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Pesticide challenge
The government is not placing sufficient priority on the safe and sustainable use of pesticides, according to a report by the influential House of Commons Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee.Its report on the first four years of the...
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Undressed Kettle Chips
Kettle Chips is doing its bit to help consumers reduce their salt intake by baring all.Its new Kettle Chips Undressed are natural, unsalted crisps made from sliced potato fried in sunflower oil (rsp: £1.45 for a 150g bag).MD Jeremy Bradley...
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A rough guide to the city slurpers
The smoothie market is diversifying from its niche urban stronghold as a functional drink to a more general health-conscious customer base, including the family and take-home sectorsSmoothies have come a long way since they first...
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Commodities update: fruit, salmon, sardines, dried fruit
Any discussion about canned fruit invariably involves the threat of Chinese low-cost production, as evidenced during the mandarin orange season when Spanish canners put pressure on Brussels to safeguard their industry, claiming Chinese production ...
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Conflict can be contained
Put in place an early warning system in the work environment. It will do much to stop damaging and destructive conflicts soaking up valuable time and money, advises Petra CookLee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer’s now infamous altercation at St...
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Consumer Feedback
>>recently launched drinks put to the testThe fruit juice and smoothie market has a lot going for it. Facing a barrage of advice to eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, many consumers see smoothies as an easy way to...
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Consumer Insight
When salamiis eaten* In the last year, salami occasions increased 3.4% to 45.1 million* Saturday and Sunday are the key days of the week for salami consumption, accounting for 37% of all consumption* Practicality and enjoyment are the...
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Iceland trialling switch to Cooltrader
Iceland is to understood to be trialling the Cooltrader format at five underperforming stores, with a view to rolling it out to 100 outlets if it proves a hit.Cooltrader is the frozen food chain set up by Iceland boss Malcolm Walker after he...
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The cost of a syringe
Sunjuice, the company that supplied Sainsbury with the orange juice in which a syringe was found last week, has had to invest £750,000 in measures to ensure such an incident can never happen again.The South Wales-based company, which produces...
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Tractor races to cover OTM
Assured Food Standards, the body that administers the red tractor mark, is racing to adapt the assurance scheme to cover mature beef before the Over Thirty Months scheme ends.AFS believes that to win the backing of retailers for OTM beef...
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Dairy Crest waiting on Morrisons
Continuing post-takeover woes at Morrisons are creating uncertainties at Dairy Crest.The processor has been hoping the retailer would be the last of the major supermarkets to undertake a review of its milk sourcing arrangements, and award new...
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English crop squeezes out New Zealand onions
Imports of New Zealand onions to the UK are plunging, said Bob Smith, director of importer the Holus Bureau.NZ onions traditionally fill the summer gap between the end of the English season and the start of new autumn crop, but growers here are...
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Diary of a start-up
New business Klein Caporn has launched a range with bolognese sauces. Here’s how it got off to a good startManagement consultants Ed Caporn and Paddy Klein quit well-paid jobs to start a small business making premium ready meals. Here...
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Piat d’Or sparkles
French brand Piat d’Or is moving into the fast-growing sparkling wine market with the launch of a new wine at the London International Wine & Spirits Fair.In order to appeal to existing and new consumers, Piat d’Or set up a 150-strong...
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Tesco's double whammy
Tesco has broken through the 30% market share barrier for the first time, according to exclusive new figures for The Grocer.The revelation comes just days before Britain’s biggest retailer is expected to post a profit of more than £2bn for the...
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New Sputnik Vodka drinks
Sputnik Vodka has officially launched three new flavours from the range of variants The Grocer revealed it was developing last November.The new flavours of Rose Petal, Basil and Horseradish will be launched at the London International Wine ...
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Tribunal rules Tesco employee was unfairly sacked
A Tesco employee who was sent home by his bosses because he had a swollen eye, and then sacked for taking too much sick leave, was unfairly dismissed, an employment tribunal has ruled.Tesco had denied the charges, arguing that Andre Van der...
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The Saturday Essay
>>sugar is driving the obesity epidemic says Patrick Holford, founder of the Institute for Optimum NutritionAs George Bernard Shaw said: “Everyone complains about the weather but nobody does anything!” So, what are we going to...
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Extra Vodka Kick variety from Global
The exotic line up of VK Vodka Kick drinks by Global Brands is getting fruitier with the launch of VK Tropical.The new flavour adds to the portfolio of 275ml-bottled varieties including VK Cherry and the popular VK Ice variety.Managing...
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Family values
Newitt & Sons’ products are so good that Budgens asked it to run its in-store deli counters. Richard Clarke checked one outJames Newitt is visiting the first deli counter that his family business was invited to run for Budgens, at...