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Hot cars Coupé-cabriolets
Volkswagen EosSummer's here, coupé-cabriolets are hot, but which is the best to own? You could do a lot worse than the Volkswagen Eos, which boasts first-rate construction, superb refinement and a stunning drive.The Eos...
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Champions for a cause
In a repeat of last year's Primula Cup five-a-side football final in aid of the industry's welfare charity Caravan, the team from Greencore Grocery found itself up against Buckingham Foods. Only this time it was Buckingham's second team that got...
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Nolan quits post at Superquinn chain
Tom Nolan, purchasing director for Irish supermarket chain Superquinn, is leaving the company after just a year in the job.Nolan, a former Tesco Ireland executive, joined the 21-store chain shortly after its E420m purchase from Senator...
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Climbing the ladder
How did you get to where you are today?Focus, energy and enthusiasm.What was the best decision you have made in your career and why?My best decision was when I took a sideways move from Nestlé to RHM. Because I went from...
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Orvieto gets into Italian Icons club
PLB has added an Orvieto wine to its Italian Icons range, swelling the ranks to seven lines. Already listed by Thresher at £5.99, the Orvieto is made from grapes sourced from the hills in Italy's Classico zone and is a blend of traditional local...
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Tesco extends concept of self-service at tills
Tesco is moving one step closer to cashier-less stores with the largest single-store installation of self-service checkouts in the UK. Its London Metro store in Bishopsgate has been transformed for commuters and offers 20 self-service...
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"Demutualisation is a hot topic in grocery at the moment with the proposed merger of Costcutter and Nisa-Today's"
I guess most of you haven't really paid that much attention to what's been happening at Interflora, the flower delivery company. But it's been in the news of late, and I have found myself fascinated by the story.
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Country Life looks for organic milk growth
Country Life will become the first major brand to enter the organic milk category when it launches into Tesco next month.The butter brand is making its milk debut to take advantage of what brand owner Dairy Crest describes as the fastest...
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Court to settle Whelans feud with Dunnes
The fate of 477 jobs at Whelan's Frozen Foods, a major supplier to Dunnes Stores in Ireland, is uncertain after the two companies disagreed in the Irish High Court last week over whether their dispute had been settled or not.Dunnes had...
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Cull cows 'wasted' in fallen stock scheme
Cow beef worth around £600,000 is being 'wasted' every week because cull cows are going through the national fallen stock scheme, rather than entering the food chain.As well as a national farmgate loss of more than £30m each...
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World Cup demand pushes pork price up
Pig producers are among the biggest winners from the World Cup, converting soaring demand for pork into high farmgate prices. But processors say they have not seen the benefits of retail price rises and are still on paper thin...
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The cuttings
Cutting-edge technology has been in the newspapers this week. The Mail on Sunday revealed that scientists have invented an attachment for shopping trolleys that remembers a customer's shopping list and will actually guide them to the right...
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Eddie Stobart signs Tesco delivery deal
Logistics firm Eddie Stobart has secured its first food and drink transport contract with Tesco. The logistics firm, which already delivers a number of non-food lines for Tesco, will take over distribution from the retailer's Blackmills...
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Parfetts deal for Stockport
Parfetts Cash & Carry is re-signing its sponsorship deal with Stockport County Football Club.The two-year deal means Parfetts is extending its support as main club sponsor to the end of the 2007/8 season. The cash and carry will...
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Risk to drivers leads to disruption in deliveries
Asda and Sainsbury are to pull online deliveries in areas across the country where drivers feel intimidated, following a move by both supermarkets to drop the service in parts of Edinburgh this month.They have both stopped delivering to...
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Small producers hitch lift on delivery scheme
Regional food group Heart of England Fine Foods is to launch the first national online system addressing the problems many small producers experience in distributing their products.HEFFroads (Route Organiser And Distribution Sharing)...
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Trends & Developments
Filippo Berio is showing its mild side in a bid to appease adults and children who don't like the strong taste of traditional olive oils. The company has blended a mild extra virgin olive oil for the UK market to cater for consumers'...
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My Favourite Things Kerri Palmer, marketing manager, Merchant Gourmet
What's your favourite restaurant? Yauatcha - it does the best dim sum in London.Do you prefer healthy food or junk food? Healthy, every time. But I do occasionally succumb to a giant chip sandwich.Have you ever sent back or...
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Foreign focus
Product: Black Sesame Seed and Black Soy Bean Cereals Company: Kellogg Country: South KoreaThe company's Black Sesame Seed and Black Soy Bean Cereals offer consumers in South Korea a Western-style product with a clear Eastern...