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'Waitrose mugged me and ripped off one of my recipes'
Mugged. Done over. Ripped off. And furious.That's how one angry supplier feels after what he claims has been the unfair treatment meted out to him by one of the UK's leading multiple grocers.The remarks are made in an anonymous...
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Price Survey
Asda is the cheapest retailer for the third week in a row with a basket cost of £45.07.It remained the lowest priced due to cheaper fresh produce than the other retailers, a pricing trend evident in The Grocer 33 for several weeks. The...
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Spreading the regional word
British food suppliers will be showing off their wares to the numerous buyers expected to attend IFE07, and trade export body Food from Britain will be doing its bit to help them.The FFB team will be hosting a business lounge for...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visitedTesco Express Clifton, BristolSainsbury's Local Ealing, LondonMidlands Supermarket Coalville, LeicesterLondis Crawley, West SussexSpar Bishopbriggs, GlasgowHow they...
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Bacardi-Martini to close Southampton site
Bacardi-Martini has announced plans to close its manufacturing operations in Southampton due to the “continued and significant decline” of the ready-to-drink sector.“The change in business conditions, cost competitiveness and economies of...
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Bread still too salty, says CASH
High levels of salt are still being found in bread, pressure group Consensus Action on Salt and Heath (CASH) has claimed.A survey by the group on 138 loaves of bread found 36% contained salt levels above the government's target of 1.1g per...
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NFU challenges supermarkets
Three dairy farmers a day are forced out of business because of 'price squeezes' by the supermarkets, according to the National Farmers' Union.Speaking at the NFU's annual conference held in Birmingham yesterday, Peter Kendall, president of...
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Cadbury marketing stunt backfires
Cadbury Schweppes has apologised for a US marketing stunt which led to the closure of a US cemetery.
The firm had promoted its soft drink brand Dr Pepper by launching a gold coin treasure hunt in return for cash prizes. However, the hunt in… -
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Bogof's week
It turns out Cadbury's much-hyped entry into the UK chewing gum market has coincided with hot debate about another Trident - the UK's nuclear weapons system. 'From church leaders to actors, a bid to stop Trident', ran a headline in last week's...
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I come to praise Marmite, the FSA comes to bury it
As the author of the Marmite Cookbook, creator of Fudges Marmite biscuits and an all-round Marmite man I was devastated to discover my beloved healthy spread had fallen into the FSA's list of baddies. I was also staggered to find Marmite in the...
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MSG is not one of the food 'nasties'
Sir; I would like to assure your readers that monosodium glutamate (MSG) is not, as Stefan Chomka claims, one of the "so- called nasties in food" (The Grocer, 6 January, p28).For nearly a century, glutamate has been used safely and...
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I see a great future for street markets
With all the excitement surrounding Sainsbury's, it's easy to ignore what's happening at the other end of the spectrum with the local grocer.City financiers encourage profits from rolling out supermarket formats internationally, health...
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World News - 24th February 2007
Bharti to invest $2.5bn in chain. NEW DELHI: Telecoms giant Bharti Enterprises is set to invest $2.5bn (£1.27bn) in its Indian joint venture with Wal-Mart. The venture is expected to roll out a national supermarket chain creating...
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Abattoir plan is given the green light
Suffolk will get an abattoir capable of killing 3,000 pigs a week after the government approved plans on appeal.C&K Meats and Lambert abattoir have been fighting for planning permission to relocate to Eye for three years, and have now...
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Campaign trail: Fighting plaque takes on new meaning in Orbit Complete's TV adverts.
Fighting plaque takes on new meaning in Orbit Complete's TV adverts. The chewing gum ads feature a TV show host and hostess approaching the public with an oversized Orbit Complete suitcase containing plaque-fighting white suits....
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Campaign trail: Glastonbury is probably the best music festival in the world after signing a four-year deal with Carlsberg.
Glastonbury is probably the best music festival in the world after signing a four-year deal with Carlsberg. The deal makes the brand the principle sponsor and gives the lager the rights to exclusively supply more than 22 bars at the...
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"There are several independent chains that could quite easily float on AIM - if they wanted to, of course"
Who can stand in the way of the supermarkets - Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons? It would be easy to conclude, from media coverage, that the food industry has polarised into a battle between a handful of giants, and a couple of piddly...
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Tizer aims for retro revival
Tizer is going back to its roots with a more fruity formulation aimed at mothers.The soft drink is now made with 10% fruit juice and has new packaging based on the 1980s design that will flag up the fact that Tizer now contains no...
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Booker aims to double internet delivery sales
Booker, the UK's biggest cash and carry operator, is planning to double its internet delivery business this year with the launch of a new website.Charles Wilson, Booker chief executive, told The Grocer that new user-friendly technology...