if the Chancellor of the Exchequer forces through tax hikes in the Budget next week. Lewis has been the company's chief...
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Former Smile boss sets up new c-store venture
Jeremy Symonds, former CEO of Smile Stores, the chain sold to Martin McColl in September last year, has set up a new convenience store business.The chain, Symonds Forecourts, operates six c- stores on forecourt sites in the south west of...
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'Truly English' bottled water introduced... by the Chinese
A Hong Kong-based global conglomerate has made its first foray into the UK bottled water market with a new brand it claims will plug the gap for a "truly English offering".Hutchison Whampoa, the multibillion-pound company that owns...
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WORLD NEWS - Brakes expands French operation
Brakes expands French operation Limonest, France: Brake France has acquired French foodservice wholesaler Rault, which has a portfolio of more than 3,000 grocery and dairy...
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Top crime writer calls for clearer salt labels
Bestselling crime writer Ruth Rendell is calling on manufacturers to scrap the use of the words sodium chloride and sodium on food labels when referring to salt.In a House of Lords debate on the salt content of children's food last week,...
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Double-digit growth target for Mills Group's categories
Mills Group has set out ambitious plans for double-digit sales growth across the majority of its categories this year.The independent retail chain, which operates 75 c-stores and CTNs in the north of England, the Midlands and South...
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Row erupts over high welfare chicken claim
A row has broken out between the RSPCA and British Poultry Council over the extent to which British shoppers have changed their chicken purchasing habits.An RSPCA poll this week claimed 73% of consumers were now buying higher-welfare...
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Johnston new chief for Tropicana and Quaker
PepsiCo UK has promoted David Johnston to general manager of its Tropicana and Quaker businesses following Mary Barnard's departure to the US.Johnston will take the reins of the UK's leading juice and hot cereal brands on 1 April as...
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Greencore lifts quality of c-store chilled offer
Greencore is putting a multimillion-pound budget behind the launch of its first chilled range, which has been designed to help the convenience sector take on the supermarkets.The 28-strong Kiveton's Kitchen brand is positioned between...
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S&N ramps up spend on cider over ice lines
Scottish & Newcastle is continuing to invest in the buoyant cider-over-ice category by launching a low-calorie Bulmers cider and a new flavour under its Jacques Fruit Cider brand.Bulmers Light has 159 calories per 568ml bottle but is...
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Nisa promotes duo as trade managers
Nisa-Today's has reshuffled its trading department and promoted category controllers Nigel Ashton and Asa Chamberlain to a new five-strong management team.They join Paul Batchelor, David Stokes and Nick Slater as trading managers and...