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Aerosol recycling urged by retailers
Waitrose and M&S are bidding to raise awareness of aerosol can recycling through PoS material. New shelf barkers going in store will advise: "Recycle your empty aerosols. Visit www.recycleaerosols.co.uk."The website is operated by the...
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Mushroom supplier goes under after fire
Major mushroom grower Heveco has gone into administration after racking up significant losses.The British part of the Dutch-owned company was hit by a fire at its Thakeham headquarters earlier in the summer, knocking out some production....
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Kellogg is back in the saddle again
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has given Kellogg the all-clear for an advertisement for its Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes cereal, despite receiving nearly 100 complaints from viewers who were concerned that it portrayed cruelty to...
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In Brief: Soutar's move; New ingredients; McDonald joins FFG; Cake appointment; NIFAC recruits
Soutar's move William Jackson and Son has appointed Norman Soutar as group managing director, replacing Christopher Oughtred who will remain as chairman until he retires from the company in the new year. Soutar joins from Baxters...
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Tesco, Asda join initiative to boost glass recycling market
Tesco and Asda have signed up to an initiative designed to reduce the amount of glass waste from the wine industry.The Waste and Resources Action Programme (Wrap), which outlined proposals for its lightweighting initiative at the annual...
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Asda: our organics will be a shock to Waitrose
Asda will be stealing customers from Waitrose when it triples its organic range later this year and starts rolling out compostable packaging, its head of corporate social responsibility claimed this week.Ian Bowles said Asda's organic...
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Offering assurance
Conservation Grade farmingThe protocol, founded in the 1980s, is scientifically validated, has an annual audit and consists of seven elements. Farmers must commit 10% of their farmed land for the process; undergo training; comply with...
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Availability
Asda Stowmarket, Suffolk0 Our mystery shopper at the Asda store in Stowmarket, Suffolk was able to find all but two of the items she was looking for this week. The store did not stock Parozone bleach, although it offered an own...
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Availability
Asda The Shires Centre, Trowbridge, Wiltshire1 The Asda store in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, was sold out of the 200g bag of Doritos corn chips when our shopper visited. The store also did not stock cheap own label butter and...
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In Brief: Cream of Kettle crop; Pringles wraps it up; The big squeeze; More for baby; Dormen goes nuts
Cream of Kettle crop Crème fraiche, lemon & coriander is the latest flavour to join Kettle Chips' ranks, offering consumers what the company said was an authentic dairy taste. Pringles wraps it up Procter &...
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UK drinkers turn their backs on tequila beer
British consumers have turned their backs on the craze for tequila beers that is sweeping through the European mainland.The producer of Salitos Tequila Beer, launched in the UK just eight months ago, has pulled out of the UK altogether,...
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McCormick set to retire from Batley's
Len McCormick is to retire from his role as deputy chairman of Batley's cash and carry at the end of the month.McCormick joined the company in 1985 as buying and operations director, and over the last 21 years has overseen the...
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Rick Stein and Sharp's brew up fennel beer
Rick Stein is the latest high-profile celebrity chef to put his name, and culinary skills, towards the creation of a British bottled beer. The chef has joined forces with Sharp's Brewery in Cornwall to produce Chalky's Bite, a...
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Bogof's week
David Hasselhoff took time out of his busy schedule this week to pop into Asda HQ in Leeds in order to promote his autobiography. However, according to Bogof's spies, the king of cheesy US TV was less Hoff than Huff. Publicists had arranged...
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Howell House buy boosts Irwin's range
Northern Ireland plant bakery Irwin's is to move into new categories after buying cake and biscuit manufacturer Howell House.Irwin's supplies bread, including the Rankin Irish speciality range, to retailers in Northern Ireland and Great...
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Milk bottles recycled till cows come home
We could soon be buying milk in bottles that are in their second or third incarnation, if plans to build a state-of-the-art recycling plant get the go-ahead.The factory would be capable of processing up to 13,000 tonnes of used HDPE...
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Douwe Egberts brings out liquid coffee range
Douwe Egberts is hoping to get consumers to switch from standard instant coffee and powdered speciality drinks to its new liquid coffee range, which promises a vastly improved drinking experience.Called Café Switch, the newcomer...
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Plight of the bumblebee
Bombus may sound a rather foreign cause to be championed by the British media but, given its more recognisable name of bumblebee, recent press concern is understandable.British bee numbers have been dwindling. They are down 70% in the...
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Burdon to step down as Thorntons' top man
Peter Burdon, chief executive of Thorntons, is to leave the company as soon as an appropriate replacement can be found.Executive chairman John von Spreckelsen announced Burdon's planned departure at the same time that the retailer...
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Hot cars New drives
You don't mess with success. Five years after the Mini was relaunched, the new Mini is still funky, fun and desirable. At first glance, the new Mini, on sale in December from £11,595, looks remarkably like the current one. Only...