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Cheap beer rowhots up
The ongoing row over cut-price booze deals in supermarkets has been taken to a new level after one of the UK's top brewers accused multiple retailers of undermining responsible drinking messages. In comments it supplied to the Competition...
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Taking Crazy Ed's Chili Beer challenge
A new beer is selling itself with the unusual claim that most who sample it can't stand a second sip. Crazy Ed's Chili Beer, which contains a whole serrano chilli pepper, is being launched in the UK off-trade by importer Pierhead...
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Q&A with Philip Bell Manager of the Week
Congratulations on winning this week's Top Store Award. Have you always wanted to be a manager? Actually, no. I went to university and studied for a degree in bi-medical science. However, after a while I realised that it was not quite for me,...
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Ben & Jerry's gives ice cream Fairtrade twist
Ben & Jerry's has developed what it claims is the first Fairtrade ice cream to hit the UK and has pledged a long-term commitment to introduce more ethically-sourced ingredients across its entire range. In a move that reinforces the...
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FUW spells out pay 'scandal' to Blair
The Prime Minister could soon be £120 richer if a Welsh scheme to highlight the plight of dairy farmers pays off. The Farmers Union of Wales launched a campaign at the Royal Welsh Show this week encouraging visitors to send a specially...
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Bogof's week
We knew that our team of frozen food experts had come up with a convincing proposition in our Frozen Food Challenge when they dreamt up Nature's 18 Superfoods, but we had no idea just how convincing until this week. Following the series' grand...
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Maggi moves into breakfast pastries
Nestlé is propelling its Maggi Hot Pockets pastries into the breakfast market with a bacon & eggs variant. The new flavour will stretch the brand, which has so far targeted meal and snacking occasions with ham & cheese, cheese & tomato...
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US breeds to extend UK soft fruit season
US strawberry and raspberry varieties bred by one of the world's largest specialists, Driscoll's, are changing the face of the British soft fruit offer to retailers. They are being grown in increasing volume by the 76 members of KG...
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Cheese with probiotics
A probiotic cheese that has the added benefit of being half-fat will be in Tesco at the end of next month. The mature Cheddar is the result of 12 months' development by Somerset-based Cricketer Farm and has been created to provide...
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Lidl fined for false meat label claims
Discount retailer Lidl has been fined nearly £50,000 for two separate breaches of labelling rules on meat. Tests by Trading Standards officers found the multiple's Maitre Special Chicken breast fillet contained less meat than the label...
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Climbing the ladder
How did you get to where you are today?Junction 1 of the M60, onto the M56 until junction nine, following signs for M6 north, come off at junction 23, head for Newton-le-Willows and we are the first building on the left.What was...
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Retailers defend record on commitment to waste issues
Any lingering doubts that environmental issues are topping the agenda for retailers right now were well and truly dispelled this week after a series of developments put green issues firmly in the spotlight. The Environment Agency drew a...
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Israeli food not hit by conflict, say exporters
Daily rocket attacks on northern Israel and the conflict in Gaza have not seriously affected supplies of fresh produce from the country, exporters say.A spokesman for Mehadrin Tnuport Export in the UK said that the only problem concerned...
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Heinz counts on Numberetti range
Heinz is counting on the success of a new canned pasta range, which it believes will both improve numeracy among kids and give them a tasty meal. The company is launching Numberetti spaghetti, a numeric version of its Alphabetti line, to...
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UK food and drink exports cruising to a decade high
UK food and drink exports are expected to top £10bn for the first time, thanks to the stronger economies of central and eastern Europe and a growing appetite for British fare in Asia and the Middle East. Export sales reached £2.3bn in...
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Firms may pay penalty for World Cup promos
Take-home lager sales during this year's World Cup were higher than any other sporting event, the Millennium or Christmas, according to recent trading figures, but fears of further price cuts continue. Research by ACNielsen confirmed that...
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Kit Kat joins the trend towards the Dark side
Iconic confectionery brand Kit Kat is turning to the dark side with a premium plain chocolate variant of its four-finger bar. The brand is also being given a packaging revamp with 'foil fresh' wrappers that replicate the popular old-style...
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Hot eats New restaurants
Company director James Lane is a Jersey man whose experience includes a year apiece at Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons and the exclusive Little Nell resort in Aspen, Colorado. Yorkshire chef John Benson-Smith brings 25 years of experience to the...
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Jersey retailers vow to fight plans for new supermarket
Retailers on Jersey have attacked government plans to approve a new supermarket on the island. Jersey's council of ministers has agreed a policy to allow future retail development, after a study by Experian indicated that stores on the...