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City wants Morrisons peace
One senior retail expert said investors were infuriated by recent press coverage depicting the two men at loggerheads.He said: “The language used in the papers has been that of politics rather than commerce, which is disappointing. Sir Ken has...
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Cockburn’s Port due for a facelift
Allied Domecq’s Port brand, Cockburn’s, is lined up for a facelift.Research by ADUK showed that consumers preferred the recognisable Coronet-style bottle, currently used by Cockburn’s Special Reserve, Fine Ruby and Fine Tawny.The shape...
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Landmark Collection’s a corker!
The wholesaler pulled off a surprise but worthy win for Best Own-Label Range as Sonya Hook reportsAfter a close battle, Landmark emerged as the winner of the Best Own-Label Range title at The Grocer Gold Awards. The wholesale group...
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Consumer Insight
When dried fruit is eatennIn the past year, dried fruit was consumed on 525 million occasions, 10% more than in the previous yearnDried fruit accounts for 6% of all fruit...
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Consumer Feedback
>>cambridge fast foodfax looks at frozenFrozen foods continue to enjoy high levels of consumer approval in the categories where they excel and where there is a genuine meal need. Undoubtedly frozen foods suffer from being at the...
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Dye tests signal crisis over
The crisis brought about by the discovery of illegal food dyes and the UK’s subsequent biggest-ever food recall appears to have passed, as panic testing for contaminants tailed off in the past month.One of the UK’s main laboratories for the...
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Toiletry gift offers for Dad
Father’s Day this month may have indicated a surge in promotions on men’s toiletries, but Stockwatch found only three out of the six major retailers had a wide variety of products on offer. Between 20% and 25% of SKUs were on promotion out of...
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Dhamecha names sales manager
Dhamecha Group Cash and Carry has appointed Graham Beach to the newly created position of sales manager.He will manage Dhamecha’sbusiness development executives to oversee the expansion of the group’s Privileged Customer Club for retailers,...
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Diageo Europe goes for growth
The recently formed Diageo Europe plans to focus on the emerging markets of Russia and Poland and create an efficient marketing strategy.Andrew Morgan, president of Diageo Europe, said it had also identified growth categories in which to...
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Kids dig that fruit, dude
Bord Bia has received E600,000 from the European Union to fund a promotion designed to boost children’s consumption of fruit and veg in the Republic of Ireland.The E1.2m campaign will roll out in primary schools from the September term and run...
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Mateus in the pink with duet of Rosés
Mateus is rolling out a £1.2m advertising campaign this month to coincide with growing interest in rosé wine in the UK.The campaign will support its latest variant, Mateus Rosé Temperanillo (rsp: £4.99), as well as its Mateus Rosé Original wine...
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The Saturday Essay
>>brands help build milk sales, says David Whiting, marketing director of organic dairy farmers co-operative OMSCONews that milk sales have enjoyed a small uplift for the first time in many years is a rare ray of sunshine for...
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Waitrose trials extended hours
Waitrose is trialling extended opening hours in a move that could see it keeping its doors open as long as its major rivals.The chain’s relocated West Ealing store will be the first to open from 8am to 10pm on Thursdays and Fridays, with...
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Getting fresh with frozen fare
Freezing is the most natural way of preserving food and producers of frozen foods insist that ‘frozen is fresh’. So why is the modern generation still not getting it? Jaq Bayles reportsFrozen is fresh – that’s the mantra of all...
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Vimto lets rip with fizzy sweets
Leaf UK is releasing a fizzy Vimto-branded sweet and promising a radical new packaging concept for its Chewits brand as part of its plan to double in size in the next few years.Vimto Tongue Ticklers come in stickpacks of six (rsp: 25p) and are...
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Frozen: fresher than fresh?
Celebrity endorsement of healthy eating is enticing more consumers towards the frozen foods sectorThe frozen foods sector must be one of the few areas where you can still mention Jamie Oliver’s name without the danger of getting a...
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Warburtons gets friendly
Warburtons is raising the health profile of the bakery category with the launch of what it claims is the first UK prebiotic bread.The 400g wholemeal loaf, called Healthy Inside, contains the added natural prebiotic ingredient inulin. According...
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HP joins Heinz on top table
Heinz has saucy plans for its new conquest. Siân Harrington reportsWhen HP, Lea & Perrins and Amoy sauces join Heinz tomato ketchup on the top table they will be able to boast a combined age of some 500 years. But if anyone thinks...
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Tag quality holding up RFID
Tesco has identified tag quality as one of the key obstacles to progress in the field of RFID development.Group technology director John Clarke said phone lines had interfered with readers during trials, while Simon Palinkas, IT programme...