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Shoppers on lookout for cake and biscuit offers
The biscuit and cake section is a regular destination for shoppers, and purchases are mainly influenced by price, taste, the meal occasion and health.Biscuits are a planned staple in many shoppers' trolleys, with 32% buying them at least...
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Sweet biscuits
For a category worth nearly £2bn and with penetration of almost 100%, it seems remarkable that biscuits are still posting year-on-year growth of 2.7% [TNS, 52 w/e to 15 July 2007]. But it is - and sweet biscuits are driving growth....
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Savoury biscuits
The savoury biscuits sector is in danger of becoming the poor relation of the market with sales down 0.1% to £72m and little growth in the £228m crackers and crispbreads sector [TNS].Part of the problem is the success of sweet biscuits,...
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Celebration cakes
The party has gone a bit flat in the celebration cakes market in the past year with the market down by slightly more than 2% to £85m [Nielsen].Part of the reason for the decline is that licences for some of the summer movie blockbusters...
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CONSUMER FEEDBACK
Innovations in cakes and biscuits are inevitably shaped by pressures to eat more healthily, with lower in fat and sugar formats at one level and new products that deliver more indulgent tastes for those times when consumers treat themselves at...
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Trends & Developments
?Foodie photo appealPremier Foods gave its Cadbury Cakes portfolio a shake-up in June with new packaging intended to up its consumer appeal. The range, which is produced under licence from Cadbury, has been redesigned to unite all the...
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Food marketing claims slammed
A group of young scientists have slammed the health claims made by food companies to sell products.Their report, There Goes the Science Bit, published by the charity Sense About Science, singled out Nestlé's Ski Activ8 yoghurt, which claims...
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Tesco development banned
Tesco have withdrawn plans to appeal against the refusal of planning permission to build a store in Ballycastle, Northern Ireland.The supermarket had been refused planning permission for the 47,000 square foot superstore because it...
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Superior migrant workers for Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's has said it will hire more migrant workers because they have a “superior” work ethic.In evidence at a parliamentary enquiry on the impact of immigration, the retailer said migrant workers were more likely to work flexible hours...
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M&S bans white veal
Marks & Spencer is to stop selling imported white veal and calves' liver.The retailer said it would only sell rose veal, bred in the UK to decent standards following concerns from animal rights campaigners that the animals were reared in...
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Price Survey - 6th October 2007
Morrisons and Asda have been vying for the top spot over the past few weeks. This week Asda came out on top - but it was Tesco that ran it closer this time. Asda won by the narrowest margin with a £38.07 basket - just 2p cheaper than Tesco's total....
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What the papers said - 6th October 2007
While other papers treated Ocado's latest figures as a sign that it would soon deliver a profit, The Daily Mail questioned whether the internet grocery business could continue as a going concern. Under the headline 'Ocado in the red for sixth...
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Nisa-Today's to recruit 300 more members
Nisa-Today's aims to recruit 300 new retail members in the next year, according to chief executive Neil Turton.Turton, addressing members at this week's Nisa-Today's annual conference in Sorrento, Italy, said the organisation had...
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Penfolds' ads are unveiled
Australian wine producer Penfolds is launching its first global advertising campaign in six years.The campaign aims to highlight that its employees are driven by passion and quality, not profit. It will run in UK magazines including The...
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The Advice Shop - How can a start up company be environmentally friendly?
"The credo of the Exotic Planet team is: pure, natural, simple, good. This applies to our production and general modus operandi as much as to the contents of each bottle of juice. We are concerned about environmental issues, keen to ensure our...
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Teens ignoring health advice says King
Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King is to tell the government that its healthy eating message is failing to get through to teenagers. In a survey commissioned by the retailer 85% of teenagers polled were not eating the recommended...
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No-go zones imposed after attacks on drivers
A spate of attacks on delivery drivers has led Asda and Tesco to declare some parts of major cities no-go zones after dark. Last month Asda suspended deliveries in the Whitehawk area of Brighton altogether following reports of "abusive...
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Hula Hoops get starry Christmas ambitions
United Biscuits is changing the shape of Hula Hoops for the first time in its 34-year history, with a star-shaped crisp for Christmas. It is also bringing out a festive sausage and bacon 'pigs in blankets' variant to the range, in a move...