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In Brief: Profits up at Total; Residents eat well; Katopé acquisition
Profits up at Total Total Produce, Fyffes' retail fruit and veg supply business, has announced a 10% increase in first-half profits to £13.3m. It claimed strong demand in April and May helped boost turnover to...
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Campaign trail: Lambrini is hoping to get women across the nation up on their feet
Lambrini is hoping to get women across the nation up on their feet and dancing as it returns to TV this week. Brand owner Halewood International is investing £5m in the campaign, which will include TV, digital and PR, in a bid to promote...
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Pernod discovers the gift of adding value
Pernod Ricard UK is calling for less reliance on discounting and more innovative alcohol gifting propositions this Christmas in a bid to drive value. The French company will be offering 1.5 million gift packs across several of its brands...
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Fox's revives characters for Glacier ads
Fox's Confectionery is resurrecting its Fox and Peppy characters for its Glacier brand after a 20-year absence from its ad campaigns. The £2m six-month campaign begins airing today and will top and tail ad breaks on UKTV Gold around...
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Farmers' fresh misery after second outbreak
As the devastating news broke this week of a new case of foot and mouth disease, meat industry leaders were planning to demand compensation in the wake of last month's outbreak. On Wednesday chief veterinary officer Debby Reynolds...
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Spotlight: Drink Me Chai aims to create exciting category
Drink Me Chai is carving a new niche in the hot beverages market. Although it is positioned in the malt and instant hot beverage fixture, MD Amanda Hamilton believes it is creating an exciting category "which is a hybrid between tea and coffee...
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Logo aims to bring personality to milk
Milk is to get its first-ever logo in a bid to generate greater stand-out in the branded drinks category. The 'new milk' logo, as it is referred to, will be launched at this year's Dairy Event next week (19-20 September) and is intended...
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Competition brewing in hot beverage aisles
Kenco grabbed top spot last weekend with 25% of promotional activity in the top five hot beverages chart roundly beating Tetley, in second place with 19%. But it is Nescafé that once again takes the plaudits in the year-to-date chart with a...
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Alpro Soya to sponsor last Parkinson
Dairy-free brand Alpro Soya is sponsoring the final series of Parkinson on ITV this autumn in a targeted campaign of its core consumer. The deal includes broadcast and online sponsorship, as well as branded trailers on ITV1, which will...
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Bumper English apple crop won't be enough
Retailers will struggle to meet consumer demand for English apples this year - despite a bumper crop. The English apple season gets under way on Monday (18 September) amid warnings that despite strong production growth for the main...
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We ask... will you use contactless payment?
Contactless PIN-free payment will become a reality this month with more than 200 newsagents signed up for Barclaycard's OnePulse card, which uses OneTouch technology. But shop owners in our survey are not convinced that the new system will be...
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Half of shoppers doubt the authenticity of organic food
Retailers have been warned they need to do more to educate shoppers about organic food after research indicated nearly half of them do not believe food sold as organic actually is. Of 1,000 shoppers surveyed by MarketTools, 49% said they...
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Availability
Asda Horwich, near Bolton1Asda has yet to win a Top Store award this year and poor availability and an abundance of packing trolleys in the chilled aisle prevented this store from scooping it again. Despite the efforts of the...
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Growers hit back at pesticide use claims
The fresh produce industry has accused health campaigners of scaremongering over pesticide residues in fruit and vegetables. This week, the government's Pesticides Residues Committee released the results of tests revealing excessive...
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Etalon puts flavour back
A new vodka from Belarus is trying to bring some flavour back into the premium end of the market. Etalon vodka is the first vodka available in the UK from Belarus, claims distributor the Real Vodka Company. The vodka is made from...
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Filippo Berio criticises rival olive oil sprays
Filippo Berio is launching what it claims is the first 100% pure olive oil spray, dismissing rival products as "compromising on flavour for the sake of a marketing message". The sprays, available in Extra Virgin and Mild & Light...
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Dolmio Best Ever Bolognese sauces
Dolmio is set to boost retailers' sales and enhance its position as the UK's number one Italian wet cooking sauce brand with its new Best Ever Bolognese sauces. The range is being supported by a £4m marketing campaign, which includes TV and...
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Irish close to biodegradable gum solution
Food scientists in the Irish Republic believe they are close to finding the answer to a sticky problem - with the development of a biodegradable chewing gum that can be either swallowed safely or, if dropped on the street, be washed away by...
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Cut employees a bit of slack and they'll go the extra mile
If bosses show some flexibility in allowing their employees the odd early finish to enjoy life and catch up with friends, they'll be repaid ten times over with extra effort Since the build up to the start of the Rugby World Cup, my inbox...