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Free fruit scheme has 'no long-term benefit'
A government scheme which offers children aged four to six a free piece of fruit a day at school has had no long-term health benefit, researchers claim.Researchers from the University of Leeds examined the fruit and vegetable intake of 3,700...
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Unilever announces 350 job losses in the UK
By Adam Leyland A “drastic simplification” of Unilever UK, with a new focus on marketing, will result in a 50% reduction in senior management headcount by September, and the loss of 350 jobs in total by the end of 2008, as new chairman Dave...
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Surviving the squeeze RULE no 1
Private equity has entered the food and drink market in a serious way, with a raft of big money acquisitions in 2006. The number of deals involving private equity rose from two in 2005 to seven last year in the UK, but it is the value of...
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Ban on 10-packs 'will mean more smoking'
A ban on the sale of cigarette 10-packs - introduced in the Republic of Ireland to discourage young people from taking up smoking - will backfire, a leading tobacco company has warned. Experience abroad suggested cigarette sales would...
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Surviving the squeeze RULE no 2
Move over Pot Noodle. This year's top performers have responded to consumers' growing desire for healthier lifestyles with a flurry of new products. An estimated 60% of all new food and drink products claim to be organic, fresh or...
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What the papers said - 7th July 2007
? More than 17% of Tesco's shareholders have opposed or withheld their vote on plans to award Sir Terry Leahy a 2.5 million share bonus linked to the success of the retailer's launch in the US. Shareholders are unhappy with the company's executive...
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Price Survey - 7th July 2007
After four weeks at the top, Asda has plummeted to third position in our weekly basket survey, losing out to Tesco and Morrisons. The multiple can blame its relegation partly on the end of its offer on red seedless grapes, which shot up in price...
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Surviving the squeeze RULE no 3
Innovation and extension are the best way to reinvigorate brands in mature categories. Take Premier Foods. Its greatest success has come from stretching established brands into new areas. After redesigning the core Branston...
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Premier procurement up but 600 jobs axed
The UK's biggest food manufacturer Premier Foods has announced a massive restructure, including the loss of almost 600 jobs and the closure of six factories by 2009. Premier Foods has been reviewing its operations following the £1.2bn...
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Is adding folic acid a half-baked notion?
Next Tuesday, the FSA board will meet to discuss whether folic acid should be added just to bread or to flour - which would mean it could also go into cakes and biscuits. The blanket addition of folate is justified, it says, because a...
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Flora and Anchor spread offers across multiples
Featured space promotions for the butters and spreads sub-category last weekend were totally dominated by two main brands. Flora accounted for a whopping 67% of offers with its Flora pro-activ spread range available in Tesco, using the...
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Peach adds fizz to Lambrini line-up
A new peach flavour is to join the Lambrini range as part of a brand repositioning strategy.Brand owner Halewood International, which has also ditched the name Lambrini Diet for Lambrini Light, said it wanted to place the brand in the...
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Play fair on air miles say Kenyan growers
Kenyan vegetable growers hit out at Britain's anti-food miles lobby this week at the Royal Agricultural Show in Warwickshire.Kicking off a debate on whether food miles are fair miles, the Kenyan High Commission said it feared a consumer...
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Ale hailed as the next big thing as sales soar
Ale is making a comeback after years of decline thanks to an image overhaul and more modern marketing tactics.TNS Worldpanel figures show the category grew 8.4% to £364m over the 52 weeks to 22 April 2007, compared with a 0.2% decline...
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spotlight - Ziad Aloul, general manager at Tahira Foods
The call for a boycott of halal meats is wrong but demonstrates the growth of the market, says Ziad Aloul, general manager at Tahira Foods. Halal meat sales have soared from £700m a year in 2002 to nearly £900m today, and the growth will continue....
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In Brief: Pork support; Caviar approval; Dioxin only in boar
Pork support Asda is launching a PorkLink scheme next January, to support its pig farmers. The move follows the recent announcement of a Beef Link scheme supporting beef producers. Caviar approval
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PepsiCo signs Panesar for Asian-inspired line
PepsiCo is teaming up with England cricketer Monty Panesar to launch its first bespoke flavour of Walkers crisps targeting the UK's growing south Asian communities.Walkers Chilli & Lemon flavour has been developed specifically to appeal...
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Two years needed to assess Nutrient Profiling insists FSA
The Food Standards Agency has defended its timetable for the review of its Nutrient Profiling Model, which underpins Ofcom's ban on advertising HFSS (high fat, salt and sugar) products to children.The review's tw0-year timescale came...
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Morrisons defies the deluge - Q&A and Availability
The scenes caused by the floods across northern England last week were reminiscent of a Hollywood disaster film. But the heroic efforts of Morrisons' staff in Bramley, Rotherham, were very much reality and the team richly deserved this week's Top...
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Has Coca-Cola been frozen out of water?
Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to buy. Or so it must seem for Coca-Cola Enterprises whose unconfirmed talks with Scottish water brand Highland Spring have faltered at an early stage, according to industry sources. Some speculate...