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Chillcott takes top spot at Anglia Co-op
John Chillcott has been named the new chief executive officer of Anglia Regional Co-operative Society.Chillcott, who has worked at the society for 16 years, moves up from the role of food executive. He is taking over from Neil Double who...
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Are biofuels the answer?
Biofuels were once hailed as the eco-friendly solution to cutting transport pollution. But they've quickly become the bogeyman, blamed alongside poor harvests, an Australian drought and higher demand from India and China for soaring wheat prices...
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Bringing the locals together - Q&A & availability
After an extended absence of 15 weeks, Asda has finally picked up its first Top Store award this year thanks to the excellent availability and customer service at its Stowmarket branch in Suffolk. Despite dominating our pricing survey, Asda has...
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Duchy signs Baker as CEO
Prince Charles' food company Duchy Originals has appointed Andrew Baker to the position of group CEO.He replaces Belinda Gooding, who left earlier this month. Baker previously worked at Cadbury Schweppes as business strategy director for...
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Heinz is left behind as wind fills Captain's sails
Birds Eye has taken the top spot in branded activity chart this week. It accounted for 29% of the promotional space taken by the top five brands in the Assosia survey, placing it nine percentage points above Heinz.
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Bluetongue no threat to supply, say leaders
Retailers and consumers have little to fear from Britain's first-ever cases of the Bluetongue animal virus, meat industry leaders insisted this week.They rubbished media scaremongering about the disease and said it posed no threat to...
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Innocent recycled bottle to hit stores
Innocent Drinks has beaten Ribena to the shelves by a week to become the first major UK soft drink producer to use 100%-recycled plastic bottles.Innocent's 100%-recycled bottles began rolling out to stores this week on four key lines....
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Kingsmill overtaken by own label bread sales
Supermarket own label bread sales have overtaken Kingsmill's for the first time, reflecting growing retailer activity in the category.The market share by value of own label bread for the year to July increased 3.7% to 16.7%, according to...
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In Brief: Functional dairy up; Sainsbury's samples; Light bulb switch
Functional dairy up Global consumption of functional dairy drinks grew 12% to 999 million litres last year, according to Zenith International, equating to a retail sale value of £2.4bn. Sainsbury's samples Shoppers are being given the chance to...
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insight - broccoli
There were 1.5 billion meal occasions where broccoli was eaten, unchanged year-on-year, in the past year Twenty-nine per cent of broccoli is eaten on a Sunday Almost two thirds of broccoli is eaten in the evening Health is the main reason for eating...
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WORLD NEWS - Family retail business has no heir
Family retail business has no heir MILAN: The founder and owner of Italian supermarket chain Esselunga has admitted he will eventually be forced to sell because he has no heirs interested in running the family business. However, Bernardo...
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The end of the line for Campbell's soup in UK
The iconic Campbell's Condensed Soup brand will disappear from UK shelves for good next March, The Grocer can reveal.The 110-year-old soup brand - made famous by Andy Warhol's 1960s pop art prints - is to be rebranded as Batchelors and...
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We can't wait and be told what to do - we must lead
Tesco's chief executive explains why the chain is spending millions on setting up the Sustainable Consumption Institute In devoting £25m to setting up a Sustainable Consumption Institute, we are not only looking to make a powerful statement of...
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Carbon emissions: suppliers come under pressure
When Christian Aid took a pop at Tesco earlier this month for failing to take into account carbon emissions incurred by its suppliers, it highlighted a very real dilemma for retailers.
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we work together - Jenny Watson & Chris Wermann
Director of communications Chris Wermann works with nutritionist Jenny Watson at Kellogg's. Chris on Jenny We first met in Kellogg's Manchester offices two-and-a-half years ago, when we were getting to grips with the World Health Organisation's...
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Processors' relief at lower cider demand
Bramley apple processors have welcomed the cold summer, claiming it has put the brakes on cider consumption and improved fruit availability.Fourayes Farm, which sells prepared apple and other fruit fillings to manufacturers and...
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WORLD NEWS- Sobeys launches Disney food range
Sobeys launches Disney food range STELLARTON, NOVA SCOTIA: Canada's second largest food retailer, Sobeys, has teamed up with Disney to launch a co-branded food line for children....
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Efficiency rise prompts 'resurgence' for fresh
Most fresh producers are defying the doom and gloom that has beset the sector following crop shortages and a slump in fruit and veg consumption, according to new figures.A survey of the UK's 1,000 main fresh produce operators by analyst...
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Nisa and Mills set to roll out joint fascia
Nisa-Today's is in the final stages of developing a new co-branded fascia with independent retail chain Mills Group.The concept will initially be launched at 19 of Mills' 75 stores. Work has begun on the conversions, with the first of...
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Processors feel heat over missing money
As retailers continued to deny allegations they had made £270m from price fixing in the dairy industry, attention began to turn this week to the milk processors.A spokesman for one retailer said the Office of Fair Trading, which...