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Own label hits shelves faster with web specs
Tesco and Asda are relaunching their online technical information sites to get new products to market faster.The new Tesco due diligence information system developed by software supplier Ramesys will allow suppliers to validate their own...
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Waitrose gets a perfect fit
The Safeway stores Waitrose has picked up in the north of England are a perfect fit for its upmarket format, new research has revealed.Analysis conducted by CACI has revealed that the Safeway store Waitrose has acquired in Harrogate – the...
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Neath is successor to Unilever’s Greenhalgh
Gavin Neath, chairman of Unilever Bestfoods, is moving to Unilever UK as chairman on July 1, replacing Richard Greenhalgh.Greenhalgh is retiring after more than 36 years’ service at Unilever UK. Kevin Havelock, who is chairman of Unilever...
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Sainsbury pays highest return in our portfolio
In the week when Sainsbury’s shareholders received news of a major windfall, research by The Grocer confirms that the retailer pays the best dividend of any of the top UK multiples.Two years ago we bought £100 worth of Sainsbury shares as part...
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Jowell wants industry to pitch in over obesity
Government moves to tackle obesity will require food manufacturers to take an active role in encouraging balanced diets and healthy eating.Culture secretary Tessa Jowell made this clear last week when she confirmed she expects the industry to...
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Mirror to innovation
According to the PLMA, the 2004 show will be bigger than last year’s event and will feature more than 2,700 exhibit stands from companies that originate from more than 60 countries.Thousands of buyers representing the world’s supermarkets,...
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Sustainability is key says Young’s
Top seafood supplier Young’s Bluecrest has welcomed the prime minister’s strategy unit report about the British fishing fleet and has hailed sustainability as a key objective.Marine Stewardship Council chief executive Brendan May also welcomed...
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Walking the talk
Kevin Hawkins is outspoken about the quality of communications at the BRC. Liz Hamson interviews him on the eve of his move there as director generalThree weeks ago, Kevin Hawkins stopped at the garage on his way to work when his...
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Best of private label at PMLA
The world’s biggest show for own label buyers opens next month in Holland and is one of the most important and buyer-focused international trade shows in the global exhibition calendar.Doors to the Private Label Manufacturers Association’s...
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Greencore exits the UK bread market
Irish food group Greencore has sold its UK bread business Rathbones Bakeries to Finedon Mill for 30m euros.The move completes Greencore’s disposal of its UK bread interests in a bid to concentrate on its growing convenience food categories...
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CCE sees no effect from Dasani recall
Coca-Cola Enterprises in the US said that its operating and volume targets would not be hit by the recall of its bottled water Dasani in Britain or its postponed launch in Europe.Coca-Cola – which owns 37% of CCE – pulled Dasani from the UK...
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Interbrew eyes tax havens
Interbrew is to consider moving from its legal home in Belgium to a tax haven after its 9.2bn euros merger with Brazilian brewer AmBev.The maker of Stella Artois lager and Beck’s beer stressed to the Financial Times that it would not...
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Anyone for strawberries
English strawberries are available in-store a month earlier than usual this year as a result of new production techniques.Growers claim that the new strawberries are of “Wimbledon” quality, so stores don’t need to rely on foreign imports of...
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Persil cleans up with baking soda
Lever Fabergé is to add a new baking soda variant to its Persil washing-up liquid in April as part of a move to revamp its range.An £800,000 spend will kick off in May to drive trial and increase penetration of the Persil range. This will...
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Haribo revs up new range
Haribo Dunhill has launched a new range fruit flavoured gums shaped like Formula One racing cars into the independent sector.Managing director at Haribo Dunhill, Helmut Mager, said the launch would coincide with plenty of media focus on...
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Cadbury names new science officer
Cadbury Schweppes has announced the appointment of David Macnair as chief science and technology officer.Macnair will lead the group’s science and technology organisation and agenda. He will report to Todd Stitzer, CEO of Cadbury...
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24-packs threatened by deals
Popular 24-can multipacks of beer could soon be a thing of the past as a result of the discounting that has led consumers to expect cheap deals in the category. Buyers have predicted that within two years consumers will be purchasing packs of...
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Dawn Dairies brings Omega-3 factor into play with Irish milk brand launch
Another week, another milk launch, as Ireland’s Dawn Dairies unveiled the first Omega-3 fortified fresh milk. The company, part of Kerry Foods, has launched Dawn Omega Milk in the Republic.The product, created through collaboration with...
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DoH jitters over 30-month cattle
Fears are growing over delays to the reintroduction of over thirty month cattle back into the food chain.Health ministers have rejected the Food Standards Agency’s risk assessment on changing the OTMS rule. They said the agency had not...
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Somerfield earmarks 40 stores for conversion
Somerfield has selected 40 stores to convert to its new Essentials and Market Fresh formats in the next financial year as it steps up its refurbishment programme.Sales uplifts from trial stores at Carshalton and Wanstead (Market Fresh),...