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Masterfoods’ pet project
Masterfoods is ensuring that cats and dogs don’t get left out of the present stakes this Christmas with an improved festive range of snacks.Whiskas Tub, including Temptations, Crunch and Kitbits, joins the range for cats while Pedigree has...
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Misreading the signals
The hot topic at the CIES Food Business Forum in Barcelona was how to improve RFID tagging technology, says Beth BrooksThe theme may have been Creating Tomorrow’s Supply Chain, but at the CIES Food Business Forum supply chain...
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New model for Uniq
Chilled convenience foods group Uniq has announced a major restructure to its Uniq Prepared Foods operations.The new operating model will result in each of Uniq Prepared Foods operating sites established as a standalone business unit with...
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The natives are restless
Consumer unease at Tesco’s dominance is growing with one in three shoppers now believing the supermarket giant has become too powerful and is killing off competition and choice, an exclusive survey for The Grocer reveals. Eight months ago, just one...
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New regs threaten sudden shutdown
Supermarkets and c-stores selling meat, fish, dairy products and eggs have been warned they face immediate closure if an environmental health officer so much as suspects they have breached hygiene rules.Meat industry bosses say new powers, set...
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Return of the village people
Up to 150 more village shops could close this year under pressure from the multiples. Simon Mowbray looks at attempts being made to reverse the trendOn a grey morning in Wiltshire, around 60 villagers gather excitedly outside the...
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Set for the PIN revolution
Beth BrooksRetailers are in a race against time to get chip and PIN terminals up and running after a deadline was set this week for all customers to be using the payment facility by February 14 next year.Although the majority of...
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Talking Point
Huge momentum is now building up behind the MSC’s certification of and eco-labelling for environmentally responsible and sustainable fisheries. More than 40 fisheries are now engaged in the programme and the range, volume and availability of...
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Traditional season for Port
Port sales traditionally peak around Christmas, but producers are working to boost its image year-roundPort producers, always fearful the industry could experience the same kind of slump which hit sherry in the 1990s, are looking to...
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No more walking on the wild side
Tough new rules that ban linking sexual or social success with alcohol advertising have forced producers to tone down TV, radio and press ads, often at the risk of losing humourIt has been a pivotal year for alcohol advertising, with...
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Co-op to sell department store network
The Co-operative Group is selling off its 36-strong department store network.The Co-op said that it plans to exit the sector within the next two years and is in talks with Anglia Regional Co-operative Society, which is considering acquiring...
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The Grocer launches own label awards
A new awards scheme is being launched this week by The Grocer to reward the very best in own label product development.One of the unique features of The Grocer Own Label Excellence Awards is that consumers will have a say in deciding the...
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Brazilian beef is off the menu
Supermarkets have reassured consumers this morning that Brazilian beef will soon be off their shelves – following an outbreak of foot and mouth in the Mato Grosso do Sul region.The EU yesterday banned all imports from the region, which is...
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Premier Foods sells tea business
Premier Foods has sold its tea business to Indian tea company Apeejay International Tea Limited, a subsidiary of Apeejay Surrendra, for £80m.The deal includes Premier Foods’ Typhoo, London Fruit & Herb, Lift and other associated brands....
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OFT execs call for restructure
The Consumer and Trading Standards Agency should be placed within the Office of Fair Trading, the new OFT chairman and chief executive Philip Collins and John Fingleton have said.In a letter to Department of Trade and Industry consumer...
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Masterfoods triumphs at P-O-P Awards
Masterfoods walked off with the top accolade at the British P-O-P Awards for its Maltesers R2D2 display unit, created by Displayplan-Leggett & Platt Display Group. The unit, which won best snack products and soft drinks category as well as...
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Anuga: Where was all the innovation?
Real innovation was sadly lacking at this year’s Anuga trade show in Germany. There were only a smattering of products offering that ‘wow’ factor. Many of the ‘new’ lines on display were simply me-too versions of existing innovations –...
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M&S food sales up 6.3%
Marks and Spencer has recorded a 6.3% increase in food sales in the second quarter to October 1.In a trading update to the City, the retailer also revealed that its like-for-like food sales were up 2.7% compared with an increase of 0.7% last...
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Northern Foods up 3.4%
Northern Foods has revealed a 3.4% increase in underlying sales for the first half of 2005.In a trading statement for the 26 weeks to end October 1, Northern Foods said that performances across its ambient and frozen business was robust and...