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Price Survey
To say 2006 has been a turbulent year for pricing at the top six supermarkets would be putting it mildly. Rising energy prices, feed costs, poor harvests, and lower yields of certain fresh fruit and vegetables have caused the rate of food price...
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Star Product
Cow's milk is not the usual drink of choice for those consumers suffering from lactose intolerance, but thanks to innovation from Arla Foods in the form of Lactofree, now it can be. The product, hailed as the UK's first lactose-free dairy drink...
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Star Product
Kraft Foods took the format for its Dairylea Dunkers brand of cheese spread and biscuits and transferred it to the yoghurt category to boost the brand's appeal among a younger age group. Dairylea Dunkers fromage frais comes in strawberry and...
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Not such a sweet scenario...
Quality not quantity has been the mantra of the major confectionery players this year, which have been eschewing mass NPD for more focused launches. However, their approach has not yet managed to turn the tide for confectionery - at least not as...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited. Cost Cutter Eden Street, Kingston-upon-Thames. Budgens Queen Charlotte Street, Bristol. Mace Monkstown Road, Newtownabbey, Belfast. Co-op Group High Road, South Benfleet, Essex. Tesco express,...
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Talking shop
A profusion of healthy eating campaigns, from the government's five-a-day to Jamie Oliver's school meals odyssey, means we all know what we should be eating.But what is missing is a campaign to make shoppers want to choose, prepare and serve...
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Yoghurt: from sweet to sporty
In the £2bn yoghurt and pot desserts market the so-called functional yoghurts have once again driven category growth. Big brand names Bio Activia, Müller Vitality and Flora helped the category climb 4%. It was a particularly good year...
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Japan Tobacco to buy Gallaher
Gallaher, the maker of Benson & Hedges and Silk Cut cigarettes, has agreed to be bought by Japan Tobacco for a recommended cash offer worth £7.5bn.Under the terms of the offer, Gallaher shareholders will receive £11.40 for each Gallaher...
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Products recalled due to glass contamination
Tesco and Sainsbury's have both recalled products because they could contain small pieces of glass.Tesco has withdrawn its own-label hot salsa dip due to possible glass contamination. The affected product is Tesco Hot Salsa Dip, 300g, batch...
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Nestlé acquires Novartis nutrition business
Nestlé has acquired the entire medical nutrition business of pharmaceutical company Novartis for $2.5bn (£1.3bn).The business, which supplies oral and enteral nutrition and medical devices used to provide nutrients to patients with special...
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Cadbury recall to cost £30m
Cadbury Schweppes' recall of seven products in June this year following a salmonella scare will cost an estimated £30m.The confectionery giant had originally estimated costs of £20m but in a full-year trading update released this morning,...
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This year's Christmas dinner hits shoppers in the pocket
The average price of a Christmas lunch at the big four supermarkets has leapt by more than 10% over the past year, according to exclusive research by The Grocer.Our findings, based on The Grocer 33, show the average cost of a 10-item...
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Kwik Save customers 'voting with their feet'
Kwik Save may have improved its availability, but judging by sales figures leaked to The Grocer it is still very much in the midst of a crisis.Last week we reported that the beleaguered soft discounter, which is still believed to be...
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Company profile - V Water
It's not often that a hangover changes the course of someone's life. But if it hadn't been for one particularly bleary-eyed morning after, V Water, the brainchild of Walter Faulstroh and Chris Coleridge, would never have seen the light of...
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How can small suppliers make their size of their businesses a virtue?
Simon Speers MD, Bottlegreen Drinks CompanySmall businesses are driven by their individuals and what an individual does is always under the spotlight. In small business, individuals are under pressure to get a great job done each and...
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Dairy Crest acquisition moves closer
Dairy Crest's E370m (£250m) acquisition of St Hubert, the French and Italian spreads business of Uniq, has moved a step closer following a positive consultation with the St Hubert workers council.“The required French Works Council...
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In the can
Meat. Pork prices tend to decline at this time of the year but warm summer weather and stronger-than-usual demand have combined to help them remain stable. Pig stocks are low throughout Europe and processors are having...
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In the can
MeatPork prices tend to decline at this time of the year but warm summer weather and stronger-than-usual demand have combined to help them remain stable. Pig stocks are low throughout Europe and processors are having...
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World News - 9th December 2006
Wal-Mart online soars; stores flat. Bentonville, Arkansas: Wal-Mart has reported wildly differing fortunes for its stores and website Walmart.com. Like-for-like sales at its stores fell 0.1% during November - its first drop since...