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Supermarkets hailed for seafood progress
Just months after its protesters took to the roofs of Asda and Morrisons' stores, Greenpeace is hailing British supermarkets for leading a green seafood revolution - but wants further action. During Seafood Week next week, campaigners...
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M&S moves healthy ready meals into the mainstream
Marks and Spencer took healthy eating into the mainstream this week with the launch of a new range of healthy non-diet ready meals designed with government advice on consumption of calories, fat, sugar and salt in mind. Some 100 products...
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Hot Stuff Smart TVs
Modern TVs are constantly pushing the technological frontiers and the Pioneer PDP-5000EX is unquestionably the finest plasma display ever created. It's not cheap - you could buy all three of the others in our review for its £6,000 price...
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Hot Stuff Smart TVs
Modern TVs are constantly pushing the technological frontiers and the Pioneer PDP-5000EX is unquestionably the finest plasma display ever created. It's not cheap - you could buy all three of the others in our review for its £6,000 price...
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Independents lash out over Tesco's small store optimism
A claim by Tesco that the number of convenience retailers is on the up has angered the small store sector, where store numbers have slumped 1.1% year-on-year, according to IGD - including a 3.6% drop among non-affiliated...
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Learning the skills to manage the industry
Congratulations to the students from the food and drink industry who have successfully completed IGD's flagship courses this year: the Postgraduate Certificate in Food and Grocery Industry Management and the Foundation Certificate in Management....
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Price Survey
Asda has picked up where it left off, posting the lowest total in The Grocer 33 price survey again. It was the second victory in a row for Asda, which had a five-week winning streak broken up by Tesco a fortnight ago. Asda's bill for the...
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Profile Revisited
United Wholesale (Scotland), 25th on our most recent The Big 30 wholesaler rankings with a turnover of £97m, this week opened its first dedicated delivered wholesale warehouse in Queenslie, Glasgow. The facility, which holds 1,000 ambient lines,...
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Reader Survey
Ethically sourced products, such as fair trade, free range and organic lines, have grown rapidly in recent years. The Co-operative Bank reported that the ethical food market topped £4bn for the first time last year. There have been some...
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Are you seeing red yet?
Businesses are reeling. On 1 October they were hit by one of the biggest rafts of legislation to come into force on a single day, with new laws relating to age discrimination, the national minimum wage, maternity rights, fire safety and...
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Talking shop
It's time to reconnect the link between producers and wholesale markets, says Helen Evans, communications manager at Covent Garden Market Authority. I challenge any visitor walking through New Covent Garden Market's Buyers Walk not to be...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited. Budgens, Sycamore Road, Amersham, Buckinghamshire. Midlands Co-operative Society, Shelton Lock, Derbyshire, Costcutter, Gloucester Avenue, Northampton, Spar Hazel Grove, Stockport, Greater...
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Shop profile - Makro C&C, Manchester HQ
The first impression visitors get at the head office of Makro Cash & Carry wholesalers in Eccles, Manchester, is that the facade is pretty modest for a £1bn company. But a bland exterior belies what is inside: a football field-sized open-plan office...
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Reader survey - ethical foods
Ethically sourced products, such as fair trade, free range and organic, have grown rapidly recently, with the Co-operative bank reporting that the ethical food market topped £4bn for the first time last year. There have been some notable...
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United Breweries buys Whyte & Mackay
Indian brewery United Breweries has reportedly acquired premium Scotch whisky and spirits producer Whyte & Mackay.Reports in the Times of India suggest that the Glasgow-based company has been acquired for £400m. Citibank, Standard Chartered...
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Sainsbury's prices rise by almost 5%
Price hikes at Sainsbury's have helped fuel an average 2.2% increase in the cost of groceries in the past month, according to The Grocer Price Index.The index, which is based on a secret list of 100 grocery products, shows that the...
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Advertising watchdog says smoothie's antioxidant claim was not so Innocent
Innocent Drinks' bid to push the health benefits of its Superfoods range was dealt a blow this week when it was rapped for an advert describing a smoothie as a detoxification product.The press advert said the pomegranate, blueberry and...
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Tesco is blastedby Price
Waitrose chief Mark Price launched a scathing attack on Britain's biggest retailer this week, calling on the Competition Commission to prevent the UK turning into "Tesco Land".Managing director Price was speaking on the eve of the...
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MPs on work experience
Politicians never let the facts get in the way of a good soundbite. Sure, you'll hear the odd bit of sympathy expressed for the rising level of shop crime , but when it comes to most of the big issues - think healthy eating, competition issues...