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Ryvita gets a head
Ryvita is backing its new Minis low-fat bagged snack with a new TV ad starring Fern Britton as part of the brand’s £4m rollout programme.In the ad, the head of the presenter of ITV’s This Morning has been superimposed on to the body of a...
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Homely potato heads
How to create a £5m business by making an upmarket potato chip down on the farm.By Fiona McLellandHerefordshire farmer William Chase became disillusioned with the industry after selling potatoes to the...
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JS turns heat on suppliers
Sainsbury should get its own house in order rather than expecting suppliers to bail it out, said manufacturers after it emerged they had been sent letters demanding better terms.Speaking after Sainsbury unveiled a 1.1% decline in second-quarter...
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Hit or Miss?
>>How is one of last year's top launches faring?Product: Hellmann’s range of snack saucesCompany: Unilever BestfoodsLaunch date: August 2003When Unilever Bestfoods threw its famous Hellmann’s brand...
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JS hits a record low market share
The strategic review undertaken by Sainsbury confirms how challenging and competitive food retailing has become in the past three years. The announcement coincides with the lowest ever market share for Sainsbury for total till (food and...
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How very intriguing
Cognac house Louis Royer is bidding to capture new consumers with the launch of a cognac-based liqueur called Intrigue.Sold in a perfume container-shaped bottle, the 17% abv drink is a mix of premium French cognac, vodka and exotic passion...
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Introducing ‘soberade’
Belgian soft drink manufacturer Lifestyle Drinks was offering late night revellers a hangover cure with a drink called Outox.According to the company, one 250ml bottle of Outox drunk before going to sleep or used as an alcoholic drinks mixer...
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So, what plans are they Ms johnson?
from Kevin Hawkins, director general, British Retail ConsortiumSir; Ms Johnson declares that she wants to work with the food industry to meet the goal of reducing salt content (‘Johnson: we need to work together’, The Grocer, October...
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Labelling: why we say no to the lights
Much of the food and drink industry has seen red over what it believes is the government’s determination to introduce a single traffic-light labelling system. But the industry has alternatives in mind and consumers also have their views. Liz...
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We reflect society – Leahy
Supermarkets reflect rather than shape consumer desires, and if we don’t like what we see when we look at our reflection, it is no use blaming the mirror, food industry chiefs were told.Speaking at the IGD annual convention in London, Tesco...
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Living it up as number two
Winner of The Grocer Cup for Outstanding Business Achievement, Tony DeNunzio might accept that Tesco is unbeatable. But he relishes strengthening his grip on the number two spot, and sees plenty of avenues for further growth at Asda. He talks to...
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Lost in translation
Supermarkets and suppliers might think they are doing a clear job with labelling. But are consumers getting the right messages? Eight mothers were quizzed about what labels were telling them. Liz Hamson reports on surprising...
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Time to shell out
A new breed of shell company is snapping up food manufacturing companies and reinvigorating the sector reports Glynn DavisA a trend is emerging for small shell companies to join the stockmarket with the aim of raising finance to...
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What’s on tescoTV
The industry might still be assessing the merits of Tesco TV, but away from the fmcg sector it is attracting new money in an area with undreamt-of possibilities. Siân Harrington tunes inMrs Myers fudge shop, Barry’s Plumbing, National...
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Foreign Focus
>>What's new overseas?Product: Febreze ScentstoriesCompany: Procter & GambleCountry: the USThis new product from Procter & Gamble is perhaps the most novel product we have seen in a long time, and...
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Food producers meet in Italy to save slow food
Around 4,000 food producers from around the world met at The Terra Madre or mother Earth conference in Turin yesterday.The producers met to agree steps to protect the individuality of their small-scale local produce against the domination of...
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OS&G first for self-checkout
Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op will open the UK’s first supermarket to be serviced purely by self-checkout tills at Montpellier in Cheltenham next week.The store will also be fitted out with electronic shelf edge labels if a trial at the...
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Midlands Co-op buys Metro Stores
One of The Grocer’s Top 50 independent retailers, Metro Stores, has been bought by Midlands Co-opMetro Stores, operating in the Burton upon Trent area, comprise of eight convenience stores providing over 5000 sq ft of retail selling...
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Glenmorangie bought for £300m
Glenmorangie, one of the last independent Scotch whisky makers, has been sold to LVMH, the French makers of Moet Hennessy, for £300m.Glenmorangie, which also owns the Ardbeg and Glen Morray single malts, would be kept as a separate business...