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Heinz means business on salt
Heinz will become one of the biggest food brands to alter its packaging with a salt awareness message, timed to coincide with a multi-million pound government campaign launching on October 10.The company hopes to underline its commitment to...
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Hart replaces Massey as Unwins chief buyer
Off-licence chain Unwins has promoted Rob Hart to the position of head of buying.Hart has worked in the buying department for two years, joining from Balfour Convenience Stores. He was also a buyer for Whistlestop Food & Wine and...
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Squeezed supply chain must seize opportunity
Manufacturers must decide now if they want to eat or be eaten as price pressures drive ongoing rationalisation, says Ronan HegartyIn the UK food sector, 150 companies have gone into receivership, there has been 200 mergers, and 300...
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No real China crisis…
Was the quota row just a storm in a teacup, asks Glynn DavisThe China trade quotas grabbed column inches at a quiet time for the media. But, as clothing deliveries were held up in ports and warehouses for several weeks on the...
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Discounts thwart cider dreams
Cider manufacturers say aggressive discounting of supermarket own label cider undermines their quest to move the category upmarket.They say own-label pricing, which has resulted in a three-litre bottle of own label cider being sold at Asda for...
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In Profile: Q&A with John Weaver, commercial director, Petty, Wood
John Weaver, commercial director of fine food distributor Petty, Wood, has hung up his travelling boots. Having worked in continental Europe for companies such as...
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Commodities Update: salmon, tuna, tomatoes
Red salmon 15% downAlaskan salmon pack details from the Food Processors Association in Seattle confirm that red 213g are 15% down on last season but pinks are up 20%. The FPA said 213g red prices are up 15% and 105g will be 20% higher due to...
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Vegans win in complaint
Vegans had a bone to pick with Nestlé when it implied dairy products were essential for good health.Nestlé’s advertorial on the AOL website, ‘Mastering your metabolism part 3: Eat well, feel great’, said: “Dairy products … essential for healthy...
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Superquinn considers franchising possibility
Select Retail Holdings, new owner of the Superquinn chain, is considering whether to establish a franchise network, according to Irish trade sources.Already, the sources say, it has been approached by a number of disgruntled SuperValu and...
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Consumer Feedback
>>adventure and tradition both play their partThe feedback from our respondents reveals that there has been a renaissance in consumer interest in the past five years, with successful new products matching changing food styles...
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Consumer Insight
When broccoli is eatennBroccoli was eaten on 1.4 billion occasions last yearnConsumption was up by 7% on the previous yearnHalf of all broccoli is consumed...
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Unwins crisis deepens
Suppliers are still refusing to sell stock to Unwins as the troubled off-licence chain’s woes deepen. One supplier said this week that the retailer’s problems were now such that it had ceased trading with the troubled chain. He added: “It is...
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One sixth of farmers to quit dairy
One sixth of dairy farmers will quit the sector in the next two years, according to new figures.Feed company BOCM Pauls, which claims to feed one in four dairy herds, conducted a survey of 600 producers – a sample almost double the size of that...
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A new date for your expo diary
Major shows to come under one roof at Food And Drink World 06Tens of thousands of food trade professionals will be heading to Birmingham’s NEC in March for a major new event in the exhibition calendar.Food and Drink World 2006,...
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It’s an upside down world
Changing formats can work wonders for sales but what’s inside the bottle sometimes matters moreThe biggest single development in the £181m thick and thin sauces sector has been in terms of packaging, with top-down and squeezy formats...
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The Saturday Essay
>>the industry is being a good sport over health – Melanie Leech, director general, Food and Drink FederationDuring the next few weeks and months we will begin to get a glimpse of the way government and its agencies see the...
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The Grocer seminar explores Health Paper
The Grocer is planning to mark the first anniversary of the publication of the government’s Health White Paper with a unique half-day seminar in London. The event – which aims to bring together the key stakeholders in the food and health debate...
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Scots will face the test
Scottish retailers are facing the prospect of test-purchasing of alcohol by under-18s.Trading Standards in Scotland has been unable to use young people to test-purchase because of concern for their welfare. The Crown Office has now...
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Old Favourites
>>coca-colaProduct:coca-colaCompany:coca-colaLaunch date:1886Coca-Cola has in its more than 100 years on shelf proved to be in a league of its own. Year after year it has managed to stay ahead of the...
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Relishing Indian flavours
Consumers may not realise how easy it is to replicate a great dining experience in their own homesOne of the most hotly contested sectors of the overall market is that of pickles and chutneys, currently worth £63m, although the...