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the wheat chief
Ken Wood regularly eats three Weetabix for breakfast and it's an especially important ritual when he's preparing for an interview. Being quizzed by journalists is an experience he finds nerve-racking, despite being CEO of one of the country's...
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Climbing the ladder
How did you get where you are today?I started my career in the automotive industry as an export salesman living and working in Mexico and the Far East. I moved into food after seven years of world travel and have worked since for several...
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Free iTunes from Coke
Coca-Cola has teamed up with Apple to give away millions of free songs from its iTunes Music Store.The promotion, which runs from the middle of this month until October, means codes in special packs of Coca-Cola and Diet Coke will be...
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The Gillette job done, Coombe heads to US
Gary Coombe is leaving his role as general manager for beauty at Procter & Gamble UK & lreland. P&G said that Coombe was leaving to take up the role of general manager of P&G's fabric & home care new business development, based at the...
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Cranberry sauce for everyday use
Ocean Spray is out to prove that cranberry sauce is for every day, not just for Christmas, with a new recipe it hopes will have year-round appeal. The brand has teamed up with jam and sauce manufacturer Duerr's to make Just for Chicken -...
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Stop this nonsense: cut the tax on healthy fruit drinks
The government has made great strides in educating the population about the need to eat five portions of fruit and veg a day. According to the Department of Health, 67% of adults are now aware of this need. Yet, two thirds of the population are...
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Meantime dark lager for Sainsbury's range
Sainsbury's is responding to the demand for dark lagers by adding a new variant to its Taste the Difference beer range. The 5% abv Franconian Dark Lager, produced by the Greenwich-based Meantime Brewing Company, will go into stores at...
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Decoration
Home makeover shows did it for interior design and cookery programmes are doing it for food - highlighting the importance of presentation.According to TNS, the traditional cake coverings sector is in freefall, with a decline of 11% last...
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Dried fruit
UK consumers are fast becoming fruit and nutcases as far as snacking is concerned, but a good proportion of the products is also finding its way into kitchens for cooking purposes.Sales of snacking and baking fruits are up 14% and 5%...
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Pouched pineapple is 'new way to eat fruit'
A convenience product hailed as "the new way to eat fruit" has been unveiled by Capespan. The snack has been christened Fruiteezi and consists of an 80g stick of fresh, ripe pineapple sold in a sealed plastic pouch. It was the brainchild...
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Holland's are ready to eat
Pie specialist Holland's is launching a ready-to-eat range, which it claims will create a new sub-category of cold eat pastry products. The nine-strong range of pies, pasties, slices and a sausage roll, which can also be heated in a...
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My Favourite Things
What's your favourite restaurant? The Black Horse in the village of Ireland in Bedfordshire. Unbeatable fresh produce and home-cooked food.Do you prefer healthy food or junk food? If I'm out shopping I like to eat burgers and pizzas,...
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Quality favourites get makeover for freezer
Christmas confectionery favourite Quality Street is making a move into the freezer cabinets as part of a range of new products from Richmond Ice Cream. The three most popular Quality Street lines - the purple one, the green one and the...
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Irish food price surveys spark fresh rip-off row
The row over the price of food in the Republic of Ireland is raging on, with consumers in the country being told that because of the high price of groceries at home, it would be cheaper for them to fly to Italy to do their weekly...
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'Shell out on fresh peas!'
Fresh peas are starring in the first national pea and bean campaign, which makes the point that there is more to them than just frozen. The £10,000 campaign coincides with the English fresh pea and green bean season and ties in with the...
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Germany wipes the smile off Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart's announcement that it has sold its German stores to rival Metro has come as no surprise to industry observers in the wake of results this April revealing net losses of 1528m (£360m) on sales of 12.56bn (£1.75bn) in the...
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Small retailers to get inquiry voice
Small retailers' leaders are to create a business model designed to determine the effect of the major multiples on unaffiliated c-stores. The move is part of the Association of Convenience Stores' submission to the Competition Commission...
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Nisa-Today's hits record
Nisa-Today's converted a record 111 stores to its Nisa symbol group fascia in the year to March, enabling it to reach a 400-store milestone.The figure includes all shops under the Nisa Local, Nisa Express, Nisa Metro and Nisa Extra...
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Kwik Save: I'llsort it!
Plans for tackling the availability crisis at Kwik Save have been set out by Andrew Villars, the newly appointed managing director, in an exclusive interview with The Grocer. The chain has struggled with lack of stocks since Somerfield...
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inside track
Summer is characteristically slow for videogames. More so this year, as we're in the middle of the transitional year - where the current consoles (Sony's PS2, Microsoft's Xbox and Nintendo's Gamecube) are gradually phased out in preparation for...