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Monkey was a real cover star
Congratulations to Unilever, which has scooped The Grocer's sought-after award for the year's best front cover. Its PG Tips ad wowed our readers, who voted it their favourite cover of 2006. The ad was a latecomer, not appearing until the...
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Solutions to the packaging crisis
Sir; Having read in The Guardian an article titled 'Consumers give thumbs down to packaging' highlighting the results of a MORI survey, I am not surprised to see that 75% of British consumers feel that products have too much packaging. However,...
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Tory supports organic lobby in GM crop fight
Organic lobbyists pulled off a coup this week when they enlisted Peter Ainsworth, the shadow secretary of state for the environment, to their campaign against cultivation of GM crops in the UK. Ainsworth, MP for Surrey East, has pledged...
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Yumberry juice set to make UK debut
Juice drinkers in the UK may be about to get their first taste of yumberries - dimpled red stone-fruit grown in China. One of the country’s biggest juice-blending companies, David Berryman, is set to be the first to bring the fruit to…
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Trends & Developments
General Mills made the decision to revamp its Old El Paso brand last July by adding new flavours to the range. Three sauces - roasted garlic & chilli, hot chilli con carne and smoked chilli & sweet peppers -took the portfolio to a total of six....
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UK lamb exports facing a struggle
UK lamb exports were flat in December and January compared with the same period in 2005/2006, with availability, the strength of sterling against the euro and falling consumption of lamb in France all blamed. Meat processing business...
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Ex-Tesco man joins As Nature Intended
Organic retailer As Nature Intended has created a new operations director role to help with its expansion plans. Daniel Upward has been brought in from Tesco to work alongside managing director Caroline Walker to help grow the business....
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San Pedro to find new faith in Les Grands
Chile's second-largest wine exporter, the San Pedro Wine Group, has signed a UK distribution deal with Les Grands Chais de France, ending its 20-year relationship with Buckingham Vintners. Both parties said they needed to "pursue...
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Somerfield shakes up its retail field teams
Somerfield has completed a major revamp of its retail field teams in a bid to better support its newly restructured 977-strong store estate.Former regional director Nick Wood moves to the new role of retail development director. He will...
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Get a sense of proportion!
Everyone loves a scapegoat. The government and the British public are so busy blaming someone else for rising obesity they seem to have forgotten their own part in it all. Successive governments until recently have all but ignored sport as part of...
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Lunchables given revamp for health
Kraft Foods has slashed the fat content of its Dairylea Lunchables brand, further reduced salt levels and has also added wholegrain and vitamin D. The relaunch forms part of a long-term quest to make the range more appealing to mums and...
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New head of off-trade sales
Mark Tinsley has become UK off-trade director at E&J Gallo Winery. Tinsley moves up from the role of business unit manager for grocery at Gallo, where he has worked for 15 years. He will be responsible for developing Gallo's...
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Threshers' help lies in Origin own-label
Threshers has added eight Fairtrade wines to its shelves including six from its own-label Origin range. The off-licence chain has worked with the Fairtrade Foundation in South America and South Africa to develop the wines and will donate...
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Hot Stuff Mobile phones
The much-vaunted iPhone doesn't hit the shops here until the winter but is already the must-have gadget of the year. Tipped to make as big an impact in the mobile phone market as the iPod did on MP3 players, it can be used to browse the...
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Sequels to the Italian job
Britons are becoming more adventurous with cooking sauces. Although the Italian sector remains the most successful, sauces inspired by Mexican and Asian cuisine have shown solid growth too. And premium British offerings are being tipped for...
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Letter of the week
I was delighted to see you put a sensible case for opposing the ridiculous recommendations from the FSA on nutrition labelling on the BBC earlier this week. If you ever need leading nutritional support on such matters, please feel free to...
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Letter of the week
Adam Leyland hopes The Big 30 wholesalers can rise to today's competitive challenges posed by the inexorable expansion of the major multiples into the domain of convenience retailing. However, he also reveals aspects of his own lifestyle that,...
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Suppliers reveal their... love for supermarkets
Maybe it's because Valentine's Day is just round the corner. Or maybe it's that tales of supermarket mistreatment of suppliers are founded in myth. Whatever the reason, written submissions made to the Competition Commission by...