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Cow & Gate brings balance to babyfood
Cow & Gate is launching what it claims is the first range of cereals adapted to each stage of a baby's development.Baby Balance Breakfast Cereals for babies and toddlers consists of 16 variants aimed at four different age groups....
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Danone Waters backs ethical role for UK Volvic
Volvic is to become the first major water brand in the UK to launch an ethical initiative that will provide water for people in developing countries, The Grocer has learnt.Danone Waters is believed to be looking at forging links with...
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Wholesalers say... smoking ban won't hit profits
'Impact is negligible' Buying group?We are not unduly worried by the smoking ban in England and this is mainly based on the experience of our Scottish wholesalers. In Scotland, sales to traditional CTNs suffered a decline as...
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Wholesalers say smoking ban won't hit profits - Reader Survey
Source: Email poll of wholesalers The UK's leading wholesalers are not worried about the impact of the workplace smoking ban introduced in England on 1 July, according to the results of our latest email poll. Eighty-eight per cent of respondents say...
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Barge over, you lorries
There is a legendary quote in the supermarket trade: "I've seen everything at Sainsbury's, just not at the same time or the same place."It is credited to Sainsbury's former supply chain director Lawrence Christensen and repeated to me by...
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Dolmio makes its 'best ever' sauces
Dolmio has removed the artificial additives in its bolognese sauces for a new range that launches this month.The Best Ever bolognese range uses only "kitchen cupboard" ingredients, claimed Mars Foods. Citric acid has been removed in...
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Veal export trade boosts calf values
The controversial export of live calves has been resumed, with 75,000 calves shipped to European veal finishers last year. The trade, a by-product of beef exports, has helped boost average calf values from £20 a head at the start of 2006...
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Wet summer boosts sales of winter cuts
The unseasonably bad weather has sent retail sales of "winter" beef cuts soaring.Demand for 'big volume' cuts such as roasting joints and mince has risen significantly over the past few months compared with last year. In the four...
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The true cost of bottling water
Bottled water may be trendy but it's also ecologically stupid. San Francisco's ban on buying it is in place, but could it work here?I don't subscribe to the view that what happens in California heralds the future, but last week I...
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Box scheme mushrooms
Northern Ireland's sole producer of organic mushrooms has launched an online organic food box scheme and home delivery service.The McArdle Group's new Orchard Organics project offers customers a choice of organic, seasonal fruit,...
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spotlight - Tesco listing has transformed Westcountry Smokehouses from a small business run by two brothers into a national supplier
Winning a Tesco listing has transformed Westcountry Smokehouses from a small business run by two brothers into a national supplier, says director Edward Obolensky My father Andrew started the business as a hobby. He processed mackerel from the…
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Contamination of Cape crop causes havoc for global pineapple market
The UK faces a pineapple shortage after accidental contamination left much of South Africa's crop potentially toxic to humans.The fruit contains five times the EU's permitted level of the heavy metal cadmium, which experts say can damage...
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Cheestrings provides low-fat line for teens
Pre-teens and mothers looking for low-fat choices are being targeted by dairy snack brand Cheestrings with the launch of Cheestrings Light.The product is made with skimmed milk and contains a third less fat than other Cheestrings...
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Kellogg's rethinks web marketing to children
Kellogg's is raising its commitment to healthier living by bringing out a healthy snack, axing two of its most child-friendly websites and introducing an on-pack cycling promotion. A Mini Breaks bagged snack is being launched under the...
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Innovation gives kick to Mars for Christmas
Mars aims to reverse the fortunes of the struggling "self-eat" category this Christmas by introducing a seasonal line, as well as other adjustments to its 2007 Christmas offerings, which it revealed this week. Galaxy Mistletoe Kisses,...
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Musgrave doubles its store clout with swoop on Haslett
Irish convenience giant Musgrave Group has snapped up Northern Ireland rival J&J Haslett in a deal that will more than double its size in the province, as The Grocer predicted.The acquisition is due to be completed later in the year...
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"The collapse of Kwik Save leaves a lot of questions in its wake. Not least, was it trading insolvently?"
Is that it, thent for Kwik Save? A once-great discount store, a pioneer in convenience, "reduced", in the words of Withnail, "to the status of a bum". As M&S and Poundland (see p5) joined the queue expressing an interest in the 32 stores...
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Mosimann cooks puds for the Duchy
Duchy Originals, the organic brand with royal brand equity, has joined forces with celebrated chef Anton Mosimann to produce two classic desserts.A bread and butter and a rice pudding, made to Mosimann's unique recipes, are set to join...
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How to cut out cost
This November, the Food Chain Centre comes to the end of its five-year life. And what a five years. Since it was launched in 2002, it has carried out value chain analyses of no fewer than 33 different supply chains handling everything from...
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Fresh Express: don't let the problems turn into a crisis
Many lessons can be learnt from Kwik Save's demise, and one of the most important is how to handle the human fallout. This is a sad time for Kwik Save employees. Many of those employed at the 90 stores had been working for up to six...