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Premier Foods warns on wheat prices
Premier Foods has reported a 49.6% drop in half-year pre-tax profit to £13.9m on sales up 145.3% at £899.1m and has warned escalating wheat prices could force further price rises.The food manufacturer, which acquired RHM in December last...
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New CEO for Carlsberg
Carlsberg has named Jorgen Buhl Rasmussen as its new CEO.Rasmussen, who is a member of Carlsberg's executive board and heads BBH, Carlsberg's joint Russian venture with Scottish & Newcastle, will take up the role on 1 October, replacing Nils...
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campaign trail - A new £1.6m TV ad campaign for Mars confectionery brand Twix
A new £1.6m TV ad campaign for Mars confectionery brand Twix aims to position it as the perfect tea break snack. Breaking this week, the activity forms part of a £3m campaign and features the strapline 'Twix. Two great tasting bars. Happy together'...
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Price Survey - 1st September 2007
Despite a raft of price hikes, Asda has managed to extend its run of cheapest retailer to a fourth consecutive week. Asda's £59.10 basket total is a significant £1.56 less than the next-cheapest retailer Morrisons. Asda provided the lowest-priced...
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What the papers said - 1st September 2007
Tesco is adding thousands of new products to its Tesco Direct website. According to the Mail on Sunday, the retailer is increasing pressure on rivals such as Argos by launching a new 1,000-page catalogue next month. Products will include...
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Tesco's 16% fall is not justified
The stock market is now valuing Tesco as an average company. It is anything but. So why has its share price fallen 16% in recent months?In these troubled times for the stock market it's surprising that the industry bellwether, Tesco, has...
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CUP For Outstanding Business Achievement 2007
The Grocer Cup for Outstanding Business Achievement is one of the industry's top accolades. Presented at the IGD Food Industry Awards in London on 9 October, it is given to an individual who has inspired exceptional results and made the...
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Tesco's 2020 vision
Will consumers trust big business? Will the world economy go bust? Will multi-storey car parks be turned into allotments? There's no need to spell out how invaluable being able to accurately forecast how the world will look in 15 years...
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Birds Eye encourages switch with Omega-3
Birds Eye is making a big play of the Omega-3 content of its new fish fingers to persuade consumers to switch from cod to pollock.This month it launches Omega-3 branded fish fingers made from Alaskan pollock, which is in much more...
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campaign trail - Unilever UK is flagging up the 50% salt reduction in its Pot Noodle snack range
Unilever UK is flagging up the 50% salt reduction in its Pot Noodle snack range with a new TV advertising campaign. Breaking next week, the ad forms part of a £10m brand support campaign this year. It returns to the Pot Noodle 'mine' in Wales to...
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The Advice Shop - How can a small company achieve that elusive first listing?
"We've never gone into any meetings with a tactic - although, of course, we had objectives we wanted to accomplish. The mistake people make is going in saying, 'this is what we expect, this is what we want from you', whereas we enter meetings, not...
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acid test - Hot Nachos Cheese Sauce
Expert's verdict: 7/10 ?Discovery is already an established brand in this area of the market so consumers will recognise the packaging and have high expectations. There is no other pourover, nachos-style sauce on the market so it is an unusual...
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Dairylea dominates the aisles with promotions
Kraft's Dairylea is romping ahead in the cheese category chart, taking a whopping 70% of featured space promotional activity for the category last weekend - 59 percentage points clear of its closest rival Cathedral City.
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Low alcohol brands get entangled in EU rules
The burgeoning low-alcohol wine category has been dealt a blow by a Food Standards Agency ruling that two brands were in breach of EU regulations.The FSA's Wine Standards Branch imposed a movement control order on DB Wines' Spanish Sovio...
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Lucozade Alert set to stimulate minds
Lucozade has launched a product promising mental stimulation, which will sit alongside its existing range of energy-boosting drinks.Lucozade Alert, which is being launched initially in the Irish Republic and Northern Irish markets,...
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Lib Dem alliance calls for creation of Ofshop
MPs and lobby groups have renewed calls for the introduction of a watchdog with legal powers to keep big supermarket chains in line.In a submission to the Competition Commission's groceries inquiry, the Cutting Edge Remedies Group,...
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Boru Vodka turns up the Irish appeal
Irish Republic vodka brand Boru is hoping to join the ranks of iconic Irish drinks such as Guinness, Jameson and Magners with its new packaging and strategy.Boru, owned by Castle Brands, has undergone a "much-needed" redesign in the...
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Online arms deliver bags of improvement
With faster delivery times, fewer carrier bags and most delivering almost the full complement of 33 items, the standard of online grocery retailing has improved to such a degree it was difficult to identify an outright winner in the latest The...
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Eastbourne's shining example - Q&A and Availability
Although this summer is likely to be remembered as a washout, stores located in English seaside resorts aren't letting it dampen their spirits, with Morrisons in Southend-on-Sea scooping the award in the previous issue and Waitrose on Eastbourne's...