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Lawler to run Sainsbury's online arm
Sainsbury's has created the role of director of online for former Argos commercial director Tanya Lawler as it seeks to double website sales by 2010.Lawler joins Sainsbury's on 19 November from Cap Gemini where she was vice president of...
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Asda tests brand equity
Asda is putting the brand equity of Britain's food and drink brands to the test in an attempt to weed out needless duplication and offer customers greater choice. Earlier this summer the UK's second-largest supermarket delisted Princes tuna...
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Asda wine revamp to include taster promo
Asda is preparing to unveil the results of an extensive wine range review this winter - including a "Try Before You Buy" promotion.The retailer will offer consumers the chance to buy a single-serve sized bottle of wine to try, which if...
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Outclassing its nearest rivals - Q&A and Availability
Stuart Edginton, store manager of Tesco's Winchester branch, Hampshire, may have only been in charge for four weeks, but he's started his new appointment in style by scooping this week's Top Store award. Our shopper was impressed with the high level...
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Benn to urge stores to back meat trade
In the next few days, Defra secretary Hilary Benn will call on retail bosses to support the British beef and lamb industry in the wake of the latest foot and mouth outbreak.NFU livestock adviser Peter King, who has been asked to brief...
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Price flash - Bananas are the big story in this week's survey
Bananas are the big story in this week's survey, with prices having shot up 44.1% since the previous basket five weeks ago - to the same price they were last April. The leap from 59p/kg to 85p/kg on 6 September was initiated by Asda, which was also...
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Uncle Ben's sauces get healthy revamp
Uncle Ben's is overhauling its sauce portfolio to remove all artificial colours, flavours and preservatives. The reformulation kicks off with the brand's Mexican Chilli range, which hits supermarket shelves next week. The move will be...
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Six of the Best Confectionery buyers
Bartlett started her career a decade ago on Asda's graduate training scheme. She managed home and leisure sections in branches before moving to HQ as a buying assistant for babycare. She was...
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The NPM is 'little better than a crude calorie count'
As the FSA began the process of reviewing its controversial Nutrient Profiling Model this week, it was on the receiving end of more criticism. Dr Adam Drewnowski, a leading nutritionist and expert in obesity, published a peer-reviewed...
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Defra's 'outlandish' milk plans blasted
Dairy industry leaders have slammed Defra proposals to make the sector more environmentally friendly as "outlandish".The first draft of the long-awaited Milk Roadmap, shown to a select group of stakeholders last week, suggests a...
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Tesco blasts price site for traffic light labels
Tesco has slammed Mysupermarket.com for using traffic-light labelling to flag up the health credentials of grocery products - when it supports the rival Guideline Daily Amounts. The price comparison website has introduced a new feature...
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Huge greenhouse will boost British supplies
National salad production could be boosted by 15% by Britain's biggest-ever glasshouse development, which has been given the go-ahead in Kent.Backers claim the £70m project will offer retailers higher-quality British produce with a...
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Support local producers in British Food Fortnight
By developing local produce, stores not only provide vital support to farmers and producers, they can build loyalty and raise sales, too Tomorrow marks the start of the sixth British Food Fortnight and my Budgens store in Newent,...
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Carling steps down as Red Bull director
Guy Carling has quit as Red Bull UK's brand director exactly 10 years to the day after joining the energy drink manufacturer. He was responsible for developing Red Bull's marketing campaign and led last month's structural review with Red...
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Buyer Survey
The industry is ahead of the game when it comes to removing unwanted ingredients. But there's a danger that the recent negative press surrounding an FSA-commissioned study linking certain additives with health and behavioural problems in kids...
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Symington's buy-in spurs range growth
Symington's, owner of the licences to the Ainsley Harriott and Crosse & Blackwell brands, is planning to expand its ranges and double turnover following a management buy-in this week.Led by ex-Arla Foods and Grampian Country Foods boss...
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insight - Canned tomato consumers
There were almost 600 million meals using canned tomatoes last year Consumption has risen more than 10% since 2004 Tomatoes are the most popular option in the canned vegetable aisle, with sales up 11% to £98.7m Health market offers growth...
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A formula for car park upsets
The Asda store in Lewis Hamilton's home town of Stevenage has upset a disabled couple by 'reserving' a prime parking space for the F1 ace.Blue badge-holders Adrian Emery and Sandra Batteye said they were unable to find a disabled spot...
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The era of cheap food is not over
Alarmist headlines and forecasts about food inflation fail to reflect factors that will keep the overall cost of a basket in checkIs the era of "cheap food" over? The recent upsurge in food price inflation certainly suggests that...
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One helps Co-op push water range as ethical
The Co-operative Group is harnessing the ethical water brand power of One for the relaunch of its own label water. Fairbourne Springs will go into all 3,200 co-operative society stores in a new format with One appearing as a sub-brand....