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Tango hopes Mango will boost sales
Britvic is bringing out a mango version of Tango in its latest experiment with the brand.It’s hoped the limited edition Mango Tango, available in 500ml and two-litre bottles from this month, will revive interest in the brand and boost summer...
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Vim returns for a (proper) clean up
Housewives’ brand Vim, back on shelves from this week, is planning an ad campaign to promote traditional cleaning values among a new generation that it says has forgotten how to use elbow grease.The 100-year-old scouring powder is being...
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Slazenger enters fray
Sports brand Slazenger is moving into grocery with the launch of energy snacks and drinks in Waitrose from July.The range, comprising sports hydration drinks in Spring water, Citrus Red and Orange & Passionfruit variants and strawberry...
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Ocean Spray eyes women
Ocean Spray is back on TV from July 18 with a £2m ad aimed at professional women aged 30 to 45.The commercial has a strapline of ‘Real Goodness from a Real Place’ and shows the love-hate relationship women have with health and beauty...
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Low-carb ranges under review
Unilever is reviewing its Carb Options range of products less than a year after launch because of a fall in popularity of the low-carb diet, The Grocer has learnt.Carb Options, launched in September last year at the height of the diet’s craze,...
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Sainsbury contracts out distribution centre
Sainsbury has handed over the management of operations at its south-east London distribution centre to logistics company Exel.Exel won the contract to manage operations at the centre in Charlton, and will aim to increase efficiency and the...
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Crisp sales in decline
Crisp sales are in decline, new research from market research company, Mintel, has revealed.The research found that sales across the sector have fallen by 12% in the last three years – a £200m decline in the value of the market to...
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Nestlé sells milk powder factories
Nestlé has sold its milk manufacturing plants in Australia and the Netherlands.Nestlé said that it would cease manufacturing milk powder in Australia and that its powdered milk factory in the Netherlands had been sold to Dutch entrepreneur...
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Asda buys Safeway Northern Ireland stores
Asda has acquired 12 Safeway stores in Northern Ireland from Morrisons, as predicted in this week’s Grocer.The agreement, announced this morning, will see Asda acquire 12 Safeway stores for £73.6m in cash plus the value of fuel stocks at the...
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Premier Foods buys Quorn
Premier Foods has bought Marlow Foods, the owner of meat substitute brand, Quorn, from Montagu Private Equity for £172m.As part of the deal, Premier said that Marlow would continue to operate as a stand-alone unit and would be run by its...
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Morrice quits as MD of Aberness Group
Stanley Morrice, managing director of Aberness Group, will be leaving the company at the end of the month.The announcement follows Palmer & Harvey McLane’s acquisition of the Scottish Mace wholesale business from Somerfield last...
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The Acid Test
>>Consumers and buyers give their views on the latest product launchesProduct: Jacob’s Creek Sparkling RoséCompany: Pernod RicardPrice: £7.99 per bottleJacob’s Creek Sparkling Rosé is a...
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Frubes ads hit screens
A Pepperami-style ad campaign for Frubes, Yoplait Dairy Crest’s fromage frais in a tube for kids, hits TV screens from Tuesday, June 7.The 10-second ads by Aardman Animations of Wallace & Grommit fame feature three of the 24 on-pack...
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Tesco advertising head retires with high praise
Tesco’s head of advertising, Robin Gray, is retiring after working with the supermarket for 32 years.Brand marketing manager Paula Withell, who has been with Tesco for two years, has been promoted to the position of head of advertising....
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Sainsbury picks a fruitful alliance
JS is standing by its Windward Island banana suppliers. Richard Clarke reportsIt can sometimes seem that the multiple retailers in this country are intent on squeezing suppliers all they can, always ready to trot out: “If you can’t do...
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Green & Black’s plans growth under Cadbury
Green & Black’s is aiming to nearly double its organic chocolate business over the next three years, chief executive William Kendall has revealed in his first interview since the company was bought by Cadbury Schweppes last month.Kendall...
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Kids crisps need twin appeal
Children want crisps and snacks to taste good, but mums want to know they’re healthy tooCrisps and bagged snacks have always been a popular choice with children of all ages, but parents are less keen to feed their offspring these...
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Commodities Update: tomatoes, fish, apricots
Tomato field prices lowerStock carry-over from last season has resulted in Italian canned tomato processors contracting with growers for 15% less fresh tomatoes.Field prices will be 5% lower than last season, but increases in the cost of...
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Asda to distinguish treats from healthy
Asda is planning to launch a new kids’ food range, which will distinguish between healthy and treat-only products, The Grocer has learned.The range, called Great Stuff, is still in development, but Asda has applied to register the name and logo...
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Avalon cuts chemicals
Avalon Natural Products is reformulating its range of Organics toiletries to remove parabens – which have been linked to breast cancer – and launching two ranges as part of its expansion plans in the UK.The Organics hair and body range comes in...