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Ross takes up chair at Food Northwest
Former Iceland boss and one-time Tesco distribution director Stuart Ross has become the first chairman of Food Northwest - the food and drink arm of the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA).His job with the organisation -...
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Climbing the ladder
What was your first ever job?A Saturday job at M&S.Give us a quick run down on your career to date. I joined EMAP in 1992 in advertising sales. In 1997 I started a PR consultancy, but in September 2006 I found something I'm...
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Food companies shun Olympics sponsorship
Ofcom's ban on advertising high fat, salt and sugar foods to children - and fears that the rules could become even stricter in the future - are discouraging grocery companies from sponsoring the London Olympics, it has been...
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Packaging sparks HVO confusion
Waitrose this week insisted it had removed hydrogenated vegetable oils from all of its own-label products - even though packaging in-store suggests otherwise.The Grocer visited Waitrose's branch in Horsham, West Sussex, on Tuesday and...
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CONSUMER FEEDBACK
Fresh Foodfax was only established a year ago, so we do not have any comparative normative data yet, but when we do it is likely the average rating in each new category will be quite high. Concentrating on testing new varieties and new forms of...
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Indian consumers offer a new market
India's affluent classes will overtake the combined population of the UK, Germany and France within five years - presenting a huge opportunity for Western food and drink companies, according to a new report published by IGD.The country's...
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New Co-op label plays on farming credentials
The Co-operative Group has launched a campaign to tell shoppers that it produces food on its own farms.Claiming to be Britain's largest farmer, The Co-op is relaunching packaging to draw attention to its farming business, which supplies...
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Golden oldies pair up to create new porridge
Two of the UK's oldest food producers are joining forces to introduce more innovation into the thriving porridge category. Mornflake, which has been milling oats since 1675, and Lyle's Golden Syrup, which dates back to 1883, have blended...
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Did yours dazzle?
New launches fit neatly into three categories these days: products that are truly ground-breaking, those that are flavour or brand extensions and those whose recipes have been changed - either to take 'nasties' out or to put 'goodies'...
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The key to making the right decisions is sleeping on it
The subconcious mind is a great thing. It processes tough decisions and doesn't get side-tracked. What better excuse for a lie-in is there? Decisions, decisions, decisions. Every day we all have to make them. Sometimes they have to be...
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our man from drip Don Pumsey
No-one in Westminster would ever underestimate our new Prime Minister's charisma and charm - but only because they're too busy stabbing each other in the back for the position of Brown-Knowser-in-chief. As for the Hon. Donald Pumsey MP, well I'm...
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DVDs & Gaming
While the physical music market has been through the wringer in the past year, the video category fared pretty well. The category is growing at 3% representing sales of almost £2.5bn - but this doesn't tell the full story.The category,...
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Entertainment's real values
The category may well be called home entertainment but for many suppliers and distributors of music, games and DVDs the category has been far from fun. The sheer volume of competition means value is being attacked at every turn in this...
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Notice may force NFU to give evidence of unfair treatment
The Competition Commission has issued the NFU with a Section 109 notice in a bid to smoke out farmers who claim to have been victims of supermarket bullying tactics.A Section 109, which is issued under the Enterprise Act 2002, forces...
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Pilgrims' way with half fat
Pilgrims Choice is launching a Lighter Mature Farmhouse Cheddar with half the fat of the company's standard mature Cheddar cheese.The flavour-level four product is launched as the Pilgrims Choice portfolio undergoes a packaging revamp....
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FIVE-STAR PERFORMERS
Coke Zero Launched: June 2006 Sales: £46.2m Star rating: ? ? ? ? ?Undoubtedly the most impressive newcomer of the past 12 months, Coke Zero has outsold any other of this year's Star Products by three to one and is also one of the...
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Highland Spring puts fizz into kids' market
Highland Spring is the latest branded water to try and raise its game in the children's soft drinks market, as schools throw out sugary beverages in favour of healthier alternatives. The supplier's sparkling variant of its Highland...
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Flood-hit strawberries saved by polytunnels
The much-maligned polytunnel - demonised by rural campaigners such as celebrity gardener Monty Don - turned hero this week and saved the UK's strawberry crop from floods that deluged northern England.Torrential rain across parts of the...