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Consumer Insight
When cold beef is eatennCold beef was eaten on 51 million occasions last year, a decline of 29% on the previous year n47% of cold beef is eaten at the evening...
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Growers hope to create a Delia-style frenzy
The Delia effect worked wonders for the cranberry, but can generic promotions do the same for other fruits and vegetables?By our calculations, fruit and veg growers have pledged nearly £10m this year to generic promotions to boost...
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Uphill going for Cumbrian plant
Partners in Cheese (PiC) has reignited its drive for farmers to back a proposed new cheese plant in Cumbria.An ominous two months silence followed an initial meeting with interested parties in May, but the Dutch-based consortium has now sent...
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Lidl drums up support for its debut in Orkney Islands
Hard discounter Lidl is hoping to open its most northerly UK store in the Orkneys by next February.The retailer held a public meeting in Kirkwall in a bid to drum up support for the proposed store in the town. Gordon Greens, a Lidl sales...
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End in sight for store war
Tesco is to re-open its controversial Slough Extra store next month and close its neighbouring superstore to avoid intervention from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).Tesco said last year that it would sell the superstore once refurbishment was...
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The Saturday Essay
>>THE BENEFITS OF BEING CHARITABLE – Mike Harfleet, Managing Director, Siro UKToday, July 2, billions of people across Europe and America will come together to create the largest political constituency ever mobilised, to call...
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Findus returns to sweeter stuff
Findus is making a return to the sweet frozen category with the launch of Flips filled pancakes.The line is being launched in six flavours – Choc ‘n’ Roll, Super Strawberry, Really Raspberry, Cheese & Ham, Mexican Cheese and Chilli Beef...
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Foreign Focus
>>What's new overseas?Product: Jeunesse rangeCompany: ParmalatCountry: ItalyBeauty foods and drinks form an established market in some parts of Asia-Pacific, notably Japan...
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morrisons never ‘forgot’ the people
from Mike Greenwood, personnel and training director, MorrisonsSir; Steve Crabb’s uninformed views in the article ‘Don’t forget the people’ (The Grocer, June 18, p76) belittle the effort, skills and enthusiasm of the many people...
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Steam freshens up quality message
Microwave ready meal company Steam has freshened up its image with a smarter packaging design and new recipes emphasising the quality of the products in its range.Inspired by recipes from around the world, Steam has developed four dishes –...
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A not-so-rosy future?
It might be the consumer’s favourite aisle, but fresh produce suppliers are at breaking point. Richard Clarke reports on how the impending crisis could affect the multiplesFresh produce is arguably a supermarket’s most important...
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Tesco’s GI guru leaves project leader post
Hamish Renton, project leader for a number of Tesco health-related initiatives, has left the retail giant.A spokeswoman for Tesco confirmed that the search was on for his replacement.Although the spokeswoman was unable to confirm which...
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Preservation of store’s heritage
The new owners of one of the oldest grocery stores in the UK – Trumps, in Sidmouth, Devon – plan to keep the 192-year-old store in its original format.Mark and Jackie Feeney, from Newton Poppleford, three miles away, have told the agent...
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Morrisons still losing its hold
As we finally move into summer weather, many retailers are waiting in anticipation for seasonal sales uplifts. Even so, topline retail sales growth in the grocery multiples has been relatively good at 4.8% in the three months up to the beginning of...
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Parents indulge kids
One in three parents takes little interest in their children’s eating habits, according to a report on childhood obesity by Mintel.Only 54% of parents said they attempted to educate their children about healthy eating, and just 51% said they...
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That Ting Pepsi does rivals Lilt
A soft drink that will go head-to-head with Coca-Cola’s Lilt is being launched into the multiples by Pepsi Americas
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Moo makes lunchbox links
Milk Link Beverages is the latest dairy company to step up innovation in branded milk with the launch of Mini Moo cartons for kids and Moo Organic.The UK’s biggest supplier of long-life milk is releasing two variants of its long-life milk...
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A new vision takes shape
State-of-the art distribution will underpin a sharper focus on retail at Nisa-Today’s, says Julian HuntDrive to the edges of the Foxhills Industrial Park on the outskirts of Scunthorpe and you cannot miss the giant new building that...
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Research Notes
>>UK FRESH PRODUCE MARKET still growingFresh produce in the UK continues to be buoyant in value terms, with expenditure growing at 4% year-on-year to April 24. TNS values the market at £6.8bn.Volumes rose 4%, but...