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Flooding causeshavoc
Britain's ice cream sector was facing serious supply shortages this week as Unilever UK was forced to close its only UK ice cream factory as a result of the floods that ravaged parts of England.The food giant ceased production at its...
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Company Profile Dorset Cereals
Dorset Cereals has been around for nearly 20 years, so to call it up-and-coming seems odd. But in the past two years the company has transformed itself from a traditional muesli manufacturer into a stylish, super-premium brand.
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The Challenge
Dorset Cereals' move into the mainstream cereal aisle, including low-fat products and cereal bars, means it is up against larger players such as Kellogg's, Weetabix and Nestlé for the first time. Kellogg's continues to be the biggest...
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Retailers ride to the rescue as water runs out in flood chaos
So often cast as the villain, the UK's big supermarket chains turned heroes this week as they put themselves at the heart of emergency efforts to ensure people affected by this week's severe flooding were kept supplied with water. About...
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Tesco cookware lacks that star chef ingredient
Tesco's plans to launch a range of celebrity chef-endorsed cookware have gone down the pan - because the retailer can't find anyone to endorse it.Bogof has it on good authority that the retailer has been frustrated in its attempts to...
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Floods raise risk of Christmas shortages
Torrential rain across much of England has added to growers' woes and threatened availability levels in supermarkets in the run-up to Christmas. Up to half of the UK's Brussels sprout crop has been lost, raising the chance of a Christmas...
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insight - pork consumers
People consumed 962 million pork meals last year Men consume 43% of all pork cuts More than a quarter of pork cuts are eaten on a Sunday Pork is most commonly roasted (45% of meals) Fresh pork sales grew 3.9% to £665m last year A healthy but...
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United at last... but will others co-operate?
The world's largest consumer-facing co-operative society is officially formed tomorrow. The as-yet-unnamed society brings together the UK's number one and number two co-operative societies, The Co-operative Group and United Co-operatives, and...
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Milk shortages set to push up cost of staples
Staple dairy lines such as butter, cream and milk will come under renewed price pressure this autumn as milk supplies plummet. Shortages are already beginning to affect manufacturers using dairy products, and industry insiders say this...
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Waitrose ditches farrowing crates
Waitrose has become the first major UK retailer to stop using farrowing crates in the production of all its own-label pork products. It has moved all the Danish pig farmers supplying its bacon and lardons onto an outdoor farrowing system....
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A 'new era dawns' for meat hygiene regime
The Meat Hygiene Service has survived intact from an FSA review of how best to deliver safe, hygienic meat in abattoirs and processors. The government-run service will be streamlined to cut total costs, but it will not be disbanded, the...
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the dragon slayers
Imagine an untapped market with a GDP the size of Spain. That is the extent of the opportunity awaiting the Chinese bounty hunters - within the next three years alone. By 2010 the Chinese economy is forecast to grow by $1,113bn, not far short of...
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Expanding Innocent ramps up staff levels
Innocent Drinks is to increase its staff numbers by a third in a bid to manage continued rapid growth at home and ambitious expansion plans abroad. The smoothie supplier wants to grow its 210-strong workforce by 70, with about half of...
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Suppliers to reconsider if survey slates GDAs
Manufacturers say they will reconsider their commitment to Guideline Daily Amounts as the best form of front-of-pack signpost labelling if a major survey by the Food Standards Agency provides evidence the scheme doesn't work. The...
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Somerfield has 'no plans to sell'
Somerfield chief executive Paul Mason has played down rumours the chain is poised for an imminent sell-off, insisting instead that the current owners had significant investment plans for the coming year. There has been conjecture about a...
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Talking shop
Another round of flooding looks set to knock pea growers again. Let's hope, for the sake of British consumers, the supermarkets show some understanding of the problems facing the supply chain, says Martin Riggall, chief executive of the...
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Climbing the ladder - Bill McCarrick
What was your first-ever job? A delivery boy for my father's Philadelphia butcher's shop. Give us a quick rundown on your career to date After completing my training I worked as executive pastry chef in Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Philippines...
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Excellent customer service doesn't mean ticking boxes
Don't delude yourself into thinking that customers are satisfied merely with a delivery man saying 'thank you for shopping with us' I recently had a fridge freezer delivered by Comet. The two guys were friendly, punctual and performed...
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Coca-Cola workers strike
Workers at a Coca-Cola Enterprises bottling and distribution centre in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, have started a 48-hour strike over pay.The plant produces up to 6,000 cans and 1,650 bottles of soft drink a minute and the strike, which...
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BMAC Food Processing recalls crisps
BMAC Food Processing has recalled packets of Plantain Crisps because of possible contamination with rat droppings.The affected product is Plantain Crisps, 60g and 120g packets, all best before dates up to 10 February, 2008.Point of...