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campaign trail - kinder bueno
Kinder Bueno has resorted to using a naked man to reinforce its naughty but nice image in its latest TV ad campaign. Breaking at the beginning of next month, the £5m campaign builds on the strapline of previous ads - 'A little bit of what you...
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Shake-up at Northern ready meals business
Northern Foods is restructuring its ready meals business in an attempt to improve service levels to its key customers. The division is to be split into two units: one dedicated to the manufacturing of Marks & Spencer meals and the other to its...
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Payzone calls on PayPoint to ditch exclusivity demand
Payment network provider Payzone has called on its rival PayPoint to abandon its tactic of demanding exclusivity agreements from independent retailers. Payzone deputy MD Paul Charmatz said it no longer asked retailers for exclusivity and it was...
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Carbon-neutral water makes entrance in UK
The first bottled water with carbon-neutral status is set for launch in the UK. Icelandic Glacial is sourced and bottled at Ölfus Spring in Iceland and has received certification from the CarbonNeutral Company for its production techniques and...
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Hill to head supply chain at Greencore
Convenience food manufacturer Greencore has appointed Alwen Hill to the new position of group purchasing and supply chain director as it tries to keep a lid on inflationary cost pressures. The former managing director of the group's chilled sauces...
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Cheese in a flutter
Cheesemaker Shepherds Purse has gone to the dogs - literally. It's won a contract to supply its Ryedale branded cheese to restaurants at greyhound stadiums run by the Greyhound Racing Association. Maggotcha! Three men in the Dutch...
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Terry's take on an old classic
A limited-edition Cosmic Toffee Crunch and a Dazzling Dark Mint flavour are joining Terry's Chocolate Orange in time for Christmas as part of a £3m relaunch. The activity, which will be supported by new TV ads kicking off later this year, includes a...
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Major increase in coffee intolerance
Coffee intolerance rates have more doubled in the past four years, according to new research. Five per cent of the population now suffer health problems after drinking coffee compared with 2% in 2003, said food intolerance testing company Yorktest....
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faithful customers
This is the Jesus Christ Supermarket in Tobago, spotted on holiday by one of Bogof's eagle-eyed colleagues. With a name like that, one imagines it offers some quite heavenly promotions - buy one loaf of bread and get 4,999 free, anyone? And what...
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Letter of the week - Tractor flag does denote uk origin
Sir; Does The Grocer know its labels? Yes? No? Not really? Well the answer is: 'All of these.' Sorry, guys, but your quiz of the week on food labels was often wide of the mark ('Think you know your labels?', The Grocer, 18 August, p28). Yes, the Red...
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HP Sauce hit by supply 'disaster'
A leading wholesaler has accused Heinz UK of favouring big supermarket chains by cutting off supplies of HP Sauce to independents to ensure stores owned by the multiples don’t run out. Parfetts Cash & Carry said it had not had proper access to…
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Salvesen sells pea division to Pinguin
Pea specialist Christian Salvesen Foods has sold its own label vegetable freezing business to Belgian-owned Pinguin Foods UK for £17.2m. The stock, machinery and contracts relating to Salvesen's three freezing plants in Lincolnshire will pass over...
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Glenmorangie overhauls range for young drinkers
Glenmorangie has radically redesigned its range and added a raft of improved and new whiskies to attract younger drinkers to whisky. Parent company Moët Hennessy has scrapped the flagship 10-year-old expression and replaced it with Glenmorangie...
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Pesticide plan 'would wipe out EU farming'
A proposed crackdown on pesticide use could wipe out commercial crop production in Europe and boost imports, British growers are warning. The NFU has slammed proposals from the European Parliament's environment committee to halve the volume of...
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Evil at large (or perhaps not...)
The national press rushes in all too quickly to portray supermarkets as exploitative. Perhaps they should report the facts, instead Sooner or later we were bound to have another wave of anti-supermarket propaganda in the media. Sure enough, in the...
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In the can - salmon, tuna and fruit juice
Red and pink salmon UK importers are hoping to pay similar prices to last year for red salmon following a record final catch of 28.5 million for Bristol Bay. But the packers are adamant that their returns must rise to mitigate a 5% rise in cannery...
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Organic group won't work if price too low
Farmers have criticised Tesco's plans for a dedicated organic beef producer group on the ground it offers too low a price. Tesco has joined forces with key supplier the Chitty Food Group to create the Organic Beef Farmers Association in a bid to...
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Select & Save hits out at rival's use of s-word
Select & Save is considering taking legal action over similarities between its own c-store offering and a new concept developed by off-licence chain Bargain Booze. Bargain Booze unveiled its first venture into convenience retailing, Bargain...
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Kepak targets women with hot panini snack
A new range of hot paninis targeting more discerning snackers - and women in particular - is set to hit the UK next month. Ugo's Deli Café is produced by Kepak Convenience Foods, maker of the microwaveable Rustlers burgers, which dominate hot...
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How I learned not to be a Luddite and love Tesco
The co-founder of Cook may have gone from Tesco basher to Tesco lover but he's not so sure about a business model focused obsessively on shareholder returns As someone who co-owns a fiercely independent food company based on principles pretty much...