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NBA relief as mince war ends
Minced beef prices in Tesco and Asda have returned to the levels they were before the multiples’ price war on fresh beef began.Information gathered by The Grocer 33 price survey on January 4 shows that both multiples have increased the price of...
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Honey sales enjoy golden times
Sales of the premium honey brands have been buzzing as a result of the problems with the Chinese offeringThe Chinese honey crisis turned out to be a blessing, of sorts, for the honey sector. Sales soared by 12% over the last...
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The Saturday Essay
>>Shopkeepers must be able to defend themselves. PATRICK MERCER MP, SHADOW MINISTER FOR HOMELAND SECURITYWhat would you do? You have shut up the shop and then you hear someone crashing around. You have always kept that golf club...
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Margram eyes further sites
Margram has sold off its entire retail business to Somerfield and is developing further sites for the supermarket chain.However, the independent retailer, previously ranked 30 in The Grocer Top 50, is planning to run company-owned forecourts...
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GI firepower for Tesco
Tesco has launched a lifestyle and diet book to encourage healthy eating and will label products in store to help shoppers follow the plan.The GI Guide is based on the Glycaemic Index which rates carbohydrates by the effect they have on blood...
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Sharwood’s has launched its first healthier-eating Icurry range
Sharwood’s has launched its first healthier-eating Indian sauce range. The Balanced Living range contains at least 50% less salt and 25% less fat and sugar than the brand’s regular recipes. Rsp for each 420g jar is £1.39. Brand owner...
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Sales of honey overtake marmalade for first time
Sales of honey have squeezed past marmalade for the first time, according to the latest figures from TNS Superpanel. Honey benefited from a 12% sales uplift to take total sales to £58.29m – £250,000 greater than the figure for marmalade.Much of...
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Flying off the shelves (if it’s there)
Tesco has improved but availability is still causing headaches for suppliers and retailers says Siân HarringtonWhen chief executive Sir Terry Leahy stated in 2003 that he wanted Tesco to be number one for availability, it was clear...
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The geek remains on friendly terms
Yakult is to continue putting its faith in its ‘girl and geek’ advertising icons as it battles to remain Britain’s second bestselling dairy yogurt drink.The couple, first introduced to screens in 2003, have proved a success for the brand and...
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Millions go to tsunami relief
The grocery industry has raised millions to help the Asian tsunami relief effort. Large corporate donations have been pledged to the various charities, including the Disasters Emergency Committee and the Red Cross, and customer collection...
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They’re hot properties
When soup suppliers nominated their favourite buyers this month they told us that although their nominees were determined to drive a hard bargain, they were also fair and helped to increase the performance of the soup category.Tesco’s Mark...
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Sizing up: it’s only natural
Creating bigger stores is central to the ambitious growth plans of Whole Foods Market, and the UK is at the heart of its ambitions. Liz Hamson reportsWhether prompted by ennui with everyone else – or hope that it offers a genuine...
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JS streamlines potato supply
Sainsbury’s drive to streamline its supply base is continuing apace, with potato supplier MBM, a subsidiary of Premier Foods, the latest to find itself surplus to requirements.Ditching the Cambridgeshire-based company means the multiple now has...
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Kebabs put on weight
Glendale Frozen Foods has given late-night revellers in search of a post-pub snack some good news by revamping its frozen doner kebabs. The Manchester-based company has relaunched its Glendale Original Doner Kebabs with an improved recipe and...
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Rosé on priority list
French food and drink promotions body Sopexa is aiming to make rosé wine one of its priorities in 2005.The decision comes as figures released by the body show that the number of consumers of rosé wines in the UK rocketed by 60% in the last two...
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Market Monitor
The theory of dairy reform across the EU was simple. Cut the intervention prices for butter and skimmed milk powder by 22% over four years, starting with 6% in July 2004, and dairy product prices would fall roughly in line.Export and other...
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morrisons on rail
Morrisons is looking at using the railway network to transport goods after assessing Safeway’s use of the channel to move goods from Daventry to Scotland and from central Scotland to the Highlands. A spokesman said: “We do intend to use the rail...
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Research Notes
>>category misses out on snacking lifestylesTotal consumption of sweet and savoury spreads is declining year-on-year in terms of volume consumed, with drop rates of 5% and 4.3% respectively. This is out of tune with a...
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Ringing in the... old
They’re coming to the rescue. It’s incredible, says Elaine WatsonBaugur has always been somewhat inscrutable, and details of precisely how it will prove that the sum of Big Food Group’s parts are worth more than its whole are unlikely...