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Tulip swoop forms British pork giant
Dutch-owned Tulip has taken over the pork processor George Adams, creating the UK's largest pigmeat supplier.The deal, for an undisclosed sum, will leave Tulip with almost a third of the national pig kill and sales of £1.2bn if it clears...
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Flora loses crown to Lurpak butter
Lurpak has knocked Flora off the top spot in the butter and spreads category after an almost 20-year reign, signalling a switch in consumer demand for natural rather than manufactured fats. The Arla-owned brand clocked up sales of...
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Campaign trail: Persil has joined forces with kids' cartoon Mr Men
Persil has joined forces with kids' cartoon Mr Men in a new £3.5m TV campaign and on-pack promotion to highlight the brand message 'Dirt is Good'. The ad, which breaks next week, features Mr Tickle, Mr Bump and Mr Strong playing messy...
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Own label chocolates pass 'dinner party test'
Sales of own label confectionery overtook the biggest brand for the first time this year, according to research produced exclusively for The Grocer. The combined value of supermarket branded products squeezed out last year's biggest...
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Commodity cost hikes push up snack prices
Bagged snack and biscuit prices are set to soar by inflation-busting levels over the next month, as another major supplier feels the bite of rising commodity costs. United Biscuits increased trade price rises this week, with snacks such...
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Opinion - "Within five years, I predict we'll see countlines containing grains, seeds and vitamin supplements"
Allow me, just this once, an indulgence. Tesco's results, Cadbury job losses, Nisa-Today's conference, food price inflation, VAT on wheatgrass, Ocado's business model, all are potential subjects for this column. I am instead going to talk about...
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Growers shun disease cost-sharing proposal
Growers have fired a broadside at government plans to share the costs of managing plant diseases, saying it could increase the price of fresh produce in shops. Any attempt to increase the burden of policing plant health controls for...
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Davidson replaces Rose at Landmark
Landmark Wholesale has appointed Ian Davidson as its new marketing director to take over from Chris Rose who is retiring next May. Davidson will join the buying group from Whyte & Mackay, where he is cash & carry/wholesale channel...
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Mars delights shoppers with a variety of offers
Mars stole the show last weekend in confectionery aisles in the major retailers, taking 54% of featured promotional activity in the top five confectionery chart.
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When will that Ocado success story be delivered?
A bad press can get you down. So let's hope Ocado chief executive Tim Steiner and his band of bankers-turned-grocers are selective in their reading. Depending on their choice of newspaper, this online food retailer run in partnership with...
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Talking shop - Dr Helen Ferrier
It's time for a proper debate on genetic modification in agriculture, says Dr Helen Ferrier, the National Farmers Union's chief science and regulatory affairs adviser From the moment genetically modified crops were developed, they have been called...
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Marine Harvest urged to move salmon farms
The world's largest seafood company is coming under pressure to relocate hundreds of salmon farms after its biggest shareholder said it was harming wild stocks. Billionaire John Fredriksen, who holds a 29% stake in Marine Harvest, told...
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Sainsbury's is focusing on unique ingredients
Sainsbury's is launching an own-label scheme that will use "signature" ingredients in an attempt to appeal to shoppers looking for premium products. Sainsbury's brand director Judith Batchelar said the signature ingredient initiative...
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Tesco to give kids a lesson
Tesco and its fruit supplier Norman Collett are sponsoring Kent school kids to learn about apples. They have shown 56 children from Goudhurst and Kildown Primary School around an orchard and will take them to the National Fruit Show on...
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Prices up for off-colour Hallowe'en pumpkins
Shoppers will have to pay up to 15% more for pumpkins this Hallowe'en - and the wet summer means they have not turned their usual orange colour. The problem has led to some growers heating the harvested green pumpkins to encourage them...
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Shop staff need help in war on underage sales
Retailers are calling for more help from authorities to combat underage drinking, despite the prime minister singling out irresponsible off-licences for punishment. In new research commissioned by the British Retail Consortium, staff said they were...
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Premium values key in smoothie rivalry
When Exotic Planet burst on to the scene in 1997, smoothies and premium juice drinks was a nascent market, but over the past decade it has grown significantly, not only in value but in the number of brands now present. Innocent is far...
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Majority of Tesco space is now overseas
The ratio of Tesco's selling space in the UK to that abroad has shifted further in favour of the retailer's international operations. International now accounts for 60% of the company's total selling space - up from 57% this time last...
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Premium pies pull out of Sainsbury's
Premium pie brand and food outlet Square Pie has been forced to pull its products from Sainsbury's just five months after its supermarket debut. It put the decision down to an "underestimation of managerial and marketing support" needed...
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World News - 6th October 2007
Danone to appeal Wahaha ruling. HANGZHOU, CHINA: French food group Danone is to appeal against a Chinese court's ruling that it no longer has any rights to Wahaha, China's biggest drinks brand. A Chinese arbitration commission said...