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Dale Farm buys Parmalat’s UK dairy unit
Northern Irish dairy company Dale Farm Group, has bought Parmalat’s UK dairyprocessing activities for an undisclosed sum.The new business will trade as Dale Farm Kendal Limited, producing consumer products under the Loseley and Lakeland...
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Press round-up…ex-Somerfield chief on the move
Former Somerfield chief executive Alan Smith could be in line to head up high street hardware chain Robert Dyas.The Financial Times reported that Change Capital, a private equity firm set up last year by Marks and Spencer chairman Luc...
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Sainsbury buys Bells Stores
Sainsbury has bought Bells Stores, the family-owned convenience chain with 54 outlets in the north east of England.The supermarket group will operate Bells Stores as a separate business unit under the current management team of Steven Bell...
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US wine topples Italian
The battle for superiority in the wine arena has moved up a gear with sales of US wines overtaking those from Italy for the first time.US producers have been nipping at their rivals’ heels for months but figures just released show that a...
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Costcutter woos Londis retailers
Costcutter are trying to woo Londis shopkeepers with a £30,000 incentive to join the York-based symbol group.In a personal letter from Costcutter chairman and managing director, Colin Graves, Londis retailers are being offered £10,000 after...
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Farmfoods top of the 50
Farmfoods has reclaimed top spot in The Grocer’s third annual ranking of the independent sector’s Top 50 chains. But some old faces have disappeared due to consolidation.The frozen food discounter, which headed the Top 50 in 2002, has had two...
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RFU keeps rugby on song with Alfresco
Rugby chiefs have signed drinks manufacturer Alfresco to launch a carbonated product named after England’s rugby anthem, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.The offering is part of Rugby Football Union’s bid to build onthe sport’s popularity after the...
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Winners all round
Retailers abandon deep cuts – and most make more money – while leading brands spring a few surprises. Rosie Davenport reports on Christmas drinks tradingThe ghost of Christmas past made an unexpected appearance in the boardrooms of...
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Amigo name rolls out over Stopgap
Foodservice giant Compass Group has revealed two initiatives it has launched to boost its business in the convenience store sector.The company has begun rebranding its 100 UK Stopgap stores with the Amigo name and confirmed it would complete...
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Tesco baby & toddler club the largest
from Sarah Baldock, manager, Tesco Baby & Toddler ClubSir; in your Focus on Infant Care (January 17, pp39-41), you made reference to a claim by Huggies to be the largest Mother & Baby club in the UK with 400,000 members.Tesco...
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New appeal for Low C
Wolverhampton & Dudley hopes to challenge Michelob Ultra’s presence in the low carbohydrate beer market with the relaunch of its Marston’s Low C ale.The beer, which was introduced 30 years ago as the original low-calorie proposition, is being...
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Demonstrably better
Michael Barker is the first manager in the food industry to be awarded Chartered Manager status. Here he describes how the qualification has enhanced his career and benefited his employer, Sun Valley FoodsToday’s business environment...
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Extra Thin Ice looks beyond mint
Wrigley has given the first indication that its successful Extra Thin Ice fresh breath strips could soon be extended beyond mint flavours.Coffee, peach melba and even cinnamon variants are all possible line extensions and could be on sale by...
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Milk for our body clock
St Helen’s Farm is launching a branded cows’ milk which it says is an to aid sleep.Night Time Milk, which has secured a listing in Sainsbury, comes two years after Red Kite Farms launched Slumber Bedtime Milk, which is stocked by Waitrose....
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Boost for ‘sugar-free’ science
Food researchers are bidding to come up with chocolate and ice cream that is sugar-free, possibly by the end of the year.If successful, the ‘holy grails’ of food science could be on sale as early as 2005.John Madden, business manager for...
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New brand manager makes UK Friends
Rachel Gristwood has moved to Pernod Ricard UK as brand manager for Jacob’s Creek.Gristwood previously worked for Jacob’s Creek in Australia. She is joining as the company renews the wine’s sponsorship of US comedy series Friends, broadcast on...
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Somerfield’s HR director will head up business unit
Katie Peters, Somerfield Group’s human resources director, is to replace Bill Williams as head of the Somerfield business unit.Peters, who is already a member of the group executive committee, will take up her new post on February 16, reporting...
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Irish chain mark-ups spark call for probe
The three biggest Irish chains, Tesco, Dunnes and Superquinn, charge consumers up to three times what farmers are paid for some of their produce, according to a new survey. The study was carried out by the main opposition party Fine Gael, which...
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Carlos says Sir Ken will succeed
Outgoing Safeway boss Carlos Criado-Perez gave a warm endorsement to Morrisons’ prospects of successfully integrating his company after the takeover. Speaking after shareholders overwhelmingly backed the deal, Safeway’s chief executive Carlos...
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Carrying the day
Elaine Watson finds out how a successful dot.com is dramatically reducing the price of shifting freightIf you had a pound for every internet start-up that went bust in the late 1990s, you’d be laughing all the way to the bank by...