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Ball games boost hot summer sales
Supermarket sales in June were kept buoyant by warm summer weather and the spending attraction of major sporting events. Since the beginning of April, total till sales have increased by 5%, with sales at the grocery multiples showing 8% growth...
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Kellogg takes blissful bash at healthy trend
Kellogg, usually associated with corn, wheat and rice-based cereal brands, is adding oats to several of its range as part of a strategy to establish its brands more firmly as healthy products. It is expanding its Special K portfolio, with...
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Philip Morris stubs out its Basic budget brand
Philip Morris has stubbed out its Basic cigarette brand in the UK, less than two years after launch, despite favourable performances from other brands in the budget sector. The company said it was withdrawing support for Basic after...
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Beck's lemon for the zest of your life
InBev UK is trialling a citrus flavoured beer as the second brand extension to its Beck's brand this year. Beck's Green Lemon has a lower alcohol content at 2.5% abv than its 5% abv parent brand and the recently-launched 4% abv Beck's...
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In Brief: Honey Dew beer; Love wine; Uruguay online
Honey Dew beer Fuller Smith & Turner has set up posters to advertise Fuller's Organic Honey Dew beer. The 8o posters up until 7 July, at stations into London, include the strapline: 'Who says you can't bottle sunshine?' Love...
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Brands in the very best of spirits
Although the food manufacturers have had a good year, their profit margins are still no match for alcoholic drinks companies, which achieved an average of 16.3% compared with 9.5% at the food companies, according to the drinks index compiled by...
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Tesco scores big on World Cup spend
Tesco is outscoring its rivals when it comes to advertising spend around the World Cup as the battle for the summer pound kicks in. In the three weeks to 18 June (with the World Cup kicking off on 9 June), it spent £3.9m on TV, press and...
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Rebels say they can block merger
The proposed merger of Costcutter and Nisa-Today's can now be blocked due to the weight of opposition to it, according to the rebel faction known as the Nisa Members Association. The organisation has written to Nisa-Today's chairman...
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Blueheath should have bought a small retailer
Permit me as the former CEO of 7-Eleven, Hong Kong, Singapore and China, a former non-executive director of Londis, and a former village store owner recently retired to Spain, to comment on wholesaler Blueheath ('Blueheath: is it waving or...
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Sainsbury boosts local food in NI
Sainsbury is increasing its range of local products in Northern Ireland by more than 20% following a 'meet the buyer' event with regional suppliers. The 61 products from 15 companies will take the retailer's total range of Northern Irish...
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Booths' seasons to be cheerful
It could be argued that Northern supermarket chain Booths has set the benchmark for local and regional sourcing among retailers within the UK, with Waitrose not far behind it. Right from the word go the retailer has attempted to sustain...
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Taste the difference north of the border with new JS unit
Sainsbury has stepped up its commitment to Scottish suppliers and customers by launching a dedicated buying unit for Scotland. The retailer said that the team would work to ensure that Sainsbury developed the right range of food for...
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Sponsor brands are champions of tennis
Wimbledon and the start of summer. The two events are guaranteed to mean increased activity from at least two of the tennis sponsors - Ariel and Robinsons.Ariel has been linked with the Wimbledon Championship for many years, but this...
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Warburtons wants to roll out bread UK-wide
Warburtons bread will soon be available to almost all the UK population, thanks to the company's decision to double production at its Enfield bread-making plant by January next year. The move takes the 130-year-old company - already the...
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In Brief: Flexible nappies; Unilever rapped, Sesame rice snack
Flexible nappies Pampers new Baby-Dry Caterpillar Flex nappies promise better flexibility. Brand owner Procter & Gamble is backing this week's launch with £3.4m. Unilever has been rapped by...
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Michael Brooks
What is your career background?I was a chartered accountant but joined forces with my old school friend Angus Cameron to launch a coffee company that supplied coffee beans and machines to London restaurants. In 1992 we decided to...
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Cadbury faces meltdown in million-bar product recall
In a horrible quirk of fate, Cadbury Schweppes chairman Sir John Sunderland was chosen to give the keynote address at last Friday's annual luncheon for the Biscuit Cake Chocolate & Confectionery Association. While not seeming quite his...
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CDs Multiples gain in CD sales war
Supermarkets are winning the battle to boost CD sales, despite continued growth in downloading and piracy, as well as price deflation, according to trade groups.Figures from the Official UK Charts Company show volume share of CD album...
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rising to the challenge
Food manufacturers have enjoyed a particularly profitable 2005 to 2006 with margins hitting a healthy 9.5% compared with 9.1% in last year's figures. The increase is the result of a slight easing in the ultra-competitive battle between the major...