All news articles – Page 3550
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Bond planning call slammed
Independent retailers have slammed Asda boss Andy Bond for claiming that competition chiefs are “shooting at the wrong target” by concentrating their current interest in the grocery sector on c-stores.The Asda chief executive said he wanted to...
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Brain food breadwinner
Bread enriched with the healthy fat Omega-3 is the latest product to be launched in the Sparky Brand range.The loaf is the third in the Sparky stable, with Omega-3 enriched whole chickens and fruit juices already unveiled. Ues Yuor Laof...
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Homer rekindles Butterkist’s popcorn production
Leading popcorn brand Butterkist has unveiled its first innovation since a fire at its UK factory in Pontefract halted production last year.A new flavour, Honey Nut, combining popcorn and peanuts covered in creamy honey toffee, is being...
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Be Treatwise ‘has quite different objective’ – Cadbury Schweppes
Cadbury’s Trish Fields said the Be Treatwise initiative was completely separate to the labelling scheme launched by six of the food industry’s giants this week. “Be Treatwise is led bythe confectionery industry and is grounded in the fact...
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Off-trade sales for Camden Park
Orbital Wines has launched its Camden Park brand into the off-trade to refresh UK consumers’ image of Australian wines.The range, which includes the 14% abv Camden Park Shiraz Petit Verdot and the Chardonnay Verdelho (rsp: £6.99 each), will go...
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Panda reborn to shed cheap image
Children’s drink brand Panda is attempting to cast off its cheap and cheerful image with a revamp of the entire range. From April 3 the drinks will be repackaged in a streamlined bottle, with labelling designed to appeal to an older age group....
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Italian: still the sauce of choice
Popular, versatile tomato-based Italian sauces continue to star in the cooking sauces sector, but manufacturers say value has been squeezed by heavy promotions. Jaq Bayles reportsItalian continues to be the star of the £454.3m...
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Time ripe for three new ciders
The thriving UK cider market is set to be boosted by a £24m investment and three new products from the Gaymer Cider Company.Constellation’s Gaymer Cider Company, the producer of Gaymer’s Olde English brand, has launched three new premium...
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Cod fishery gets MSC thumbs up
Moves to put major seafood species on a sustainable fishing basis have passed a milestone with the certification of the first cod fishery to the Marine Stewardship Council standard.The freezer longline Pacific cod fishery in the Bering Sea and...
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Fresh expertise comes into play at Superquinn
Irish supermarket Superquinn has appointed Brian Mooney and Bruce Langlands to the new roles of regional managers.Mooney is a former Dunnes buyer and Langlands a former senior executive for M&S’s Irish food operation.Simon Burke, chief...
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SA growers hit by tough conditions
South Africa’s citrus growers are “licking their wounds” after their worst year since 2000, according to Capespan.UK trading director Martin Dunnett said 2005 had been tough for orange and grapefruit growers in particular, with an over-supply...
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Consumer Feedback
>>Mature market wants authenticityThe market for cooking sauces is clearly mature, with innovation and consumer interest gravitating towards recipe styles that are more difficult to construct from scratch at home. There has also...
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Consumer Insight
Age profile of prawn consumersnBritain is turning into a nation of prawn lovers – they were eaten on 186 million occasions last year, up by 12%nJust over half of all prawns are consumed at...
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Coolest of operators
It’s been a tough year for frozen food and that’s not been good news for our top retailer, says Gaelle WalkerIceland’s new-found confidence (see page 36) must have impacted smaller rivals such as Farmfoods. However, Herd says that...
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Costs hit poultry farmers
Chicken farmers are emptying their sheds because soaring energy and feed costs are making production unprofitable.Charles Bourns, chairman of the NFU’s poultry committee, said he knew of one farm in Gloucestershire, which usually reared 600,000...
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New era dawns for Superquinn
A new-look Superquinn is emerging less than a year after the Irish chain was taken over by an Irish business consortium. Chief executive Simon Burke has revamped the management team, recruiting key players from outside the company, restructured...
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Golden Delicious premium drive
South Africa’s Golden Delicious growers are making a bold attempt to get the in-store price of their fruit increased by 30%.They are to launch a five-year, £200,000-a-year consumer PR campaign in April in a bid to change consumers’ perception...
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Sparky goes down Devon way
The supermarket version of Sparky Brand’s Omega-3 rich whole chicken, news of which was broken by The Grocer (January 28, p62), will be produced by Devon farmer and processor Lloyd Maunder.The bird raised for the product will be Lloyd Maunder’s...
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Offers highlight Italian wine diversity
The Co-operative Group is planning to draw attention to the diversity of the Italian wine category by offering promotions on selected wines throughout the rest of this month.Due to run from February 13 to March 5, the initiative will offer...
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New era for Nisa terms
Nisa-Today’s has launched New Era terms for retail members, which include rebates, updated PoS material and pricing tiered to three different store types.The benefits include rebates for meeting minimum orders of ambient, chilled and frozen...