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Flora products active on promotional front
Healthy ingredients and added value products continued to be a consistent theme on the featured space promotional shelves for the week ending 2 October. Flora's Pro-activ yoghurt drinks and spreads have shown consistent activity and...
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The Advice Shop
Chris Grantham Consultant at Dragon brand and design agency. Entry into supermarkets for an unknown cake brand is very tough, due to the strength of own label in this category. In recent years own label has arguably been much...
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After Eights move away from the dinner table
Nestlé Rowntree is pushing its After Eight chocolates into the countline category for the first time in a bid to introduce the brand to a younger generation of consumers. Packs of bite-sized dark chocolates with a mint fondant centre, in...
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Taut aims for big time with sports cap switch
Sports drink brand Taut is launching an all-out attack on Lucozade Sport and Powerade with an aggressive marketing campaign and new packaging that will pitch it more effectively against its rivals. The company is ditching its pouch format...
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Cool cocktail mixer is a breath of fresh air
A product that does away with the need to have fresh fruit on standby for making a gin & tonic or cocktails has been developed by new company Frecco. It produces individually packaged ice cubes made from mineral water, fruit juice and...
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Aldi launches own Fairtrade tea bags
Aldi has launched a Fairtrade tea, a move believed to mark the first foray by a British discount grocer into the fair trade products arena. ‘Diplomat’ own-brand tea bags are licensed by the Fairtrade Foundation and were launched as part…
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Tesco rumoured to be eyeing Algarve
Tesco has refused to comment on speculation it is scouting out the Algarve as part of its international expansion plans. The rumours emerged after an ex-pat newspaper in the region claimed Tesco had earmarked 17 sites in the Algarve for...
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Sabotage reported at Allied bakery
Suspected sabotage at Allied Bakeries' manufacturing site in Orpington, Kent, has resurfaced nine months after it appeared to have ended. Incidents of alleged tampering have dogged the site since last summer, with sewing needles, glass...
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Asda claims it's back on track
Asda has got its house in order for what it hopes will be its best-ever Christmas, while suppliers need not fear another round of tough negotiations soon, according to senior management. Speaking to The Grocer, chief operating officer...
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Nike/Umbro don't play fair says Asda
Frustration is mounting at Asda at the refusal by leading sportswear companies to sell it their clothes. Ayaz Alam, buying manager for sports and DIY, said attempts to expand its sportswear range beyond items in the George range were...
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Pritchard gets non-food job in Asda restructure
Asda has undergone a major restructure, resulting in the appointment of a long-awaited new non-food director and the axing of its regional MD posts. Peter Pritchard, the former store development director, has been promoted to the...
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Availability
Asda Coventry Road, Birmingham. 0 Our mystery shopper at the Small Heath Asda store on Coventry Road in Birmingham was able to find all the items on her shopping list. She noted that one aisle was completely obstructed by packing...
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British bacon cashes in on falling imports
Bacon imports to the UK have fallen to their lowest level for 12 months, prompting suggestions that consumers are switching to British product. Imports fell for the second consecutive month to 17,700 tonnes in July, driven by a crash in...
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Hand in our bean rivals says Heinz
Heinz has fired the latest salvo in its baked beans war with Branston by encouraging consumers to hand in rival products in exchange for its own brand. The company has launched a baked bean amnesty, headed up by society girl Tara...
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Retailers need help to beat the criminals
One of the most startling figures in the BRC's 13th crime survey is that the value of losses from undetected customer theft rose by 44% in 2005 - from £400m to £578m - 28% of the total cost of crime. But this is just the tip of the...
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Booker plans to be biggest, best supplier to small stores
Booker this week vowed to drive prices down and availability up as its boss outlined to the IGD convention how the company was striving to become the biggest and best supplier to small businesses. Chief executive Charles Wilson, a year...
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Big drive for Tenderstem
A branded broccoli variety is being given national marketing exposure this month to help establish it as an attractive alternative to standard brassica crops. Tenderstem will be featured in consumer newspapers and lifestyle...
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'Link with government to stop binge drinking'
The drinks industry needs to forge better ties with the government in order to address negative media attention directed at alcohol, according to a leading wine expert. Speaking at the Wine and Spirit Education Trust's annual lecture in...
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Waitrose vegetables go black to the future
Waitrose is to offer its customers a range of naturally black fruit and vegetables, which will be launched in the run-up to Hallowe'en. It has sourced black varieties of cabbage, potato and pear from British growers, and is...
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Scottish retailers blast booze cordoning plan
The Scottish Executive has unveiled plans to restrict areas where alcohol can be sold in supermarkets and convenience stores. Its consultation on licensing regulations, published this week, calls for sales of alcohol to be made only in...