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Florida grapefruit back on track
Florida’s grapefruit crop has recovered since last year’s hurricane-ravaged season, but volumes are still dramatically down compared with 2003-2004.The US Department of Agriculture estimates Florida’s 2005-2006 grapefruit production to be 24...
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Trade buyers are back
Manufacturers are outbidding the private equity houses, says PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance partner Neil SuttonThe success rate of private equity houses in completing UK food sector deals appears to be on the wane. In the...
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Putting the fun back into food
Pasta has taken a real shine to character licensing, with a range of shapes being used to tempt youngsters’ tastebudsThe interest shown in character licensing is not limited to the obvious categories. Fresh food is not big in terms of...
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Commodities Update: corned beef, tuna, fruit concentrates
Corned beef pricierRetail prices for corned beef rose 25% this week as the shortage of raw material in Brazil finally took effect at store level.Hikes coincided with an announcement by the Brazilian veterinary authority that an outbreak of...
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Farmers ready to face bird flu
Poultry farmers insist systems are in place to prevent an outbreak of avian flu causing devastation to the nation’s poultry flock -– and claim that consumers are not being put off buying chicken and eggs by panic related to the spread of the disease...
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Premier Foods may be looking to snap up Birds Eye
Premier Foods is believed to be weighing up a bid for Birds Eye if owner Unilever decides to offload the frozen foods brand.Unilever recently revealed it was reviewing strategic options for its European frozen food business, including Iglo,...
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Bond guns for suppliers
Asda’s president Andy Bond has launched an amazing attack on suppliers, accusing them of breaking up any special relationship they may have had with the retailer and of failing to innovate.In a thinly veiled reference to arch rival Tesco, he...
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Bowling ’em over
Asda is claiming a great success with its first foray into the Northern Irish grocery market.It said sales at its first four stores had exceeded its weekly sales targets by 30% in their first week of trading.Chief executive Andy Bond said:...
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Ummah ‘is not a boycott brand’
Muslim brand Ummah hopes to succeed where the likes of Qibla Cola did not with a gradual rollout of new products and a positive marketing campaign aimed at achieving supermarket and international listings.Founder Khalid Sharif said advertising...
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Brazil’s Nova Schin set for the off
Nova Schin, the brewed-at-source lager from Brazil, is set to enter the UK off-trade.The 4.7% abv imported lager, which was first brewed in 1989, was trialled in the UK at the end of last year and has been tested in UK bars for the past two...
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Burden of crime growing
Sainsbury and Marks and Spencer have painted a pessimistic picture of the increasing impact retailers face from crime, reflecting latest figures that show the cost to businesses is rising along with violence and verbal abuse.Both companies told...
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If you haven’t got it, you can’t sell it
from Tony Rogers, chairman, VA Whitley & Co, foodservice supplierSir; The crie de coeur uttered by Richard Brittle (The Saturday Essay, The Grocer, October 15, p32) was most apposite.Ever since an accountant was made head of...
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MBL ‘needs huge culture change’
Musgrave Budgens Londis has called on suppliers to work closely with the group to simplify relationships.Speaking at the group’s supplier conference this week, trading director Barry Williams said communication had been at fault for under-...
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How much is chip and pin cutting fraud?
from Doug Hargrove, commercial director, Torex RetailSir; Despite last week’s news that Valentine’s Day 2006 will be the start of a no PIN, no purchase policy (The Grocer, October 15, p8), there are still several obstacles to the...
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New faces at Christian Salvesen
Logistics giant Christian Salvesen has appointed Belen Sanchez-Arias as its new marketing manager.Sanchez-Arias will take responsibility for all PR and marketing activities, including strategy, planning and implementation.She has worked in...
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Santa’s on Coke over Christmas
Coca-Cola is showing the bottle to evolve the brand with new festive packs for Coca-Cola Original and Diet Coke.It is launching seasonal graphics across two-litre bottles and multipacks of 330ml cans as well as sleeved designs for its glass...
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Community project faces tougher times
It’s six years since Rusper Village Stores in Rusper, West Sussex, reopened as the second community-owned retailing project. The site has quite a pedigree, having been the location of a village store for more than 100 years.The relaunch of the...
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Consumer Insight
Age profile of chicken consumersnLast year chicken was eaten on 3.5 billion occasions, up 1% on the previous yearnThe 17-24 age group over-indexes on chicken consumption by 33% compared with...
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Morrisons finalises corporate structure
After months of indecision and highly publicised boardroom battles, Sir Ken Morrison, chairman of Morrisons, has finalised the corporate governance structure of the supermarket group.This follows the decision of CEO Bob Stott to leave the...
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Savanna Dry is sticking its neck out
The premium UK cider market is set to get South African competition with the off-trade launch of Savanna Dry.The brand has been listed in the UK on-trade for 18 months, and has just been launched into the off-trade, commencing with a listing...