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Migrant workers were left unpaid for 35 days
More cases of the exploitation of agricultural workers are likely following the discovery of vegetable pickers left to scavenge for food in Cornwall. The Gangmasters Licensing Authority, which revoked the licence of Baltic Work Team, based in...
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... as Parfetts muscles in on convenience with Local 4U
Parfetts Cash & Carry has unveiled its long-awaited debut in convenience retailing at a site bought last year to stop Tesco snapping it up. The wholesaler has officially launched the Local 4U concept at the company-owned site in New Mills, near...
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In Brief: Gill joins Booths; Greencore controller; Co-op accounts; Appletiser duo; Seafood sales chief
Gill joins Booths Booths has appointed John Gill as a non-food buyer responsible for laundry, homecare, toiletries, medicines, petfood and paper. Gill joins from Spar wholesaler James Hall where he worked in the buying department for eight years...
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Opinion - "Isn't it amazing that supermarkets can achieve such low prices when material costs are rising and crops have been laid low by floods?"
Last week it was the £2 chicken from Asda. This week it was the price of cauliflowers (and fruit and veg generally) which the ONS linked directly to the fall in inflation, to just 1.9%. Memo from Prime Minister Gordon Brown to Peter Freeman,...
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acid test - Uncle Ben's Risotto and Pringles Gourmet
Expert's verdict: 4/10 ?The packaging is up to the usual Uncle Ben's standard and the product looks interesting. The flavours also sounded OK. However, I followed the instructions and found that the product itself did not live up to my expectations....
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Acquisitive P&H swoops
Palmer & Harvey McLane, the UK's biggest wholesaler, this week bought south west rival T&A Symonds - and declared it was on the acquisition trail to boost its UK market presence. Through the deal, for an undisclosed sum, P&H takes...
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Rippleglen planning to add grocery to its CTN stores...
CTN retailer Rippleglen is set to break into convenience for the first time. It is planning to test a range of chilled and ambient foods in one store later this year. If the pilot is a success, the offer will be introduced into further stores...
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How do you protect a business against flood?
Guy Warner Budgens, Moreton-in-Marsh Says: Four of my five Budgens stores were affected by varying degrees of flood damage. My forecourt store in Tewkesbury was under four-and-a-half foot of water - and is still closed as a result - and Broadway and...
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Is Brown's 'fair price' pledge just hot air?
As The Grocer went to press, foot and mouth appeared under control. Even so, there are many more turns to be navigated before the industry is again free of its grip. As it stands, the EU export ban on meat will remain in place until 25 August at the...
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tapping into spirit aisles
More than 14 million households buy spirits to drink at home and the off-trade category is worth £2.7bn. Yet, when compared with the on-trade (worth £3.5bn), it is clear that retailers are still under-exploiting the market. Suppliers are partly to...
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Alpro soya
Alpro soya, the number one soya brand in the UK, is focused on helping to satisfy consumer demand for a healthy and nutritious lifestyle. Soya is low in saturated fat and is one of the main plant sources of the essential fatty acids Omega-3 and 6,...
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Empty M&S shelves anger Irish farmers
M&S came under fire from Irish farmers last week when the ban on food imports from the UK, imposed because of the foot and mouth outbreak in Surrey, led to empty shelves in stores across the Republic. In its flagship store on Dublin's...
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Mars fails in bid for vegetarian approval
Mars UK has been denied use of the vegetarian symbol on packaging, because its products contain battery-farmed eggs. The company hit the headlines earlier this year after The Grocer revealed it was replacing vegetarian whey in some of its products...
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Asda could face thousands of court cases over staff contracts
Asda faces thousands of court cases if negotiations with the GMB over staff contracts break down. The supermarket recently changed the contracts of 18,000 long-serving staff to bring their hourly wage rate and conditions into line with the majority...
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Stewart rises to bigger role in Asda BWS
Asda beers, wine and spirits director Dave Stewart has been promoted to general manager BWS at the retailer. Stewart started in the department in May, joining from the electronics where he was general manager. He takes over from Oliver Haughton, who...
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TLC works wonders for stocks - Q&A and Availability
With six out of stock items last week and five products missing the week before, Sainsbury's seriously needed a decent availability score this week. Not only did the retailer's branch in Loughborough, Leicestershire - this week's Top Store - provide...
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Babyfood promises Generation Organic
If there is one category that sums up organic's switch from niche market to mainstream, it is babyfood. This year's OC&C/Grocer 150 index shows 22.5% of the combined value of the babyfood and formula market is organic, while more than 50% of the...
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Wispa's limited edition, back by popular demand
Online campaigners have persuaded Cadbury Trebor Bassett to do a U-turn and bring back the Wispa bar it axed four years ago. It is releasing 23 million bars in early October but they will be available only as a limited edition for as long as stocks...
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Breakfast baking with Doughboy
People looking for special weekend breakfasts will be able to bake their own croissants and pain au chocolat thanks to a new duo of Ready to Bake Dough in a Can from Pillsbury. The company said the chiller newcomers catered for growing demand for...
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Tartan is out for Balblair
Recently relaunched malt whisky Balblair is hoping to challenge the cliché of Scotland as all tartan and shortbread with its new campaign. Brand owner Inver House Distillers has teamed up with contemporary Scottish creative talents from...