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Cook boosts capacity with move to new site
Frozen food retailer Cook has moved to a new £2.5m factory in Kent as part of plans to grow the scale of its business. The 30,000 sq ft Sittingbourne facility, dubbed a "kitchen" by the company because all its dishes are hand-prepared,...
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BPEX: public will pay more for pork
The British public has come out in support of pig farmers campaigning for better prices from processors and retailers. The £500,000 campaign was launched last week by BPEX as a last-ditch effort to keep Britain's pig industry afloat in...
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Premium values are brewing
Starbucks has done the coffee market a favour. Consumers now want the same standard of coffee at home and are rushing out to buy pod coffee machines such as Nescafé's Dolce Gusto, Douwe Egberts' Senseo and Kenco's Tassimo.As a result roast and...
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Del Monte brings in Jenks to grow sales
Del Monte plans to grow its £140m UK food sales by 10% in the next 12 months following a restructuring of its UK foods division and the transfer of all sales, marketing, logistics, administration and finance roles to food broker...
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Momentum building to get card game into every school
A Top Trumps-style card game created by kids at a school in Yorkshire - and featured in The Grocer - is now oversubscribed, with suppliers from Arla Foods to Unilever having signed up. In a letter to The Grocer, Mike England, head teacher...
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Tory group in call for single nutrition label
A Tory Party policy think-tank has called for the food industry to create a single method of front-of-pack nutrition labelling.The Quality of Life Policy Group, which is steered by former agriculture minister John Gummer MP and Zac...
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Campaign trail: Nestlé turned the spotlight on its Nescafé Collection
Nescafé Budget: £2.7m Manufacturer: Nestlé Nestlé turned the spotlight on its Nescafé Collection brand with a £2.7m marketing push in March. The six-month campaign drew an analogy between taste and music, and press and poster...
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Campaign trail: Yoplait is expanding its Frubes fromage frais
Yoplait is expanding its Frubes fromage frais brand with a limited-edition Spider-Man 3 variety, which is being launched to coincide with the UK DVD release of the film next month. It will be promoted with a 10-second TV ad running from...
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Paul Carey
When most retailers open a new store, they're not too bothered if the local competition suffers. For Local4U, the offshoot of Parfetts Cash & Carry, however, while Tesco and Sainsbury's are fair game, independents have to be given a wide berth....
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How to install cashless payment systems well
Mike Igoe Retail director, PayPointSays: Retailers with no current credit/debit card solution, or those who already have a provider but are not sure if it is the best solution, should carefully consider the place for cashless...
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Fishermen rewarded if they don't catch cod
Scottish fishermen are pioneering a scheme that will reward skippers for catching fewer cod, sole and plaice in their nets when they go after other species. Under the pilot, skippers will be granted extra days at sea if independent...
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Velvet teaches children to make green choices
Velvet has become the first toilet tissue brand to feature the logo of wildlife charity WWF and is now preparing to launch a three- month environmental campaign in partnership with the charity to educate kids about green issues. New-look...
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Hot chocolate
The poor weather this summer has been a boon for hot chocolate. Sales usually drop by 50% during the summer months - but the cooler weather has boosted sales by 14% on the same period last year. Overall, the hot chocolate market recorded...
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Climbing the ladder
What was your first ever job? My first ever job was as a Saturday boy in a butcher shop in Liverpool. Give us a quick run-down on your career to date. After my short stint as a butcher, I moved to Waitrose where I worked as a buyer ...
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Speciality coffee
Roast and ground coffee suppliers are laughing as consumers become more discerning and prepared to pay more. "Consumers are becoming more passionate and educated about coffee, actively seeking out premium quality," says David Rogers, sales and...
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Targeted colourings in study are legal
Sir; Following the media furore over the Food Standards Agency's survey into additives, I believe it is important to keep stressing the industry's viewpoint and the facts as they really are ('Colourings and preservatives affect children's...
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will farm visits help the concrete kids?
One in five children have never been to the countryside. A fifth have never picked fruit and eaten it. A quarter of eight-year-olds have never come within touching distance of a cow or pig. Some children believe lemons are grown in Birmingham...
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Sainsbury's rethinks plan for Croydon
Sainsbury's has scaled down a development in Croydon in a bid to get permission for a new store in the same area Tesco is hoping to build what could be the UK's biggest supermarket. New plans for the Sainsbury's on Brighton Road,...
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Divine sets up market with help from Devas
Fairtrade chocolate producer Divine Chocolate has joined forces with Belgian fine chocolatier Devas to create its first upmarket selection box. The chocolates, which are made using premium Fairtrade cocoa from Ghana, have been developed...