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Your Store fascia in sync with Mace
Palmer & Harvey McLane has rebranded its Northern Irish convenience brand Your Store to mirror the branding of its burgeoning Mace empire on the UK mainland.The old green, diamond-shaped Your Store logo has been replaced with a blue and...
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Mango feels the squeeze
Sharwood’s is following the success of the squeezy bottle used for tomato ketchup and mayonnaise with what it claims is the first branded mango chutney in the format.The company has launched Green Label Squeezy Mango Chutney (rsp: £1.89 for...
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Three-for-two racks up great sales
Thresher’s three-for-two deal across its whole portfolio has helped reveal what people really like to drink, according to trading director Alex Ansen.“New Zealand wines are really flying off the shelf,” said Ansen. “Old World classics have also...
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Guv’nor says: leave it out
Nisa-Today’s has been capturing headlines – for all the wrong reasons. Chairman Dudley Ramsden tells it as it is to Julian HuntThe clouds rolling down the side of the mountains that cradle Monte Carlo could have been a portent of...
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Hit or Miss?
>>How is one of 2004’s top launches faring?Product:basicCompany:philip MorrisLaunch date:july 2004With the launch of Basic last summer, Philip Morris became the second major manufacturer to introduce...
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Private investigations now on offer at Tesco
Tesco plans to increase its transparency by appointing its very first code compliance officer…but the name of the officer is being kept secret.The supermarket said the appointment illustrates how seriously it took its relationships with...
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The King of raspberries
M&S is exclusively stocking a new King Raspberry in selected stores which, at 7g, is double the fruit’s usual weight.Also known as the Madonna, it was grown in Britain for the first time this year in Kent. A 125g punnet is selling for...
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More than you know
Despite a record number of students passing A levels, employers are less than impressed with the standards of their new recruits. But what are they doing to help raise skills levels? Duncan Brown reportsIf the cuckoo’s call heralds...
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Retailers’ mixed reaction to OTM
Tesco plans to stock beef from cattle aged Over Thirty Months, Waitrose will not and Somerfield is mulling over the issue following the government’s decision to allow OTM beef back into the food chain.A Tesco spokesman said the multiple had...
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‘This new regime would ruin us’
Caribbean producers have added their voice to the ongoing EU/Latin America banana tariff dispute, staging a meeting at the St Lucia High Commission in London last week to highlight their concerns.The meeting follows Brussels’ latest proposal of...
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Research Notes
>>great times for continental cheeseContinental cheese (excluding blue) is still the strongest-growing sector other than mini portions (which are growing at 16% but with a market share of only 2.2%). More than 700,000 households...
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One stop shop for toilet tissue
Toilet roll with cleansing balm is designed to appeal to young women. Lotus Freshness is Georgia-Pacific’s first super-premium toilet paper launched under the Lotus brand in the UK.The product contains a dermatologically tested gentle cleansing...
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Strike threat persists
Morrisons is still in a fight to stave off potentially crippling strike action at five of its depots.A three-day strike planned for this weekend, followed by an overtime ban and a seven-day strike, has been suspended for seven days after the...
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The right place, the right time
Tesco and Waitrose, which both announced record half-year results this week, are winning the hearts of shoppers for their respective clear and consistent approaches, say analysts.They say Waitrose’s interims showed retailers didn’t need a...
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Premium sausage power
New premium varieties have boosted British sausage consumption by 17% since 2000 to an annual 189,000 tonnes, said Mintel.Further, the market value of sausages has risen by 23% over the past five years to a forecast £530m for 2005, it...
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Pumping up the volume
The Safeway deal turns attention on just how large a forecourt retailer Tesco has, perhaps by default, become says Beth BrooksThere’s no doubting the fact that Tesco has always regarded the petrol arena as a massive business...
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Supplier Spotlight
Trying to turn haggis from an occasional celebratory dish into a regular habit is the challenge being addressed by Scots fresh meat supplier Simon Howie Butchers.The traditional Burns Night fare is popular both north and south of the Border,...