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The team is the player
Successful companies don’t rely on superstars from outside. They know the importance of fostering talent within says Simon HowardYou don’t have to know anything about football (and believe me, I don’t know anything about football) to...
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Winning with Walmart
Is it possible to supply to Wal-Mart and still keep hold of decent profit margins? Amy Balchin finds some cheer in a new studyNobody ever said supplying the world’s largest retailer was easy, but with more than £150bn going through...
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Working week
>>Michael Bell, managing director, the village bakeryWhen The Village Bakery was founded in 1976, the organic market was still in its infancy, says managing director Michael Bell.Originally, the company began making organic...
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Netto gets to the facts of the matter
Netto is planning to introduce ‘food facts’ to its own brand packaging in January as part of a new labelling regime.Details of the changes are still being finalised, but the information on packs is likely to be more comprehensive than that...
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Dairy Crest site is sold
Dairy Crest has sold its former creamery site to be redeveloped with the potential to create hundreds of jobs.The old Dairy Crest Creamery in Whitland, Carmarthenshire, has been sold to a JV consortium led by Cardiff-based property company...
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Uniq sells St Ivel factory
Uniq has announced it is selling the site of its former St Ivel factory to Kingsoak Homes for £19m.The pan-European chilled foods group plans to sell the Wootton Bassett factory to Kingsoak Homes, a subsidiary of Barratt, to reduce borrowing...
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Asda restructures management team
Asda has appointed Andy Bond as new chief operating officer as part of a major senior management team restructure.Bond has been with Asda for 10 years and is taking the post that was vacated when Richard Baker left to become chief executive...
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Vincor acquires Western Wines
Vincor International has acquired Western Wines Limited for £133m.The purchase price for Western Wines, owner of the Kumala brand and the largest independent wine importer, marketer and distributer in the UK, was £84m.Vincor, one of...
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UB gives update on Jacob’s purchase
United Biscuits has announced it will not be acquiring W&R Jacob’s Limited in the Republic of Ireland as part of its planned acquisition of Jacob’s Biscuits Group from Groupe Danone.Malcolm Ritchie, UB’s chief executive, said: “The sale of...
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Scotmid gets Morning Noon & Night
Scotland’s highest profile independent retailer Eddie Thompson has sold his 50-store Morning Noon & Night chain to Scotmid in a deal worth almost £30m.Thompson founded the c-store chain in Dundee 12 years ago and built it up to become a £50m...
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KitKat takes a break
Nestle Rowntree has announced it will be replacing the 47-year-old KitKat slogan.The catchphrase, “Have a break… have a KitKat,” will now be replaced with the words, “Make the most of your break,” to appeal to modern day working...
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Muslims can drink Ribena and Lucozade
Ribena and Lucozade have been given the all clear for consumption by Muslims.A leading British organisation on Islamic law has issued a fatwa to say that Muslims can drink both products, according to newspaper reports.The ruling came...
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Dhamecha Day 1 dawns
Dhamecha Cash & Carry has launched a new fascia package, in partnership with the Today’s Group.The Day 1 fascia scheme, which includes store refits, imagery and window graphics, was unveiled to members of Dhamecha’s 300-strong privileged...
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Long serving director retires after 34 years
Budgens trading director Cliff Goodman is planning to retire after 34 years at the company.Former development director Mike Taylor, who assumed the new role of commercial director earlier this year, has been gradually taking over Goodman’s...
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it’s Exclusive, not abusive
In the latest in our series exploring trading relationships, Amy Balchin looks at the value of an exclusive arrangement with a multiplePutting all your eggs in one basket and agreeing to exclusively supply a retailer requires a...
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The Acid Test
>>consumers and buyers give their views on the latest launchesSteamFrom: Bigham’sBigham’s new eight-strong range of premium microwave meals contains raw ingredients and offers “a whole new experience you can’t get...
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Tesco says ad icon Dotty is ‘staying’
Tesco has flatly denied reports that it is about to pension off its advertising icon Dotty, but many marketers feel she is past her sell-by date.
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Putting it in only to take it out again
from Mike Abrahams, Wild Oats Wholefoods (store), BristolSir; I was amused by your report last week on Monsanto, promoting GM technology as yet another solution to our panoply of health problems by putting Omega-3 genes into soya and...
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Microbrewery ale gets trial listing
A new ale produced by a microbrewery in the Channel Islands hits Tesco shelves next week, with the aim of becoming a national brand.Cynful, a 3.5% abv dark ale supplied by family brewer Randall’s in Guernsey, won a trial 18-week listing with...
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Sugar alternative has low GI appeal
Danisco Sweetners is bidding to attract a new audience of diabetics and low-carb dieters after attaining a low glycaemic index (GI) accreditation for its natural sugar substitute Fruisana. Fruisana is derived from honey and fruit and contains...