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VCs back in frame
This year opportunities will abound for both VCs and corporates says Neil Sutton, PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate FinanceIf M&A activity continues at anything near the frenetic rate of last year, we could be in for a busy year....
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Back to icy heartland
Unilever Ice Cream and Frozen Food is taking its Magnum ice cream back to basics with a £6.5m relaunch and new flavours to reinforce the brand’s indulgence properties.The company is launching Magnum Almond, which it said had already proved...
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No mess, no fuss home baking
Aunt Bessie’s aims to turn up the temperature in the frozen aisles with a range of ready-to-bake traditional British scones, cakes and cookies, creating what it claims is a whole new category.The desserts are cooked from raw in the oven and are...
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Commodities Update: tuna, salmon, corned beef
Rapid firming in BangkokTuna prices have topped $1,000/tonne due to continued poor fishing in the three main areas – the Indian Ocean, Western and Eastern Tropical Pacific.Sources in Bangkok forecast the rise to continue, which will result...
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Tiger Beer taps Western promise
A huge marketing push for Tiger Beer in the UK is set to take advantage of a “growing fusion between Eastern and Western culture”, according to the drinks company.Tiger will be investing £5m in the brand in the UK this year, which will include...
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Mold gets juicy job at Berryman
Juice and fruit-based ingredients supplier David Berryman has appointed Paul Mold as UK sales manager.Mold has held a number of account management roles at flavour manufacturer Belmay Flavours, fats and oils company ADM Pura, and Associated...
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Italian-inspired facelift for Bertolli
Bertolli – Unilever’s Italian olive oil and pasta sauce brand – is expanding and being given a facelift to emphasise its natural ingredients.New packaging for the Bertolli 500g pasta sauces will be in stores from March, along with a product...
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Jarlsberg’s Irish eye on Britain
Norway’s biggest dairy company, Tine, has set up a manufacturing site in Ireland and a sales office in England so it can boost sales of Jarlsberg cheese within the European Union.Because Norway is outside the EU, it can only export 4,000 tonnes...
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Cains retaps water supply
Liverpool-based Cains brewery has invested £250,000 in technology to re-source a natural water supply.All beers now brewed at the site are made with water that is sourced 30m below the brewery, just as they were more than a century ago until...
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Campaigners go online to protest
Supermarkets are weathering a gathering storm of hi-tech protests as increasing numbers of campaigners turn to the web to gain support for their causes.Last week The Grocer revealed that residents in the Scottish town of Inverness, dubbed...
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In profile: Kirit Joshi, manager of TRS Wholesale’s Southall cash and carry, West London
Commitment pays off
As manager of ethnic food specialist TRS Wholesale’s Southall cash and carry in London, Kirit Joshi doesn’t get much time off. A six-and-a-half… -
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Cauliflower imports up
Growing conditions in Brittany this winter have resulted in greater availability of medium-sized cauliflowers than would normally have been expected.Medium cauliflowers are in high demand in the UK and exports from the region to these shores...
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Working the chain gang
Joanne Denney-Finch is making a mark at the Food Chain Centre, says Richard ClarkeShe’s only been in the job for eight months, but it looks as though Joanne Denney-Finch is already making an impression as chairman of the Food Chain...
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UK supermarket chain closing in on Jersey site
One of the major UK supermarket chains could be established in Jersey within the next three years.Jersey Royal Potato Marketing is in talks with a major UK supermarket with a view to selling a packing site on the island. MD Tom Binet refused to...
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Christie handling sale of the dregs of Unwins
Administrator KPMG has handed over the sale of the 141 remaining Unwins retail outlets to property agent Christie & Co, The Grocer has learned.The move comes after KPMG issued its statement of affairs on Unwins to Companies...
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Merger clamp ‘will be fought’
Competition authorities have blocked Jersey Royal Potato Marketing’s bid to expand.Shareholders produce 50% of the Jersey Royals grown on the island. Growers contracted to supply JRPM produce another 40% of the island’s crop, with the remaining...
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Consumer Insight
When melon is consumednMelon was eaten on 326 million occasions last year, an increase of 5%n32% of melon is eaten by the over 65snThe evening meal is the...
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An energy drink with a difference
Kixin aims to re-energise the energy drinks category by using unusual packaging and adding health benefits.The non-carbonated energy drink sells in glass bottles, aimed at convincing consumers that Kixin is a premium, healthy product in a...
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The Saturday Essay
>>physical activity should be accessible to all children. Justin King, CEO of SainsburyThe childhood obesity debate continues to rage on. In the grocery industry, we’re used to people thinking that diet is fundamentally the...