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My Alternative CV - Phil Lynas, managing director, All About Food
What's your nickname? Spike or Thistles (due to my spiky hair at university) Who was your first teenage crush and why? Nastasia Kinski When was the first time you got drunk? When I was about 15 on sweet cider at a family party. I haven't been able...
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acid test - Yorkshire Tea: Tea Loaf
Expert's verdict: 8/10 ?The packaging works well and has a traditional feel, which makes you think of an old-fashioned tea room. It plays on its heritage and it works. Unfortunately the Try Me Free sticker detracts from the packaging and it is...
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ASA upholds claim Flora ad misleading
Unilever has been rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority over a misleading health-related claim in an ad for Flora Pro-Activ. The ASA said the claim that 'three out of four doctors would recommend Flora Pro-Activ mini drink'...
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Porridge added to Sugar Puffs range
The company behind the ailing Sugar Puffs cereal brand has added a porridge product as part of the new owner's strategy to reinvigorate the brand and inject "some fun" into the competitive hot cereals market. Honey Meltz from Honey...
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Marlboro adds low tar cigarette packs
Philip Morris is launching a third product to its Marlboro brand aimed at smokers wanting a smoother taste and a third of the tar of the standard line. Marlboro Silver contains 3mg of tar compared with 6mg for Marlboro Gold and 10mg for...
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campaign trail - Terry's Chocolate Orange has ditched Dawn French for its latest ads
Terry's Chocolate Orange has ditched Dawn French for its latest ads after 10 years of the comedienne fronting the brand's campaigns. Brand owner said it had benefited from the partnership, playing to French's "hilarious and irreverent style". "It's...
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The Advice Shop - Alex Hannon Founder Mangajo
Alex Hannon Founder Mangajo "I know from experience that even if you don't have a massive budget you could start a business with a good idea. For example, you can do a lot of stuff yourself. There is no need to spend a lot of money on agencies....
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In Brief: Fenwicks gets Bevan; Recycling boost; Wylie promoted; Freshers operations; No agm re-election
Fenwicks gets Bevan Asda's finance director of retail and logistics Richard Bevan will leave the company in December to take up a new role as chief finance officer at independent department store group Fenwicks. Bevan joined Adsa four years ago from...
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Air freight label fails to take off with shoppers
Tesco and M&S have admitted that their much-trumpeted initiatives to badge airfreighted fruit and vegetables have had no impact on sales. Though they were coy about the exact figures, they said that there was no evidence yet to suggest...
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Special offers push alcohol category into top position
Alcohol has overtaken grocery in the promotional activity chart. Last weekend, the category accounted for 21% of total promotions, seven percentage points more than grocery, which was bumped into second place with 14%.
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Salmonella alert shuts Fox's factory
Confectionery maker Fox's has reopened two of the four product lines it was forced to suspend at its Leicester plant after the discovery of salmonella a fortnight ago. The contamination, which was identified during...
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BRC sounds alert as violent attack and theft levels soar
Theft levels have rocketed to a 10-year high, the British Retail Consortium's annual crime survey has revealed. The total cost of goods stolen shot up to an estimated £830m last year, with detected theft up 8.5% to £205m and undetected...
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Debbie & Andrew's sets up fair trade first
Sausage-makers Debbie & Andrew's has launched the UK's first fair trade scheme for British pig farmers in a bid to end the crisis in the sector. The Yorkshire-based company has agreed to pay pigmeat suppliers a 15% premium over the market...
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Anti-GM lobbyists call for fairer funding split
The government has come under fire from anti-GM campaigners for offering more financial support to the biotechnology industry than to the organic industry. Friends of the Earth said it had obtained figures showing the government...
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Red wine gets an antioxidant boost
Health-conscious consumers can now enjoy a wine with 41% more antioxidants than usual. The Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon wine is the second to be launched under the Red Heart brand, which entered the market just over a year ago with an...
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Outrage as Asda puts full halal meat on sale
Halal meat from animals that have not been stunned before their throats are slashed will go on sale in Asda for the first time next month in a move that has infuriated animal rights activists.
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Asda unveils first supercentre with department-store style
In the next two weeks, Asda will unveil the first of a new breed of large supermarkets boasting a department-store style layout. The retailer's 100,000 sq ft Patchway store, Asda's oldest supercentre, is nearing the end of a three-month...
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Hamilton swaps Asda for Lidl
How the hell did Asda get so much publicity for favouring 22-year-old whizzkid Lewis Hamilton with a free disabled parking space at its Stevenage superstore? Or to put it another way: is it just Bogof who reckons this was a PR stunt...
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Talking shop - The Soil Association should focus the spotlight on UK organic growers
The Soil Association should focus the spotlight on UK organic growers before it starts to point the finger at the developing world, says Jo Crawshaw, consultant for africapractice Some environmentalists have accused the Soil Association of backing...