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Organics must slash reliance on airfreight
The Soil Association has decided against an outright ban on organic food airfreighting, arguing that it would hurt farmers in developing nations. But after four months of consultation over whether airfreighted produce can have organic...
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Tesco urges expansion of low and no alcohol
Tesco head of BWS Dan Jago has called for more organic, low and no-alcohol products as well better retail ready packaging. Speaking at the Tesco Drinks Awards, Jago said the industry at all levels needed to drive moderate consumption and...
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Lea & Perrins gets premium appeal
Heinz is taking Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce into the premium market with a special edition bottle and extra mature variety to encourage its wider use as a condiment. The Extra Matured Special Edition version has been matured for...
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Appleby Westward boosts local links
South west Spar wholesaler Appleby Westward has joined regional food marketing group Taste of the West as part of a bid to improve links with local suppliers. The company is setting up a supply chain that will enable it to offer local...
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Asda recalls lamb with vet drug taint
Asda has been forced to recall thousands of packs of fresh lamb because they might have contained meat from sheep not fit for the food chain. The sheep had been treated with a veterinary drug called Doramectin, which experts say causes...
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Europe picks up Asian colour nutrition trend
Marketing foods by colour to reinforce their health credentials is set to be the next big trend for product manufacturers, Mintel has forecast. The trend for 'coloured foods' has become a craze in Japan and other Far East countries in...
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We ask... how did the wet summer hit sales?
Change in products Buying group ?For the most part, we were unaffected by the floods. Some of our members' depots were hit but this didn't have too great an impact and we were able to continue supplying our...
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Thank God for a great store - Q&A and Availability
Asda has been having a tough time in our customer services ratings with only one Top Store award since June, but it has notched up a second victory after its Frome branch in Somerset provided this week's only full basket. Our shopper said the 32,500...
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Tesco axes kids' range for new Disney venture
Tesco is ditching its kids own label to replace it with a healthy range co-branded with Disney. Through the tie up, which will kick off initially on fresh fruit and dairy next month, it believes it can double the 25-strong kids...
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A baked bean celebration
Heinz is pushing its heritage message in its latest brand activity for its iconic Baked Beanz by linking up with Fortnum & Mason. The launch of 3,000 limited-edition and collectable cans into Fortnum's celebrates the retailer's 300th...
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Mail strike holds up Warburtons ballot
Union leaders have been forced to reschedule a strike ballot for Warburtons staff after voting papers were held up by Royal Mail stoppages earlier this month. The original two-week ballot was open from 10-24 October, but the Royal Mail...
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Functional bar gets a kick from taurine
A new flapjack-style bar that "boosts body and mind" is claiming to be the first snack product to contain the Red Bull key ingredient taurine. The Will Bar comes in two flavours: coco-a-go-go, with caffeine and taurine; and booster...
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Barnes joins Wash & Go
Footballer John Barnes has been signed up as the face of a new in-school charity campaign for Procter & Gamble's shampoo brand Wash & Go. Score Ethiopia campaign is a tie-up between Procter & Gamble and UK-based education charity Link...
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BerryWorld embraces the snack pack format
Berryworld has braved concerns over a global blueberry shortage and unveiled the UK's first branded blueberry snack at this week's World Fruit and Veg show at London's ExCel. Marketing manager Lisa Hoggarth said the first packs of its new...
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A green light for the best of both worlds?
W hich way do you swing? Traffic lights? GDAs? Or a bit of both? A poll of GPs and healthcare workers at a National Obesity Forum conference last week found 71% of them preferred traffic lights over GDAs. The survey is the latest in a...
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Binge drinking is really no surprise
Alcohol abuse is not a time bomb. It's been happening for 30 years and it'll take more than tinkering with licensing to rectify the problemThe media relishes nothing more than discovering a "time bomb". Once upon a time it was population...
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Consumers spurn chocolate biscuits for healthy options
Consumers are spurning chocolate biscuit bars for healthier options, according to exclusive research for The Grocer. TNS Worldpanel data shows that, for the first time, healthier biscuits have overtaken chocolate biscuit bars in terms of...
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Irish c-stores welcome sales boost as expansion kicks off
Ireland's Celtic Tiger economy may have slowed after a decade of unprecedented growth, but its convenience store sector is still booming, according to new data. Figures from the Irish government's central statistics office indicate sales...
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Fears that Scots booze laws could limit consumer choice
Asda has warned that proposed new legislation for Scotland controlling where retailers can sell alcohol will harm consumer choice. The draft law, introduced to the Scottish Parliament this week, requires retailers to limit stocks of...
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thinking outside the box
Dominic Lowe, Green & Black's new MD, is lying on a bed, surrounded by chocolate and being gawped at by members of the public - not because he fancies himself in the starring role of the brand's next round of commercials, but because we've...