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Bionsen’s given its head
Household products and toiletries manufacturer Acdoco is set to run an on-pack promotion across its Bionsen deodorants range this summer.Building on the brand’s premium, holistic platform, the mechanic offers consumers two beauty treatments for...
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Biscuits: a tempting proposition
Shoppers genuinely enjoy shopping for biscuits and were evidently in a lighter mood than normal as they made their selections at the fixture. Even those shoppers in grab and go mode took a second to look at other products, unlike their...
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Which? poultry claims blasted
Poultry bosses have branded Which? magazine as a grossly irresponsible scaremonger for its recent allegations on the dating of chicken.The consumer magazine, alleged that staff at chicken processing plants were deliberately misleading consumers...
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Egg producers face crushing blows from lower import tariffs and welfare rules
Major sectors of Europe’s egg production industry are under threat from a combination of welfare legislation and world trade liberalisation, said David Tromans, managing director of Deans Foods.These changes placed cage egg producers in an...
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Premier Foods promotes Bolton to MD at MBM
Premier Foods’ commercial director Stephen Bolton has become managing director of MBM, its potato processing and packaging subsidiary, based in March, Cambridgeshire.He replaces Ian Craig, who will leave the company immediately along with John...
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Yop seeks a place at breakfast table
Yogurt drink Yop is getting its first TV campaign in a bid to make the brand a breakfast table staple for teenagers.Owner Yoplait Dairy Crest is investing £3m in the push, which breaks next week, about half the brand’s current value at the...
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>>Food from britain finds the perfect partner in PLMA show
The show presents a key opportunity for Food from Britain’s own label supplier members to promote their wares to an international audience of buyers. And that’s what makes it a major event in Food from Britain’s calendar.As Sandra Sullivan,...
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Buyer exodus detailed
Morrisons has ended the long wait for Safeway buyers, announcing when they will be made redundant and offering about 70 new buying positions at its Bradford HQ.Trading teams were told the news at debriefing sessions on Monday, after waiting...
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Nestlé’s newcomers centre on fruit
Nestlé is getting fruity with its latest round of new products.The confectionery giant is adding an orange variant to its KitKat Kubes offering.And it has given kids’ favourite Smarties a new twist with a new Fruity format which will see...
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Cereal flak
The Consumers’ Association has attacked breakfast cereal manufacturers for lacing their cereals with high levels of sugar and salt. The CA tested 100 branded breakfast cereals and found 85% contained ‘a lot’ of sugar (ie 10g per 100g of product),...
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Investor’s chronicle
The Grocer’s basket of shares is back in the black and has outperformed the FTSE 100. Sean McAllister reportsWho would have thought over two years ago that Somerfield would prove to be our best stock market investment? But then,...
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Gangmasterdraft code
Gangmasters are being given the chance to sign up to a new code of practice.The Association of Labour Providers, the group set up to represent the interest of legitimate gangmasters, has drawn up a draft code.The concept is to show ALP...
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Tesco goes for colour-coding to quickly identify frozen food lines
Tesco is aiming to boost availability by developing a colour-coded packaging system with the British Frozen Food Federation to help its staff locate frozen food stocks.“Freezers are empty, but staff are not able to quickly identify foods at the...
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Coors’ epic Tesco deal
Coors Brewers has teamed up with Tesco as part of a branding deal to support the brewer’s newly-launched Coors Fine Light. The brand is featured on the side of 50 of the retailer’s delivery vehicles in a move that Coors said was confirmation of...
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Irish c-store relaunch
Superquinn, the smallest of the multiples in the Irish Republic with 19 stores, is moving into the convenience sector in a bid to boost market share.It plans to invest more than €20m over the next 18 months in opening 10 Superquinn Select...
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Stapley to head up Dawnfresh Seafoods
Dawnfresh Seafoods has recruited Andy Stapley as MD, replacing Douglas Low who left a year ago. He joins following a £10m investment in factory development and in the wake of the launch of a programme for new product development. The company said...
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Death of vernon
The dairy industry is mourning the death of Tony Vernon, who passed away this week following a nine-month battle with cancer.Tony, 66, struck out on his own after leaving Embertons, which was then part of the Milk Marketing Board’s...
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More to selling than having a degree
from Name and address withheldSir; I have noticed recent readers’ letters that you have received from people who are aged over 40 saying finding employment in sales was difficult because of their age.But employers and recruitment...
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How to end long hours
You have to take your hat off to whoever came up with the phrase ‘work-life balance’, because it does seem a pretty obvious way of stating, well, the bleeding obvious. “Excuse me sir/madam, given the choice would you rather work more, or work less?”...
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Quality at every turn
The PLMA show’s reputation for the quality of its exhibits and status of buyer visitors is growing fast. Stephen Foster reportsOne of the most important and buyer-focused international trade shows in the global exhibition calendar...