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Industry alert as hundreds of gangmasters miss deadline
Manufacturers and retailers have been urged to check they and their suppliers are using only legitimate gangmasters after it emerged hundreds may have missed a deadline to apply for a compulsory licence. The Gangmasters Licensing...
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Chillers get the allure of saucy Asian lovelies
The Sharwood's brand is making its debut in the chiller cabinet next month on a new range of fresh Asian sauces. The move is the first of a number of chilled developments planned by the company, which aims to extend its brand to 'chilled...
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atul sodha Speciality food need not be the preserve of farm shops. Independents don't need to go far to find it says the boss of Londis in Harefield
Regional food, particularly speciality food, has long been thought of as the preserve of the farm shops. It wasn't until last year, when I got behind the British Food Fortnight campaign for the first time, that I realised that I, as a small...
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When is veal beef? At eight months
Veal labelling in the EU is to change, ending disagreements between Belgium and the Netherlands and France and Italy on how the meat should be labelled. The changes, which have come about as a result of differences in languages and...
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McCain leads with big offers and fries to go
Frozen promotional space accounted for 8% of activity this week and of that space frozen potato products accounted for 18%. The three brands recording activity were McCain, Aunt Bessie's and Harry Ramsden's. McCain led the way with offers...
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Wholesale guns blazing
The Competition Commission's investigation into the grocery market is building momentum - and a string of critics of the big supermarkets is leaving the inquiry team in no doubt about the problems facing smaller retailers. Earlier this...
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Rivals of no concern, says Waitrose boss
Waitrose managing director Steven Esom last week posted yet another impressive set of results as the supermarket continues to go from strength to strength. Total sales are up 11% to just short of £1.8bn for the half year, thanks to accelerated...
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The Bratz get lippy with the Buddies
Bratz, the number one craze for tweenage girls, is making its debut in the biscuit aisle with a new Bratz Fabulous range from Bon Bon Buddies. Aimed at snacking and lunchboxes, the strawberry and vanilla-filled chocolate flavour biscuits...
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In Brief: Rowntree jobs go; That's entertaining; Healthy knowledge
Rowntree jobs go Nestlé is to cut 645 jobs at its Rowntree factory in York. One quarter of the workforce is being axed as production of a number of brands, including Smarties, Black Magic and Matchmakers, is moved to the...
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Bumper crop for cranberry growers
The US is set for a record cranberry crop this year in spite of lacklustre growing conditions. With small increases in growing area over the past four years, estimates indicate that the crop will be some 6% larger than in 2005 and set to...
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Campaign trail: Werthers Original
Werthers Original Budget: £4m Manufacturer: Bendicks It was a case of out with the old and in with the new in the latest advert for butter candy Werthers Original, with the much-loved grandfather figure finally pensioned off. In...
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Letter of the week Steve Thomas, chairman, Canned Food UK
As the chairman of Canned Food UK, the industry association set up to promote the benefits of canned food, I read with great interest the Focus on Canned Foods ('The drama is all in the can', The Grocer, 9 September, p45). It is exciting...
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Chain to recreate farmers' market
A group of businessmen is set to launch a new chain of small supermarkets supplied directly by farmers and growers, The Grocer can reveal this week. The Farmers' City Market chain will be based initially across the south east, with the...
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A chip on his shoulder?
McCain, the world's biggest chip maker, is obviously a follower of the philosophy that the best leaders lead from the front. Nick Vermont, regional CEO of McCain's operations in the UK, Ireland, South Africa and Eastern Europe, has spearheaded...
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Life, love... and chocolate
The most notable innovation in chocolate may have been a step into darkness?, but manufacturers are all too aware that they need to continue to make waves in milk chocolate - which is still far and away the biggest chocolate sector - if they are...
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Dark chocolate
If you could draw just one conclusion from the activity of pretty much all ?the major players during the past few months, it would have to be that the future of chocolate is dark. Almost overnight the countline category went from having...
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Dairy UK 'has clout over the key issues'
On its second anniversary, Dairy UK has been hailed as an increasingly effective and respected organisation by chairman David Curry. The dairy industry body has confronted issues including salt, traffic-light labelling, child obesity and...
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Retailers warned over co-mingling
Supermarkets must be clearer about beef origin, the National Beef Association has warned. It follows complaints from shoppers who bought beef thinking it came from one country, only to find it was sourced in another. The problem...
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Nisa responds to complaint to OFT
Nisa-Today's is playing it cool following a complaint to the Office of Fair Trading about its trading practices.The group is understood to have quickly outlined its position to the Office of Fair Trading after five individuals within the...