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Superhero vitamins for kids
The company behind the first character-licensed vitamins for kids is predicting huge growth in healthy products for children as busy parents look for easier options to keep youngsters nourished.Bio-synergy has acquired the licence for Marvel...
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Rappoport leaves WSA
The Wine and Spirit Association director Quentin Rappoport left the association on Friday and is considering future options in the food and drink industry.Rappoport had been director for seven years and said that he has enjoyed great support...
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Young’s shakes up marketing
Young’s Bluecrest Seafood has made changes to its sales and marketing team, with the promotion of James Turton and Jez Horton to the roles of marketing director and categorydevelopment director respectively. Turton was previously marketing...
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Music mart
Wal-Mart has launched an online music service aimed at customers without technology such as MP3 players or CD burners. Customers can choose from a catalogue of 500,000 songs on the web site, which are put on a CD and mailed. It will charge a minimum...
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Why we want PGI for Melton Mowbray
from Brian Stein, group chief executive, Samworth BrothersSir; Northern Foods failed to convince the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs of the merits of its case against Protected Geographical Indication status for...
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This mess we’re in
Will the diverse approaches to labelling switch off the traffic lights threat, or merely lead to confusion, asks Fiona McLellandTesco became the latest player to nail its colours to the mast in the nutrition labelling debate this week...
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Research Notes
>>market grows 5.3% to £1.5bnThe UK chilled yoghurts and potted desserts market was valued at £1.5bn for the year ending January 30, 2005, growing in value by 5.3%, above total packaged grocery growth of 3%. More than 96% of the...
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Plus of a one-stop shop
Jobhunting can be a fraught process, and not just for the jobhunter. Many employers are repeatedly frustrated by how long it can take to find the right talent. The CVs that come in can be all too wide of the mark – and yet employers know that there...
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Talking Point
David Knibbs, group marketing director, Grampian Country Food Group, on the opportunities of the approaching barbecue seasonFood producers such as Grampian Country Food Group are gearing up for the BBQ season. With an estimated 76 million BBQ...
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Waitrose vision
Waitrose’s vision for 2005 has been unveiled at its third supplier conference.Angela Megson, director of buying, said the supermarket aimed to continue to “dominate on product” and “differentiate on service”. Tackling consumers’...
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What will they do for you...
...on the big issues that impact on the industry? We have identified five key areas – the national minimum wage, retail crime, red tape, business rates and health – where a new government could change things for better or for worse. As the...
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Ice-cream stimulates happiness
Ice-cream has been found to warm up the pleasure centres of the brain, according to research.A study by the Centre of Neuroimaging Sciences at the Institute of Psychiatry in London showed that ice-cream had an immediate effect on parts of...
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PayPoint told to reconsider
The row between PayPoint, the utility payment network, and independent retailers over margins is blowing up again.The furore has been sparked by the introduction of new services from PayPoint utility clients with retailers complaining about...
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Morrisons looks set to sell in Northern Ireland
Morrisons look closer than ever to selling its 13 Safeway stores in Northern Ireland.Its annual report, which gives details of when it will convert a significant proportion of its remaining Safeway branded stores, makes no mention of when or...
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Wholesalers open to OFT
Wholesalers are throwing their weight behind the Federation of Wholesale Distributors’ proposal that the Office of Fair Trading should examine their books as it investigates supermarket trading practices.The FWD wrote to the OFT last month...
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Russian retailer set to float
Pyaterochka, Russia’s biggest grocery retailer is to launch a £312m flotation on the London stock exchange today.David Noble, Pyaterochka’s chairman and a former Somerfield director said that the flotation would raise monies for continued...
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M&S boardroom rift
A boardroom rift had broken out at Marks & Spencer over the future of interim chairman Paul Myners.Myners who became interim chairman last May agreed to stay on until July of this year. However he is believed to be keen on taking on the role...
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Cheddar sales maturing
Sales of mature Cheddar are growing faster than milder varieties.Cheese experts believe that exposure to spicy, exotic food has meant a greater demand for more pungent flavours.Sales of mature Cheddar at Tesco grew by 21% last year...