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Sunsilk opts for restyle
The Sunsilk range of shampoos and conditioners is getting a £6.5m restyle from next month, with updated packaging and new advertising support. All the shampoos and conditioner variants are switching to 200ml tubes in a bid to...
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Special organic port sails into UK
Fine wine importer Mentzendorff is launching one of the UK's first organic ports, to appeal to the country's growing interest in organic products. Terra Prima Organic Reserve by The Fladgate Partnership, owners of the port house...
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Rise and rise of organic
The organic yoghurts sector continues to grow well ahead of total yoghurts and pot desserts. A decade after it began its climb into the public consciousness, organic remains an impressive trend in the yoghurt and pot desserts...
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Suppliers set phone ringing
Two weeks ago Asda's Dave Cheesewright told readers of The Grocer they should call him direct if they had any complaints about their treatment during the multiple's recent tough price negotiations. This week the chain's chief...
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Somerfield sharpens up
Somerfield's new trading team is already making a big impact following a series of price cuts to refocus its value position. When former Asda boss Paul Mason and former Tesco grocery trading director Colin Smith joined Somerfield...
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Tomorrow's supermarket superstars
IGD's Global Retailing 2006 report highlights ten retailers that it claims are the ones to watch this year. James Durston reports. We all know who the biggest grocery retailers in the world are, but what about tomorrow's...
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Asda launches estate agency
As predicted by The Grocer last week, Asda is launching the first-ever supermarket estate agency in the summer.Homes@Supermarkets will be trialled in the north east initially, with a plan to roll it out nationally early next year under the...
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Bird flu discovered in Norfolk
Bird flu has been discovered at a farm near Dereham, Norfolk.Preliminary tests carried out on a number of dead chickens at the farm found that they tested positive for the virus.However, the strain is thought to be the H7 strain of...
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Seeing the bigger picture
The future looks bright for the Henderson Group, says Ronan HegartyMartin Agnew, MD of Henderson Wholesale, believes that the arrival of Asda on the Northern Ireland retailing scene has acted as a catalyst for those in the independent...
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Tesco makes bumper profit
Tesco has recorded a 17% increase in underlying profit to £2.25bn in its full-year results.In full-year results to February 25, the retail giant said that its group pre-tax profit increased 16.7% to £2.21bn, on group sales up 13.2% to...
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Cadbury acquires bottling group
Cadbury Schweppes has acquired the remaining 55% stake in Dr Pepper and Seven Up Bottling Group for $353m (£198m).Cadbury, which already holds a 45% stake in the group, said that it would acquire a 53% stake from the Carlyle Group for $334m...
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Tesco results expected
Tesco is expected to reveal full-year profits of £2.2bn tomorrow.Analysts are predicting that the UK's number one supermarket group will unveil group sales of approximately £38bn and pre-tax profit of £2.16bn-£2.2bn.They have also...
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Northern Foods to sell Fox's Biscuits?
Northern Foods could be planning to sell its biscuits business Fox's Biscuits.Reports suggest that the company could be planning to sell its bakeries and flour mills division of which Fox's Biscuits is part of. The division recorded sales of...
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Pepsi aims to Max out with 2006 footie fever
What's in your locker? That's the question posed by Britvic in a £7m campaign for the Pepsi Max brand that includes TV ads and the chance to win XBox 360 entertainment consoles. An on-pack promotion, which will feature across all...
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Eastenders on way to Big 30
Eastenders Cash & Carry has opened two new depots, in Slough and West Bromwich, and on current performance is a contender for The Grocer's Big 30 wholesaler listings next year. The company is based in Leyton, east London, and...
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4Independents
GlaxoSmithKline is serving up a spring sport bonanza with a package of heavyweight TV advertising and high-profile sponsorship for Lucozade Sport, the UK's no 1 sports drink.The TV campaign is a significant proportion of the...
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Market Monitor: The value of dairy imports has soared 40% in three years
The import bill for dairy products hit a new record last year at just over £1.5bn, 7% up on 2004. Over the past three years the value of dairy imports has soared by...
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Cains - more than able
Liverpool will be famous for premium lager, says Sonya Hook Former customers of the Dusanj brothers' old fish and chip shop in Kent would no doubt be surprised to discover the same pair now making waves in the UK's beer...
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The Acid Test: Brothers Ciders
Consumers and buyers give their views on the latest product launches. Product: Brothers ciders. Company: Brothers drinks. The range includes a 7% abv Festival-strength Pear Cider, sold at the Glastonbury music festival...
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In Brief: Maximising on milk; Flavour adventure; Dessert debut; Feel-Good fantasy; Splashing out
Twinings is milking its marketing coffers for a £1.2m TV ad campaign for its Ovaltine Max for Milk brand. Set to break in June, executions feature animated characters and deal with parents’ eternal dilemma of how to get kids to eat…