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Pressure piled on nutrient profiling
The food and drink industry has rounded on the Food Standards Agency, declaring that it would rather ban all advertising to children than use the watchdog's nutrient profiling model to decide what products are deemed healthy enough to...
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Second opinion
Mutual respect is the way forward This week the annual Royal Agricultural Show at Stoneleigh has been highlighting the challenges faced by British farmers and lamenting declining volumes in the agricultural sector. Last week, The...
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Price Survey
Shopping basket totals leapt up a few more pence this week as a result of an across-the-board hike in the per kg price of loose bananas from 64p at the top four to 85p. Waitrose increased its price by 10p to 89p while 99p is the cost for...
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Weeton's and The Whisky Shop
When we published our Top 50 list of independent retailers in February, we also highlighted four specialists we thought would be Ones to Watch this year. Here we catch up with two of them: Weeton's, the farm shop in Harrogate, North Yorkshire,...
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Weeton's and The Whisky Shop
When we published our Top 50 list of independent retailers in February, we also highlighted four specialists we thought would be Ones to Watch this year. Here we catch up with two of them: Weeton's, the farm shop in Harrogate, North Yorkshire,...
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Independents shun loyalty cards
Independents are unanimously shunning loyalty cards because they are too much hassle, according to the latest poll of The Grocer Top 50 retailers.All the respondents said that they did not offer such cards and added that they never had....
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Shop profile - Berry Bros & Rudd
Store numbers: 4Number of employees: 125Turnover: £46mGrowth year-on-year: 21%Type of operation: Fine wine merchantIf The Grocer Top 50 retailers were all members of a single family, Berry Bros & Rudd would be an aristocratic...
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Carrefour fined for unfair practices
French retailer Carrefour has been fined 1.39 billion won ($1.5m) for unfair business practices in South Korea.The Korea Fair Trade Commission ruled that Carrefour had forced suppliers to cut prices to save money on supply orders and had...
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Greene King up 25%
Brewer Greene King has reported a 25% increase in full-year pre-tax profit before exceptional items to £119.6m, on sales up 16% at £818.6m.In full-year results to 30 April, the brewer also said that it had had a strong performance in all of...
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Chupa Chups sold
Italian confectioner Perfetti Van Melle has acquired Spanish lollipop manufacturer Chupa Chups for an undisclosed sum.Reports in the Spanish press suggest that the sale, which also includes the mint brand Smint could be worth an estimated...
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Wine Standards Board merges with FSA
The Wine Standards Board has merged with the Food Standards Agency.Defra said that the merger would simplify and reduce the number of enforcement bodies currently operating. The FSA will now be responsible for enforcing the EU wine...
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champions: 1st place
Product: Potato Heads Launched: January 2005 Sales: £30.7m MAT to 11 March 2006Potato Heads is the Brazil of the bagged snacking world. The product takes a new, interesting approach to an established category, is a crowd pleaser...
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World News - 1st July 2006
Austria. Chinese vice minister of commerce Jiang Zengwei met with a senior delegation from Spar International in Austria this week. Zengwei took four days out of his European tour to visit Spar International to gain a better understanding...
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World News - 1st July 2007
Poland. Tesco has refused to comment on reports that it is considering making a 1800m (£553m) bid for the Polish retail business of French retailer Casino. Reports have suggested that both Tesco and French retailer Carrefour are...
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runners-up: 2nd place
Product: Persil with Freshness of Comfort; Launched: May 2005 Sales: £8.1m 52 w/e 20 May 2006Sales have been fairly solid for this product, which combines two of the biggest brands in laundry - Persil and Comfort - although not...
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Stone's Summer Cup company: Constellation Brands price: £4.99 per twin pack
Expert's verdict...10/25?This is an intended move into the summer drinks market by winter feelgood specialists Stone's. Pimm's No 1 Cup is the current best seller in this market and enjoys a high degree of recognition, so this is a bold...