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In Brief: Angove's launch; Angove's launch; Organic Italian range; Beer showcase
Angove's launch Australian winery Angove's is releasing a new brand in the UK. Redbridge Creek will be available in Sainsbury's from this week in two blends, a Merlot Petit Verdot (£4.99) and a Shiraz Carignan Rosé (£4.79). Win a tractor
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Arla brings Danish Castello to Britain
Arla Foods has brought its cheese brand Castello to the UK, supported by a £2.1m marketing push. The Danish cheese, which is being rolled out to Tesco, Morrisons and Asda this month, comes in Castello Blue, a blue-veined gourmet option...
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Hillebrand bulks up with dedicated arm
Logistics provider J F Hillebrand is launching a dedicated bulk wine division, Hillebrand Bulk, following an increase in customer demand for bulk wine shipping.In April the company purchased Trans Ocean Distribution, which specialises in...
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Tonic Attack challenges VAT ruling on wheatgrass juice
A wheatgrass juice supplier is the latest company to challenge tax officials over the classification of its product as a beverage, which means it is subject to VAT.Tonic Attack, which sells its products online, has appealed to the VAT...
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Sainsbury's loyal supporters - Q&A and Availability
With a new store manager who has been at the helm for less than nine months, and a refit scheduled for 2008 to more than double the store's square footage, it is amazing the staff at Sainsbury's in Christchurch, Dorset, have been able to devote so...
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Westminster urged to stop Scots booze promotion ban
The alcohol industry has asked Westminster to prevent a bid by the Scottish Executive to ban promotions on booze. The Wine and Spirit Trading Association has written to the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform on behalf...
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Tusker bangs drum with Makro packs
Tusker, the lager from East Africa, will now be available in 12-packs as it attempts to grow its fledgling UK presence through the C&C channel.The beer, which was launched into the UK in single bottles earlier this year, will be stocked...
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Price Basket - milk products
Milk price increases have fed through to the supermarket shelf, pushing the cost of our dairy basket to its highest total for more than two years, despite a special offer on Stilton at one major retailer. Butter prices are up more than 30% and milk...
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From delistings to becoming the Gucci of juice
Tal Thomas, founder of Exotic Planet juice drinks, strides into the room brandishing a tray of little bottles and a device that resembles a lightsaber. "This is a reflectometer," he says. "It can measure the sugar content of any liquid."...
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Belinda Cole
Aldi has transformed itself in the UK from a down-at-heel discounter to a credible, stylish weekly shopping destination over the past few years. And now it has raised its game again with the opening of its first city centre store in Manchester's...
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Marmite goes better-for-you
Unilever is creating the first better-for-you range of Marmite snacks to appeal to more health-conscious consumers. Marmite Rice Cakes and Marmite Breadsticks, which will roll out over the next few weeks, are coated and baked with marmite...
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Green threat bigger than soaring prices
Green issues should be at the top of the agenda for the world's dairy processors, not commodity prices or nutrition, according to president of the International Dairy Federation Jim Begg. Ignoring record milk powder prices and the raging...
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Mars Refuel off the blocks in sports milkshake sector
Mars is launching into the sports milkshake market by packaging its Refuel chocolate drink in a sports cap bottle. The move, which also flags up its 2% fat content more prominently, puts Mars in a position to dominate the category, which...
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Bluetongue controls spark supply fears
The meat industry was facing a minimum of three months of crippling movement restrictions after Defra confirmed that the Bluetongue virus was actively circulating among cattle in East Anglia. With 19 cases of the midge-borne disease...
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Letter of the week - Bond undermines brand innovation
Asda's test of removing brands from the shelves and waiting for customers to complain is a different but flawed approach ('Andy Bond', The Grocer, 22 September, p30). CEO Andy Bond is right that consumers provide the best test of a brand's equity,...
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Forget Leahy jibe - we will make it says Ocado's boss
Ocado chief executive Tim Steiner has hit back at Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy following his jibe about the viability of the loss-making online grocer. Sir Terry, announcing Tesco's interim results on Tuesday, said the Ocado model, where...
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UK brands 'feel most heat from own label'
UK shoppers believe own label is as good quality as brands, according to research to be published next month. Research conducted by Saatchi & Saatchi X, which will be published in 'Private Label: Turning the retail brand threat into your...
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Are heritage brands a thing of the past?
Andy Warhol's famous poster has seared Campbell's tomato soup onto the consciousness of the nation. But it wasn't enough to prevent it from being canned. Premier Foods' announcement last week that the iconic soup would disappear from UK shelves...
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Trust Tesco. The future is bright
Slowdown in sales? Tough times ahead? Not according to Tesco, which has given analysts confidence in a brighter outlook When Tesco talks, the stock market tends to listen and the unerringly bullish tone taken by the industry bellwether at...