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Organic Pomegranate & Apple Juice
Expert's verdict...8/25?Bottled in glass with a foil covered screw cap, the label has a simple illustration designed to invoke farm shop brands. The aroma is of old apples with a slight berry smell, the juice cloudy with a dull...
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Spanish wine blend arrives for summer
A popular Spanish wine-based drink is on its way over to the UK in time for the summer season. Drinks producer Sandevid is launching its pre-mixed version of the classic Tinto de Verano brand into the UK off-trade. The drink, which is a...
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Huntly brands Asda an 'arrogant bully'
Asda has been accused of acting like an "arrogant bully" in a Scottish town, just months after it used a new store to launch a loyalty scheme to encourage customers to shop with other local businesses. Its...
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Sainsbury backtracks on relocation decision
Sainsbury has backtracked on a decision last year to centralise its convenience operations in the north east of England, with the relocation of its trading teams to its London headquarters. The national trading and marketing teams...
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Duchy raises the bakes as Cornwall site opens
Prince Charles's favourite organic brand Duchy Originals has extended its premium organic positioning into bakery, with the launch of ten lines, all made at the company's new Launceston-based bakery. The bakery is the first production...
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Grampian beefed up by meaty talent
Grampian Country Food Group has made two new appointments as part of the restructuring of its senior management team. Steve Crossley has been appointed MD of its Pork Malton business unit. Crossley, who takes up his new role in August,...
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Berberana unveils premium offering
United Wineries has added a Reserva level to its Berberana Dragon Spanish wine brand. The Reservas Privadas, which has a retail price of £5.99, is made entirely from Temperanillo grapes and has been matured for 18 months in American oak...
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The big players work to get out of the cold
To accompany this week's Focus on Frozen feature in The Grocer, this week Promotrack looks at promotional activity across the category over the past three months (12 weeks) from 1 April 2006.For the first eight weeks of this period, the...
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The big players work to get out of the cold
The Promotrack team this week assess just how much effort the key brands have been putting into frozen food promotionsTo accompany this week&'s Focus on Frozen feature in The Grocer, this week Promotrack looks at promotional...
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Morrisons continues big sell-off of stores
Morrisons is still selling off stores and has slapped a &'for sale&' sign on two of its shops, including one in its home town Bradford, as part of an ongoing review of its operations. The supermarket chain has revealed that...
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Evolving into fourth biggest
Number of depots: 49Number of employees: 4,000Turnover: £1.7bnType of operation: Cash & carry and delivered wholesalerBestway's rise to prominence reads something like the Frank Lampard success story:...
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Evolving into fourth biggest
Number of depots: 49Number of employees: 4,000Turnover: £1.7bnType of operation: Cash & carry and delivered wholesalerBestway&'s rise to prominence reads something like the Frank Lampard success story:...
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Technology blips force Tesco into RFID rethink
Tesco has ditched its plan to roll out RFID to 1,400 stores and 30 distribution centres after technology problems forced a rethink. It had originally planned to have RFID readers at all depots and on at least one door of every store...
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Technology blips force Tesco into RFID rethink
Tesco has ditched its plan to roll out RFID to 1,400 stores and 30 distribution centres after technology problems forced a rethink.It had originally planned to have RFID readers at all depots and on at least one door of every...
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In Brief: Fluid links; On board; Charity role; Non-execs for JLP ; Forum chairman; Jane Wakeling
Fluid links Werner White has been appointed managing director of KN Drinks Logistics, the newly formed drinks division of logistics group Kuehne + Nagel. White has some 24 years' experience in the logistics division, having worked...
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Personal coach Graham Botwright On the essential skills required for effective negotiation
You are nervous and agitated about an upcoming negotiation and conscious of the need to achieve a certain result. You are hopeful of a positive outcome but know that the person sitting on the other side of the table never offers anything for...
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Personal coach Graham Botwright On the essential skills required for effective negotiation
Mind games - balancing the power to win the dealYou are nervous and agitated about an upcoming negotiation and conscious of the need to achieve a certain result. You are hopeful of a positive outcome but know that the person sitting...
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Fresh Bramley gets a kick from processors
Increasing demand for Bramley apples from the processing, juice and most recently the Irish cider industry and the Magners brand is set to generate growth for English growers. Higher revenues could lead to the opportunity to plant more...
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'Broad endorsement' for new Seafish hailed
The Sea Fish Industry Authority has countered critics with a root-and-branch revamp that it says will mean it delivering an improved and more responsive service to the industry. In the wake of the Defra review in which a few levy...
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My Favourite Things Dave Brooks - chief executive of Finsbury Food Group
What's your favourite restaurant and why? Oxo Tower has wonderful views of London.Do you prefer healthy food or junk food? Healthy food.Have you ever sent back or complained about a meal? Poor service makes me grumpy.What...