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Wall's to target health market with mini cone
Wall's is launching a mini Cornetto to appeal to more health-conscious consumers who want portion-controlled treats.The launch of Cornetto Minis, which is part of a range of new summer products from the Unilever-owned brand, comes after...
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Tesco in court for not showing prices
Tesco Ireland has been convicted of failing to display product prices at one of its Dublin stores. It was fined a total of €1,500 and ordered to pay €2,000 costs after admitting 28 breaches of Irish pricing regulations at its outlet in...
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Rose defends Project Genesis cuts as 'perfectly reasonable'
Sir Stuart Rose has launched a staunch defence of Marks & Spencer's controversial new Project Genesis food and drink trading terms.Speaking after he had addressed this week's National Farmers' Union conference, the Marks & Spencer chief...
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KMI gets into eco toiletries
The company behind the King of Shaves male grooming brand is launching an eco-friendly toiletries range for men and women.The 10-strong Patently Obvious line-up of hand washes and shower gels combines the first natural antibacterial...
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Half egg sales are free-range
Retail sales of free-range eggs rose by almost 20% in volume and 46% in value in the first four weeks of 2008, with four in every 10 eggs sold at retail now free-range.According to TNS data issued by British Lion eggs, free-range now...
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Festive sales enhance Morrisons' reputation
A stellar performance over Christmas has helped Morrisons improve its corporate reputation more than any other major retailer in the UK, research shows. It leapt 56 places to 17th in TNS Media Intelligence's latest monthly Presswatch...
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Sainsbury's in lead as Fairtrade sales rocket
Sales of Fairtrade products were up 44% last year, according to data produced exclusively for The Grocer ahead of Fairtrade Fortnight, which kicks off on Monday.TNS Worldpanel figures show sales hit £225m in the year to 4 November 2007,...
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Stand by your ham, urge singing farmers
Pig farmers have recorded a single in an attempt to raise awareness of the unsustainably low prices they claim to receive.The single was recorded in London on Thursday and featured 20 pig farmers from around the country singing Stand By...
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Tesco issues warning over price fix inquiry
Tesco has warned that the inquiry into the alleged fixing of dairy prices may put retailers off helping farmers in future.Tesco has continued to protest its innocence to the Office of Fair Trading , but the consequences of the...
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Lactalis puts hands up over price fixing
Lactalis McLelland has admitted its involvement in the dairy price-fixing scandal and will pay a fine.The Scottish cheese producer conceded that A McLelland and Son had been involved in alleged anti-competitive practice related to retail...
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Maunder gears up for shift to higher welfare
Poultry specialist Lloyd Maunder plans to switch more chicken production to higher-welfare systems in the wake of recent TV exposés of the chicken industry.
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AGE PROFILE of canned tuna consumers Children 0-1014% 11-169% Male 17-3412% 35-6418% 65+4% Female 17-3415% 35-6421% 65+7% Info: Usage overview of canned tuna. Year ending August 2007. In-home/lunchbox consumption Canned tuna was eaten on 731 million...
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Sainsbury's tool offers web shopping insights
Sainsbury's suppliers will be the first to be able to analyse online sales separately from in-store sales, following the roll-out of a new insight tool by the company that manages Sainsbury's Nectar loyalty card scheme.LMG's Self Serve,...
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Smirnoff's trip of a lifetime
Diageo is investing £2m in an off-trade exclusive promotion for Smirnoff as a follow-up to last year's high-profile win-a-diamond campaign. The competition, which is expected to boost sales by 18%, gives consumers the chance to win one of 20 trips....
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VK Mojito tries to revive RTD sector
Global Brands has launched what it claims is the first pre-mixed Mojito cocktail on the UK market in a bid to breathe life into the RTD category. The VK Mojito Original has 4% abv, like the company's flagship VK Vodka Kick RTD, and comes in 27.5cl...
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Netto takes on mults with premium range
Netto is launching its first premium own-label range under a new Simply Irresistible brand as part of a strategy to attract more affluent consumers and become a one-stop shop.The move comes two years after rival discounter Aldi launched...
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Retailers told they'll have to sell 'ugly' veg
Supermarkets will have to get used to 'ugly' vegetables as global warming increases the number of crop blighting insects, experts have warned.Growers are bracing themselves for an early onslaught of peach potato aphids - also known as...
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Work-life balance is main attraction of freelancing
The freelance or interim market is booming. Interims earn good money, but it's the variety - and the opportunity to take more time off work - that attracts people mostLast month I cautioned against handing in your notice in January just...
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Climbing the ladder - David Stewart
What was your first ever job? Between school and university, I was a lab technician in a small oil service company in Aberdeen. Give us a quick run down on your career to date. After studying chemistry at Oxford, then a PHD in Birmingham, I joined...