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Tesco enters JC’s Kitchen
Fine foods distributor Petty, Wood is entering new territory by introducing a range of low-carb foods into Tesco.The new offerings, branded JC’s Kitchen, are being developed and manufactured by UK-based Natural Balance Foods and exclusively...
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The Saturday Essay
>>plans to reduce landfill must not overlook existing success stories. Tony Lowe, CEO, FareShareThe government’s announcement last week of £284m to help business make the most of its waste should be welcomed. This is good news...
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Moto expands Simply Food
Six Simply Food stores will be opened at motorway service stations in the next 18 months as a result of Marks and Spencer’s extension to its franchise contract with Moto, part of Compass Group.The number of Simply Food motorway stores will...
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The forgetfulness factor
It has been described as the biggest change to hit British retailing since decimalisation 34 years ago. So why are fears mounting that Chip and PIN is going to be a disaster that could cost retailers millions? From January 1, all in-store...
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Heinz fingers Farley’s for toddler snacks
Heinz is extending its Farley’s brand beyond rusks with a new range of finger food for toddlers.The new infant offerings include Mini Cheese Biscuits, Mini Fruit Bears and Fruity Cereal Bars.Heinz claims the Mini Cheese Biscuits (rsp:...
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PepsiCo’s Kuzio moves up to global sales role
PepsiCo UK vice president sales Tom Kuzio is leaving the UK to spearhead global sales initiatives across all categories as senior vice president sales PepsiCo International. Andy Williams, currently the regional vice president for Pepsi, will...
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Transparency’s the goal
Relationships between suppliers and wholesalers have improved dramatically, according to the chairman of the Federation of Wholesale Distributors, and they should now seek to introduce more transparency in their dealings.Speaking at the FWD’s...
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Good taste guidelines
Guidelines on how to produce the best possible flavoured beef have been issued to the red meat industry.The English Beef and Lamb Executive has released a report containing 11 recommendations based on research conducted by the University of...
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Retaining the Halo
Niche food group Glisten has confirmed it intends to maintain the customer base for own label manufacturer and specialist snack bar maker Halo Foods after its acquisition.The company pledged no supply contracts would be scrapped and that it...
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Welcome to regulatory hell...
The government increasingly believes codes of practice can win it votes, but is failing in its basic duty to tell food and drinks firms how they can comply with imminent legislation. Liz Hamson reportsThe industry is about to be hit...
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Hopes for urchin trials
A Shetland project aims to develop the farming of sea urchins.Sea urchin roe is regarded as the most expensive seafood in the world.Ben Wilcock of UK Scallops wants to moor two 10-metre cages in the bay of Hillswick, in Northmavine, to...
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Pink Lady in an instant
Sainsbury’s Pink Lady pre-packs and polybags will carry an instant-win on-pack promotion designed to drive sales in the run-up to Christmas. Created by Chingford Fruits, which ran a similar campaign on Sainsbury’s cherries earlier in the year,...
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JS keeps up the variety show
Sainsbury is planning to launch new varieties into its fresh produce sections at least every two months for the foreseeable future according to its vegetable and salad buyers.Speaking exclusively to The Grocer, they said they were firmly...
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We need real NPD, not just me-toos
from David Lowings, director, 42 Consulting, MaidenheadSir; I would like to add a resounding endorsement to Mark Murphy’s criticism of the lack of innovation across all categories at present (‘Tesco attacks brands’ NPD record’, The...
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Nestlé’s leapfrog
This week Nestlé leaps to the top of the brand chart, moving up from third position last week. It is now seven full percentage points ahead of Walkers, which drops one place into third position. Nestlé has a range of promotions running across a...
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Marking the scorecard
Performance appraisal models are changing, shedding their reputation for being top-down, demotivating influences on a company. Duncan Brown explores the new priorities of performance managementWhat are your five key personal...
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NVQ status for Tesco training
Tesco has been chosen to provide a blueprint for training for the whole UK retail sector.The multiple has been granted NVQ accreditation for its retail apprenticeships, the first time a UK retailer has won such recognition for an in-house...
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Vim scrubs up well in a revamp
Household cleaning stalwart Vim is to be brought out of retirement following a four-year absence from shelves.Personal care to petfood maker Guaber has completed the acquisition of the brand from Unilever and plans to bring it back to the UK...
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Spar trials RFID
Spar International will be monitoring the results of an RFID trial at Spar Austria early next year to gauge whether the technology could be applied successfully by other Spar members, including the UK.Spar Austria, which has a significant share...