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Whisky hailed as a landmark
A new blended malt whisky selected by Prince Charles has been heralded as a landmark for the industry.The new whisky, called Barrogill, is a blend of single malts from distilleries in the north Highlands of Scotland.It is the...
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The paper heavyweight
Kimberly-Clark must have thanked its lucky stars that Troy Warfield threw his hat into the ring when the role of general manager for UK & Ireland came up for grabs six months ago. Having spent the previous 18 years at Unilever, his time...
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Sector warming to the idea of wine 'over ice'
The wine sector is looking to learn a few lessons from cider this summer as new 'wine over ice' propositions hit the UK market.Champagne house Piper-Heidsieck has announced plans to promote Piper-Heidsieck Piscine to consumers this...
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Letter of the week
To lose one chairman in a year is unfortunate but to lose two is starting to look a little careless ('Booth stuns as he quits Nisa-Today's', The Grocer, 21 April, p7). The Nisa Members Association supported the Edwin Booth regime based...
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Research Notes
The UK take-home soft drinks market is worth £3.4bn and value sales have grown by 9% in the latest year, while volume sales have grown by 1.5%. Health has become a significant trend across all foods, with more than one fifth of food...
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Organic ranging trial success for Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's has hailed its two-week old experiment ranging organic with conventional lines a success.Russell Crowe, head of fresh produce, said the retailer's move to range organic fruit and veg alongside conventionally-grown equivalent...
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What the papers said
?Under the headline "Not such a goody bag" the Mirror was first to stick the boot in following the revelation that the £5 Anya Hindmarch bags that caused a consumer frenzy at Sainsbury's stores across the country were made in China, a...
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Price Survey
While Asda and Tesco have been locked in a wrangle with one another to achieve the lowest prices, Morrisons has come from nowhere and undercut them both with a winning £55.89 basket. Although Morrisons' prices were generally similar to...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visitedlondis Harrogate, North Yorkshireone stop Leatherhead, SurreyScotmid East Calder, West LothianSPAR Cheadle, Greater ManchesterTESCO express Chippenham, WiltshireHow...
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Smile trials Subway at two stores
Smile Stores has launched concessions for US sandwich chain Subway in two Gloucester-based stores.Jeremy Symonds, chief executive of Smile Stores, said initial sales suggested they were generating good levels of traffic in both stores,...
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Soundbites
?Consumer demand for flavoured carbonates is dropping and we are encouraging retailers to review their range and fixture space. Most retailers who over-index on flavoured carbonates to the detriment of fast-growing and more profitable segments...
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we work together
Colin Seymour is category planning director of Nutritional Healthcare at GlaxoSmithKline. He works with category planning controller Helen Tomlinson.Colin on HelenI have been at GlaxoSmithKline for 15 years now,...
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WH Smith in Welcome Break deal
WH Smith has announced plans to open travel stores at motorway service station operator Welcome Break’s 33 UK sites.The deal follows a successful trial of a WH Smith travel store at Welcome Break’s Newport Pagnell service station on the M1....
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Ahold sells US Foodservice business
Dutch retailer Ahold has sold its US Foodservice business to private equity groups Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts for $7.1bn (£3.5bn).Ahold announced in November last year that it was selling US Foodservice as part of a...
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New CEO at Inter Link Foods
Cake manufacturer Inter Link Foods has appointed Ian Croxford as chief executive officer.Croxford joins Inter Link Foods from Premier Foods where he was most recently group operations director. He has also held senior roles at Banshee...