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Triple X for sweet boost
Fox’s is launching the confectionery category’s answer to Red Bull. XXXtreme is claimed to be the first energy-boosting sweet, containing taurine and caffeine.With sharp growth in functional confectionery in the past two years, Fox’s...
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Scotland to quit BPEX
Scotland’s pigmeat producers will pull out of BPEX, it has been confirmed.This means all levies paid by Scotland’s pig farmers will now go to Quality Meat Scotland. The decision followed a consultation exercise in which Scotland’s producers...
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Buoyant Musgrave eyes world
New Musgrave boss Chris Martin has revealed he wants to grow the group’s international business until it accounts for 50% of turnover. Martin, who took over as chief executive last month from the long-serving Seamus Scally, was speaking as the...
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We care, for peat’s sake!
The Co-operative Group is claiming to be the first major UK retailer to stock peat-free salad cress. In an effort to conserve Britain’s vanishing peat bogs, a key wildlife habitat, the retailer’s salad cress is now grown on pesticide-free cellulose...
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Martell lets it flow with dinner chat
Pernod Ricard has unveiled plans to boost the Cognac market with its latest marketing strategy for Martell. While the off-trade market in the UK is led by Allied Domecq’s Courvoisier brand, Martell said it was experiencing very strong volume...
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Co-op names new chief executive for food retail
The Co-operative Group has moved quickly to appoint a new chief executive for food retail after Eoin McGettigan’s surprise announcement that he is leaving after three months in the job.Former joint managing director of Marks and Spencer Guy...
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Processors come into the fold
British Chicken Marketing’s promotional activity has been so successful that virtually 100% of the chicken processing sector has now subscribed to the organisation.At the beginning of April, BCM ran Roast a British Chicken Weekend, an...
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Commodities Update: tuna, salmon, sardines, dried fruit
Tuna catches spasmodicRaw material prices for tuna have eased, but catches are still spasmodic, leading to uncertainty over future price trends.Causing concern is the reluctance of packers to offer any long-term shipping periods. Bangkok...
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Co-ops hungry for growth
United Co-operatives’ surprise entry into the bidding war for Somerfield could be a front for a joint co-operative bid.Although chief executive Peter Marks initially signalled he had no intention of joining any other bidding groups, United ...
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The Co-op’s fair ground
The Co-op has continued to lead the grocery market for fair trade since it launched its own-label Fair Trade chocolate bar in 2000The first own-label fair trade product hit the UK market when The Co-op launched its Fair Trade...
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Costcutter thinks fruit
Costcutter has identified fruit and vegetables as a major area for growth, according to Jamie Davison, director of sales.Improving the fresh produce ranges at the symbol group was a key way to withstand the impact of the multiples’ forays into...
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Radio-active cup of tea with Fry
Twinings is launching a national radio campaign for its speciality teas with actor Stephen Fry, as it forges ahead with its plan to double its UK business by 2008.Fry, who has been fronting TV commercials for the brand’s first everyday tea,...
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Fortnight’s delay for peach supply
Cold weather at the end of January has led to late harvesting of European peaches and nectarines for the second season in succession.Total volumes are still slightly higher than last year’s, at some four million tonnes – including fruit for...
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Tesco takes on the discounters
Tesco has admitted it needs to meet discount retailers head on, acknowledging the threat that is posed by the sector to its global growth.Speaking at this week’s IGD Global Retailing 2005 conference, international operations director Philip...
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Mackay steps down
Sir Francis Mackay will step down as chairman of foodservice giant Compass Group by February 2006. He has seen the company expand from a UK business with sales of £250m in 1991 to a multi-billion global business today. His departure comes after...
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Incident three for EAFI
East Anglian Food Ingredients has been dealt a hefty blow after becoming the second UK importer to be hit by the Para Red scandal – which is its third illegal dye contamination in three years.Steve Clemenson, MD of EAFI, one of the suppliers at...
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ECR: for the greater good
Have retailers and manufacturers really seen the benefits of collaboration in the past decade? Siân Harrington reports on the debate at the 10th anniversary ECR Europe Conference in Paris a fortnight agoThe Efficient Consumer...
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The Saturday Essay
>>JULIE LEGGE, COMMERCIAL MANAGER, COELIAC UK, on how manufacturers can benefit from new allergen labellingThe introduction of the allergen labelling regulations in November this year may appear to offer little commercial...
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Shades for ethnic hair
A Japanese hair colourant specially formulated for Asian and Afro hair has won a listing in Tesco.Bigen has been available in ethnic stores in the UK for 10 years but sales director Yatin Kotak decided it was time to enter the mainstream...
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New face for ‘Royal’ line
First it was Princess Anne, then Camilla. Now Jonathan Crisp is courting further controversy by featuring a cartoon look-alike of former Royal butler Paul Burrell on its new Apple Nibbles.The air-dried, 1% fat apple crisps (rsp: 99p for 40g and...