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Jackson is Westons’ commercial director
Westons Cider has promoted Roger Jackson to the new role of commercial director.Jackson is currently director of sales and marketing, heading a team of 22. He joined nine years ago as UK sales manager, progressing to take responsibility for...
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Reasons to be confident
Things are starting to look up for Morrisons, says Ronan HegartyThis week came the first signs that things are looking up for the beleaguered Morrisons as it reported like-for-like sales excluding fuel up 2.6% for the six months to...
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Consumer Feedback
>>you can make a healthy lunchbox meal but will children actually eat it?The lunchbox, particularly the children’s lunchbox, is on the front line of the battle to improve the nation’s eating habits, but it is a complex conflict...
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Consumer Insight
When pork is eatennIn the past year there were 984 million pork occasions, 1.6% fewer than in the previous year nThree-quarters of chops are consumed during the week, whereas 55% of joints...
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Farmers picket co-op factory
Angry milk producers this week blockaded a farmer-owned dairy factory for the first time, closing it down for several hours at a reported cost of £10,000/hour.Previous pickets have targeted only factories owned by the plc dairy...
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Price Flash: dairy
Product25/07/0516/05/05Changebutter0.530.57-0.04Cheapest own-label, 250gcathedral city1.681.59+0.09200gcheddar5.595.28+0.31Own-label mature, 250g-300g, per kgeggs0.980.980Own-label free-range, large,...
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Tesco sets style for denim
Tesco is relaunching its denim range as part of a major drive to increase its clothing offer by almost 30% this autumn, while Sainsbury is making a play for the back-to-school market with its first own-label kidswear range.Tesco’s new range,...
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Duncan to retire from First Milk in November
John Duncan, chief executive of dairy group First Milk is to retire.Duncan, who has led First Milk since its formation in 2001, said that he would step down from the role at the company’s agm in November.He will be replaced by First Milk’s...
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Good stuff – that kids will eat
Manufacturers are tackling the conundrum that it is one thing to have virtuous intentions for lunchboxes, but quite another to get children to actually eat healthy lines put in themSending your kids off to school with a lunchbox full...
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Tesco moves to find where retail price initiative money ended up
Tesco has called in its two liquid milk suppliers – Arla Foods and Robert Wiseman Dairies – to carry out an audit on where the retail price initiative money has ended up, according to reports.Sources in the farming sector claimed the move...
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The Saturday Essay
>>Businesses should work with police to cut crime, says Barbara Wilding, chief constable of South Wales PoliceSecurity and stability are essential not only to quality of life but also to economic growth and regeneration. Crime,...
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Fruit snacks make a packet
Fruit is becoming more popular as part of the lunchbox mix thanks to appealing, convenient snacking optionsFruit is the second most popular item found in a lunchbox, after sandwiches. TNS says fruit is in 52% of lunchboxes, with...
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How to play the game – and win
Fiona McLelland asks leading buyers what it takes to get to the top of the professionBrilliant negotiation skills, steely determination and bucket loads of ambition are just some of the attributes needed to get to the top of the...
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it’s time to get them in
The August 6 deadline for retailers to apply for new licences to sell alcohol is just a week away, says Claire HuThere is just a week to go before the start of the biggest reform of alcohol licensing laws since the First World War,...
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Kids get a thirst for water
Bottled water is gaining a foothold in the lunchbox and children like to have the coolest brandsYou’d be mistaken if you thought that every packed lunch contained a drink. According to TNS data, only 54% of lunchboxes are consumed...
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Sandwiches get stuffed with good things
Special ingredients and stylish packs are adding interest to sandwiches, and wraps are now a key growth areaSandwiches remain the lunchbox staple – according to TNS data, they appear in 75% of lunchboxes. The British Sandwich...
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Summer shopping: performance of grocery online services
>> HOW THE STORES COMPARED ON KEY ASPECTS OF THEIR ONLINE SERVICEOnline retailing has become an increasingly competitive battleground for the major supermarket chains. Indeed, since our Easter shopping survey, Iceland has...
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Harry Potter sells a million
The top three supermarkets have sold more than one million copies between them of the sixth instalment of JK Rowling’s boy wizard series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, attracting shoppers with their cut-price offers.Tesco, which cut...
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Little hope the watchdog will show teeth
Suppliers hold little hope for the scales to tip in their favour as the OFT prepares to publish its findings on the investigation into the supermarkets code of practice.An NFU spokeswoman said she was not hopeful about the findings, due as...