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The Mean Beanz stand accused
Can a tin of beans be racist? Evidently they think so in Australia, where Heinz is in the firing line for what objectors are dubbing "bigoted baked beans".They reckon the company's latest Mean Beanz range - which boasts flavours such as...
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acid test - Cobra Bite & Stone's summer cup
Expert's verdict:9/10 ?Cobra Bite will appeal to the experimental and occasional beer drinker looking for a refreshing summer drink. Rather than the traditional Belgium method where citrus extract is added during the brewing process, the four...
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Sensodyne shines in a bout of healthy activity
The health and beauty category has slipped from first place in branded activity to a still healthy second place over the past year. The front-running brand, Johnson & Johnson, hasn't had it all its own way, with myriad brands jostling...
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Destiny calls Mr Kool - King of the aerosols
I was asked this week to plug the "first ever international Aerosol Awards", and am happy to do so because it means I am able to share with you the fact that the president of European Aerosol Federation is called, rather improbably, King...
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Fresh attacks mounted on alcohol price offers
The government and the newly elected Scottish Executive have come under fire following moves to tackle alcohol sales and promotions in the off-trade.This week the government launched Safe, Sensible, Social: The next steps in the National...
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Leighton: 'It's unique that all four players are doing well'
Former Asda boss Allan Leighton said this week he believed the UK's grocery industry was healthier than it had ever been - and rubbished suggestions that Asda parent company Wal-Mart was unhappy with current chief executive Andy Bond's...
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My Alternative CV - Richard Clothier, MD of Wyke Farms
What's your nickname? Richy Rich Who was your first teenage crush? 'Wonder Woman' Linda Carter. When did you first get drunk and what did you drink? A bottle of cider with some friends behind...
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Whole Foods unveils animal welfare label
Whole Foods has chosen its new London store to launch the world's most transparent animal welfare labelling system.The store's meat and poultry labels carry a welfare rating between one and five, where one is the minimum and five is the...
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Wholesaler Profile Appleby Westward
Appleby Westward has undergone a period of upheaval over the past few months. Last October the group's Irish parent company, BWG, completed an MBO from its private equity owners Electra Partners. A month later Southern Co-operatives...
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Asda buys bananas direct from growers
Asda is planning a direct sourcing trial with bananas, buying direct from the grower without using an importer.The fruit will still be ripened in the UK by Mack Multiples, but, starting from July, Asda has placed the order for 8,000 to...
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Eco-friendly egg is rolled out by Asda
Asda is to roll out the country's first ecological egg to all its English and Welsh stores.From Monday (11 June), branded Respectful Eggs from a handful of low-carbon farms in Lincolnshire will go on sale in 280 Asda stores. It follows a...
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Success through talking shop - Q&A and availability
"Manchester's answer to the United Nations" is how our shopper described the Asda in Hulme, winner of this week's Top Store award. The 44,000 sq ft outlet boasts a wonderfully diverse range of products to cater for the various ethnic groups in the...
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Tesco gives... and then it takes away
Critics say Tesco is giving to dairy farmers with one hand and taking away with the other after the retailer struck a tough deal with cheese suppliers. Farmers' leaders said they were disappointed not to see a bigger increase in the...
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Manufacturers back plan to turn food waste into energy
Manufacturers Northern Foods and Greencore, and high street baker Greggs, are the first food companies to agree to process their waste at a planned £69m renewable energy centre.The plant, in Lincolnshire, will have the capacity to...
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Federation of Bakers names new chairman
Brian Robinson has been elected chairman of the Federation of Bakers, 18 months after becoming chief executive of the Allied Milling and Baking Group.He takes over from Miles Warnick, Premier Foods' chief operating officer, bread and...
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'Superfood' ban won't hit sales, say suppliers
Sales of fruit and vegetable 'superfoods' will continue to grow even if they cannot be called superfoods any more, according to suppliers.The EU health and nutrition claims regulation, which comes into force on 1 July, will make...
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M&S makes loose bananas organic
Marks & Spencer has switched all of its loose bananas to organic and plans to make all of its bagged bananas Fairtrade by the end of the summer.The company is the first major retailer to make all of its loose bananas Soil Association...
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Stuarts launches bangers with Irn-Bru
First there were alcohol-infused sausages. Now it's the turn of soft drinks with the launch of bangers mixed with Irn-Bru. The launch from Scottish butcher Stuarts of Buckhaven is the latest in a line of sausages enhanced with classic...
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McKeon leaves Beam to take helm at Cobra
Adrian McKeon has left Beam Global Spirits & Wine after two years at the helm to join Cobra Beer as chief executive. Lord Karan Bilimoria, founder of Cobra Beer, will now take the role of executive chairman, retaining an active role in...
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Bernard Matthews drives premium NPD
Turkey processor Bernard Matthews has added another premium range to its sliced cooked meats portfolio as part of its brand refreshment activity announced earlier this year. The Rotisserie range will be available in three pre-packed...