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Dairy UK outlines new hygiene regulations
Dairy UK, the organisation that represents the dairy industry, has announced changes to the hygiene regulations affecting the dairy sector, to come into force on January 1, 2006.The new legislation focuses on a range of key issues, including...
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Sainsbury sees faster growth than Asda
Sainsbury’s market share has recently increased faster than Asda’s for the first time in a decade, according to the latest UK food market share data by TNS.Sainsbury’s market share grew 4.1% during the 12 weeks to 27 March, while Asda’s...
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Morrisons-BP partnership comes to an end
UK oil company BP, and supermarket group Morrisons have announced that they have reached an agreement to end their eight-year old partnership.The companies plan to divide their assets between them with 31 partnership stores to be taken over...
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Coke subsidiary buys Bulgarian water company
Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company has announced the acquisition of 100% of Bankia, one of the leading Bulgarian natural mineral water companies.Bankia’s assets include production facilities located outside of the Bulgarian capital of Sofia...
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ABF and Cargill complete JV business
Associated British Foods (ABF), the international food, ingredients and retail group, has announced it has completed an agreement to form a standalone joint venture UK business between its arable business, Allied Grain, and Banks Cargill...
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Hoskins out of running for Booker finance job
Bill Hoskins, the former finance director of Big Food Group (BFG), which was taken over in February by Icelandic retail group Baugur, has left.Hoskins was originally intended to stay on as finance director of Booker following the takeover,...
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Bakery group up for sale
Rathbones Bakeries, the bakery group with 1,550 employees, went into administration yesterday after weak sales following a fire at one of its factories in February this year.The company, which had sales of £100m last year and supplies Tesco...
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Iceland to abandon home shopping service
Iceland has announced that it will close its loss-making home shopping service later this month.The internet and telephone service will close on April 22, with last deliveries to customers being made on April 23.Closure of the service is...
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Crackdown on underage drinking
New on-the-spot fines designed to clamp down on anti-social drinking came into force today.Retailers caught selling alcohol to a drunken person will face on-the-spot fines of £80 from today, while under-18s attempting to buy alcohol could...
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Fire destroys Geest factories
A fire that began late last night has destroyed two Geest factories in Barton-on-Humber. The fire was still blazing this morning but a statement from Geest said that it has now been brought under control.The two facilities, which make pasta...
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Sudan 1 sparks new probe
Premier Foods is at the centre of a fresh Sudan 1 probe after another contaminated product had to be hauled off shelves, sparking fears that the supplier may have a new problem.Investigators are racing to establish whether the withdrawal of a...
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The Acid Test
>>consumers and buyers give their views on the latest launchesTilda RizazzFrom: TildaThe new look, and extended, Rizazz microwaveable rice range from Tilda comes three years after the initial launch of...
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In adult company with Giotto
Buyers have welcomed Ferrero’s first foray into the adult biscuit category, but warn that consumers could be confused about the product’s positioning.Ferrero describes Giotto as an adult biscuit that is the perfect companion to coffee. On...
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AG Barr axe falls
AG Barr, the maker of Irn-Bru and Tizer, has said job losses will occur with its plans to close most of its Scottish sites, including its head office in Glasgow. It plans to consolidate operations from six sites into its Cumbernauld site in a bid to...
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Red Tractor comes of age
The little red tractor has reached adulthood, The Grocer can reveal.Assured Foods Standards, which administers the farm assurance scheme behind the mark, is to drop the word ‘little’ and rechristen it simply the red tractor. AFS will also on...
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Asda fights false alarms
Asda is set to extend a scheme to combat false fire alarms following a successful trial using pager technology in-store.During one six-week period, the 10-store trial in Greater Manchester was so successful that the retailer recorded a 90%...
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Buyers who bring fizz to the alcohol fixture
Suppliers hail the very best buyers in the beers, wines and spirits category. The star is Sainsbury’s Melissa DraycottThe Grocer spoke to beers, wines and spirits suppliers this month to find out which buyers were most respected in...
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Latin America in tariff protest
At least five Latin American banana-producing countries beat today’s (Saturday’s) deadline to object to the European Commission’s proposed new single tariff on EU banana imports.The EU has proposed imposing a fixed tariff of €230 per tonne on...
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In Profile: Q&A with Karen Todd, local sourcing manager, ASDA
Karen Todd was given the task of setting up a specialised trading team when Asda first recognised that local sourcing was a tremendous opportunity for the company. Asda...
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Head office jobs axed as Booker is simplified
Wholesaler Booker is laying off almost 20% of its head office staff less than two months after the business was decoupled from Iceland following the acquisition of Big Food Group by Icelandic group Baugur. In an interview with The Grocer,...