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Andalusia switches to 'clean farming' system
UK retailers are being promised Andalusian produce with dramatically reduced pesticide residue levels under a rapidly expanding production scheme.The Spanish regional and central government has funded the establishment last week of...
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Andrex in bid to trademark kids' brand
Andrex is eyeing the children's tissue market with plans to take on rival Procter & Gamble's Kandoo kids' brand.Brand owner Kimberly-Clark has applied to register Andrex Kids as a trademark in the UK, with products such as moist and...
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Red-fleshed apple is 'new superfruit'
Sainsbury's is hoping to have unearthed the next superfruit after a scouting trip to Switzerland unearthed a new variety of red-fleshed apple.The variety, which is yet to be named, has very high levels of antioxidants, which can help...
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Asda gets tougher on underage drink
Asda will stop selling alcohol 24 hours a day and will impose Challenge 25 restrictions on alcohol sales in all its stores, The Grocer understands.The retailer is due to reveal the measures - and others - on Monday in a new initiative...
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Asda launches Brazilian limes
Asda has launched Fairtrade limes from Brazil for Fairtrade Fortnight.The Brazilian limes are in Asda stores nationwide from this week and will be available until the end of May. There will then be a gap in availability before Egyptian...
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McKeith's healthy line goes into Asda
Diet guru Gillian McKeith is launching what she claims is the healthiest food and drink range on the market into Asda this April. Ambitious plans have been set out to create a £40m brand in two years. The range includes cereal bars,...
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Perry the campus champion - Q&A and Availability
Having the economically deprived Moss Side estate and a university campus for neighbours may not seem an ideal place for a Sainsbury's store. But its Fallowfield branch in Manchester has proven a surprise hit with the locals and wins this week's Top...
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In Brief: Red banana; Fury with Brussels; Dried fruit bought
Red banana Morrisons has launched a range of Central American red bananas in its stores nationwide. The red-skinned fruit are smaller and plumper than their yellow cousins, and have a sweet raspberry taste. Fury with Brussels The Fresh Produce...
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Cadbury puts weight behind healthy brand
Cadbury is investing millions of pounds into rolling out The Natural Confectionery Company brand nationwide, allaying speculation it was considering dropping the healthier sweets range.The brand, which was bought from an Australian...
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Celeb chef gets behind Glorious! chilled soups
Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White is putting his weight behind a new chilled range of soups from food and beverage company Conival. Launched under a new brand - Glorious! - the soups are rolling into 375 Morrisons stores from this month....
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Sainsbury's expansion drive goes beyond home counties
Sainsbury's is to focus on boosting store numbers outside its traditional heartland in southern England.The supermarket revealed it would target Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the south west of England as it secured a deal to open...
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Distributor brings new brands to UK
Spanish fruit and herb liqueur Licor 43 is launching into the UK after Jamaica rum producer J Wray & Nephew took on distribution for the liqueur. It plans to build awareness of Licor 43 in the UK, cashing in on its popularity around the world....
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Portman Group makes spot checks on brands
The Portman Group has introduced a new initiative to name and shame drinks brands that do not comply with responsible packaging and marketing rules. Under the scheme, 500 randomly chosen brands will be investigated to ensure they meet standards....
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Can the new ombudsman bring discipline to supermarkets?
The ombudsman is coming. As well as strengthening the Supermarkets Code of Practice, outlawing retailers from making retrospective changes to agreed terms,the Competition Commission has proposed introducing a third party to adjudicate in...
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FSA could still lobby Brussels over compulsory traffic lights
The Food Standards Agency has admitted it could still lobby Brussels for compulsory traffic light labelling.The agency launched its consultation on the European Commission's new food labelling regulation this week.The commission...
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M&S: we will buy out-of-season lamb
M&S has committed to buying British lamb out of season provided farmers can guarantee quality.
Chief executive Stuart Rose made the pledge at the NFU conference after he was challenged on M&S’s policy of buying New Zealand lamb to fill… -
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Two chairmen for Cadbury Schweppes
Cadbury Schweppes has appointed two new chairmen as it edges closer to completing the demerger of the confectionery and Americas Beverages businesses.When the demerger is finalised, Roger Carr, who has been on the Cadbury Schweppes board...
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Nestlé's dominance is challenged by Cadbury
Cadbury grabbed the lead last weekend in the top five overall branded featured space chart, narrowing Nestlé's lead in the year-to-date chart to just one point.
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Special case plea for gum
The panel reviewing the Food Standards Agency's Nutrient Profiling Model could give chewing gum an extraordinary exemption from the flawed tool, which underpins Ofcom's ban on advertising junk food to kids. The model rates all foods on the basis of...
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Tesco puts Holmes in fresh commercial role
Colin Holmes has become commercial director for fresh food at Tesco on his return from sabbatical.After a string of departures from the supermarket's senior management team, including Stuart Machin, Colin Smith, Scott Wheway and Ken...