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The label updates itself
Sainsbury is poised to give a wider roll-out to an on-pack freshness indicator in its fresh produce fixture.The RipeSense label responds to changes in the aroma given off by fruit as it ripens and changes colour.The technology was given a...
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Rain kickstarts play
Masterfoods hopes new twists on its Mars and Maltesers brands will bolster its share in handheld ice creams this season – come rain or shine.The company is launching a white chocolate version of the established Maltesers ice cream stick and a...
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Suppliers race to replace lines
Manufacturers were this week working round the clock to get affected product lines back on shelves.Walkers, whose Worcester sauce-flavoured crisps were its only casualty of the scare, said that it hoped to have the line back in production by...
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Older, but not past it
Employers must ditch their ageist attitude to the mandatory retirement age and realise the benefits older workers can bring to their businesses, from lower training costs to a wider skills base says Duncan BrownJoyce works for a large...
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Wheeled units ‘a pain’
Tesco is rolling out wheeled merchandising units to its bread and beer fixtures in a bid to increase availability and cut down on costs.The retailer is running trials across both fixtures, using rolling pallets that are simply pushed into...
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Premier weathers storm
Shares in Premier Foods, the company at the centre of the biggest food recall scandal in history, have been virtually unscathed by the firestorm engulfing it.While its shares fell 3% when the news broke on February 18,Premier has not been...
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A smart shock to the systems
Mike McGee is on a crusade to sort out wholesale’s Luddites says Elaine WatsonEverybody knows that Tesco pays some 10-15% less for its goods than smaller retailers and wholesalers, says the boss of Smartertrader. But whingeing about...
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So who did test, and when?
Serious questions have been raised about the efficacy of the testing and certification regimes employed by the food industry after current safeguards failed to prevent the Sudan 1 crisis.However, it is still not clear whether the problem is a...
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Supplier Spotlight
Family firm Musk’s had been making sausages in Newmarket since 1884, to the same recipe formulated by founder James Musk. But by 1999, it was running at a loss.A buyout and rationalisation by new owner and MD Chris Sheen, along with a surge in...
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Working week
>>William Opie, managing director, Bennett opieThe most fulfilling part of running a business, says William Opie, is working on new product development and seeing consumer reaction as these new ideas hit the market. “I get...
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FSA confirms most Sudan 1 foods removed from shelves
The Food Standards Agency has said that the vast majority of food that was contaminated with Sudan 1 has been removed from shops by the companies concerned.This was in response to the deadline given to food companies to meet their legal...
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The Grocer publishes 7-page Sudan 1 Special Report
The Grocer has published seven pages of news and features discussing the recent Sudan 1 crisis and what the biggest food scare since BSE will mean for businesses and brands.In its Sudan 1 Special Report news pages, The Grocer investigates...
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Online grocery retailers quick to remove Sudan 1 foods
Of the leading retailers, Asda and Sainsbury were quick to remove Sudan 1 contaminated lines from the lists of products they were offering online, while Waitrose also had a notice which offered information on the crisis on its online...
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Heineken sees 1.9% drop in profits for 2004
Dutch company Heineken, the world’s fourth largest brewer, has reported underlying net profit last year was down 1.9% at E791m (£550m) on turnover, which was up by 8.1% to E10bn.Heineken, whose brands include Amstel and Murphy’s has been...
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SABMiller buys further stake in Peroni brewer
One of the world’s largest brewers, SABMiller, has announced it has acquired a further 39.8% of Birra Peroni that it does not already own, giving it a total of 99.8% of the company.SABMiller bought 60% of the company, which is the second...
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Sainsbury charity halves its stake in chain
The Sainsbury family’s main charity, the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, sold 45m shares, or a 2.6% stake, in the Sainsbury supermarket chain yesterday raising further speculation that the family may be prepared to sell to a potential...
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Tesco pays out in Czech Republic
Tesco has lost a seven-year battle in the Czech republic that could cost up to £50m, according to media reports.The retailer was ordered to pay £10m this month and is now being chased for damages in a long-running legal dispute over land...
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NFU president slams abuses of power
Farmers’ leaders yesterday attacked abuses of power by retailers when it comes to buying their products.Speaking at the National Farmers Union (NFU) annual conference, president Tim Bennett, said: “When we farmers look up the supply chain we...
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Private label market share rises in UK
Private label products account for an increasing portion of global retail sales, according to the latest report from Euromonitor International.‘The World Market for Private Label’ report shows that the global private label market grew by 6%...