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Lacors wants clampdown on premium own-label names
Local authority body Lacors has told the Food Standards Agency to clamp down on the use of 'top of the range'-style terms on food packaging because they could mislead consumers. In its submission to an FSA consultation on guidance on food...
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Dairy Crest restarts Clover promotions
Dairy Crest will launch a TV ad campaign to promote Clover butter as the brand aims to recover from a contamination crisis last year. Two million Clover tubs were recalled last May when mould was found in the products. The company blamed...
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Coke Zone 'is not for kids'
Coca-Cola has insisted its latest campaign does not break a promise not to promote its products to kids. It is ploughing £5m into Coke Zone, a long-term on-pack giveaway that encourages teens to repeat-buy in order to accumulate points...
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Consumers pick local produce over organic
Regionally produced dairy products are now more popular than organic among shoppers, new research by farmer co-operative First Milk has indicated. Many consumers are unsure of the true meaning of organic, while the 'local' message was one...
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Only idiots need food labels - and they don't want them
Food labels alone will do nothing to stop the obesity crisis - people just need to stop making excuses for not eating a balanced diet Ihave disliked John Humphrys for years - ever since he hosted an event for the National Federation of...
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Farmers' wives police pork labelled as Irish
Farmers' wives have been roped in to policing supermarket meat counters in the Republic of Ireland in a campaign to stop imported pork products being passed off as Irish. The women have been recruited as unofficial auditors by the Irish...
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How food waste can power your stores
Think about the amount of food left uneaten every night by every household in the UK. Now add the slops from schools, hospitals, restaurants, catering companies and unsold, out-of-date food from retailers. UK households are directly responsible...
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Frozen retailing
Last year marked a turnaround in the fortunes of the £4.32bn frozen food sector which, according to The Grocer's most recent Top Products Survey, recorded value growth of 1.4%.The sector has been helped by a strong push from...
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Greener method of soft fruit protection
New compostable packaging that is claimed to reduce the amount of waste in the fruit supply chain goes into production next month. The Resolve fruit pad, developed by packaging company Sirane, is targeted at the berry and soft fruit...
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Shop Profile Jack Fulton
Opportunity. That's the current buzz word at Frozen Value, the company behind frozen food discounter Jack Fulton, which operates 78 stores across the north of England.With the frozen food sector reporting growth after years in decline...
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Oliver turns GDAchamp
Jamie Oliver has come out in favour of Guideline Daily Amounts - The Grocer can reveal - a decision that once again puts him at odds with his employer Sainsbury's. The advertising face of the supermarket has opted to put front-of-pack...
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Retailers urged to give UK lamb more support
The NFU has launched a scheme to name and praise retailers that support British lamb - and name and shame those that don't. This week, the union unveiled 'Lamb Storewatch', a scheme to check the provenance and price of lamb products in...
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Tropicana takes on Innocent with premium smoothie line
PepsiCo is investing £9m in the launch of a premium Tropicana smoothie range to compete with Innocent as part of a total overhaul of its UK smoothie strategy. Tropicana, which also owns the PJ's Smoothies brand, said it would be targeting...
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insight - lettuce
AGE PROFILE of lettuce consumers Children 0-105% 11-165% Male 17-3410% 35-6421% 65+10% Female 17-3410% 35-6425% 65+14% Info: Usage overview of lettuce. Year ending August 2007. In Home/Lunchbox Consumption Consumer spend on lettuce is stable...
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Venison set for mainstream
Venison has become the fastest-growing meat product in Asda, the retailer has revealed. Sales had soared and the meat would be one of the major food trends this year, said Asda meat buyer Jim Viggars. "It's healthy, easy and...
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The reasons why Morrisons works
Morrisons' like-for-like sales growth has been more than twice that of its rivals and it's quickly gaining market share. So what is it doing right? The undisputed heavyweight food retail champion of the United Kingdom, by unanimous...
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Premium ways to pamper your pets
Nestlé is adding a super-premium range to its Purina One brand to cash in on pet owners' increasing desire to pamper their pets. Purina One Natural Balance, which is rolling out next month backed by a £2.5m ad push, is made with...
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Second thoughts
Normally when brand marketing is said to be out of this world we assume it has been a raging success. For several brands that have created a presence for themselves in the virtual world Second Life (SL), however, the otherworldly experience...
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Flooding halts orders at Swaledale factory
The Swaledale Cheese Company has been hit by flood damage leaving it unable to fulfil orders with premium retailers such as Harrods and Waitrose.Operations at the specialist cheese supplier's Richmond factory in Surrey have been stopped,...