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In Brief: Pukka position; Lewin gets Nesbitt; Phillips' move
Pukka position Organic herbal tea and remedy company Pukka Herbs has appointed former Soil Association director Julia Feron to the new role of general manager. She will work with co-founders Sebastian Pole and Tim Westwell.
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Company Profile Bulldog
The men behind male grooming brand Bulldog, Rhodri Ferrier (left) and Simon Duffy, have an air of confidence about them. They need it, too. Without any previous market experience, they have launched into the tough male grooming category,...
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More food suppliers sign up to carbon footprint label trial
Food giants British Sugar, Coors Brewers and Danone Waters are among the latest companies to agree to test the standard underpinning the Carbon Trust's carbon footprint label.They are among seven new partners who have agreed to trial the...
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Sales of Cava up as drinkers spend less
Marques de Monistrol has sealed a new UK supermarket listing with its latest launch, the Grand Tradicion Vintage Cava Rose 2005.The Spanish sparkling wine will be stocked in 330 Co-op stores from the end of March, retailing at...
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The Challenge
If Bulldog wants to make it big in the £800m UK male grooming category it is going to have a fight on its hands. The majority of the players are multinationals with large advertising budgets and a huge portfolio of products. These...
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Young's: let's teach people to love coley
Coley could be the next big growth area in fish if it was marketed more effectively, according to leading fish producer Young's Seafood.The fish, which is dull white in colour and from the same family as cod, is currently mostly sold as...
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Milk merger collapse sparks dismay at 'lost opportunity'
The proposed merger between dairy co-ops Milk Link and First Milk collapsed this week after the two parties failed to agree on a valuation for the businesses.The merger would have created a business with a turnover in excess of £1bn that...
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Ethical shopping: is it a meaningless concept?
Every little helps. Or so a certain business goliath would have us believe. And a similar mission statement seems to have been adopted by green campaigners as they urge consumers to do their little bit and buy environmentally friendly goods......
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Two more societies sign up for The Co-operative fascia
The drive to unify the co-op movement under a single brand received a boost this week when two more societies agreed to adopt 'The Co-operative' fascia.The Lothian Borders & Angus and Chelmsford Star co-ops will between them rebrand more...
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Suppliers under the cosh
Alliance Boots has emerged as the latest major retailer to get tough with its suppliers, The Grocer has learnt.The high-street chemist has written to suppliers to inform them it is to extend payment terms to "75 days from the end of the...
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Innocent targets dairy with launch of thickies
Innocent is hoping to replicate its smoothies success with a move to the dairy aisle in its first venture beyond the chilled juice fixture, The Grocer can reveal.The fast-growing brand is launching three 'thickies' in 750ml plastic...
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Shoppers soften to the hard discounters
When Aldi beat Waitrose to the top prize in a food awards ceremony last year, the room went quiet. "People were gobsmacked," says Tony Baines, Aldi's MD of buying. "The industry sat up and took notice." So they should. While hard...
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Doubts over future of Key Lekkerland group
Doubts over the future of buying group Key Lekkerland have surfaced following Palmer & Harvey McLane's purchase of member WH & HM Young, a Leeds-based wholesaler.The acquisition leaves Key Lekkerland, which supplies independent stores...
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EU proposal stirs up food labelling fight
It was the news the GDA camp had been waiting for. Last week the European Commission forwarded a proposal for new food labelling legislation that backs GDAs. Cue protests from Which? and co, which panned the Commission for ignoring traffic...
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Unilever turns Magnum mini to make it an everyday snack
Unilever is repositioning its Magnum ice cream as an everyday treat with the help of Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria. As part of a major overhaul of the brand, Longoria will front a multimillion-pound campaign - its biggest ever -...
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Poupart expands into vegetables and salad
Specialist fruit supplier Poupart Imports is moving into vegetables and salads.Poupart wants to create a "one-stop shop" for customers to source the full range of fresh produce. Initial products are likely to be salad lines including...
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Farmers' Market sees off gripes over name
Heinz is expanding its Farmers' Market brand after "superb results" in its first half year, countering the negative attention it has received about its name.Heinz has added two variants to the range and is also adding new varieties to...
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Welch focuses on quality at Jordans
Green & Black's marketing director Carol Welch is joining Jordans Cereals as its new marketing and innovation director. Jordans said Welch had been appointed because the company was placing more importance on quality and innovation to...
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Oddbins splits its shoppers in four
Oddbins is restructuring its operations into three specialist retail divisions - high-street, large retail units and suburban - in a bid to return the former darling of the independent wine trade to profit.After a year in which 40 stores...
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New look for Kingsmill Gold
Allied Bakeries is relaunching its premium Kingsmill Gold range with new packaging and varieties supported by a £3m push including TV ads.The relaunch, aimed at the growing top end of the market, includes two seed-based breads under the...