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Kerry Foods focuses on forecourts
Chilled food supplier Kerry Foods Direct to Store has named Joanne Wrate national account manager to grow sales in the forecourt sector.She joins from Müller Dairies (UK) where she was a national account manager working on Müller yogurt and...
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Jameson’s new format
Monkhill Confectionery has given its Jameson’s chocolates brand a new format for 2004.Pots of chocolate-covered Peanuts and Raisins are rolling out now, following research by the Cadbury Trebor Bassett subsidiary into alternative usage...
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Marston holding the fort for Lewis
Somerfield has appointed regional director Roger Marston as temporary retail director, with responsibility for all Somerfield store formats.He will replace Tina Lewis who begins a period of six months’ maternity leave on February 1.He...
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Fund has grants for life-long learning
from Anthony Levy, Bowspring Communications, LondonSir; The George Spencer Memorial Fund has money available to help people in the distributive trades (retailing, wholesaling etc) fulfil their life-long learning...
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Hawes replaces Page as Mentzendorff MD
Andrew Hawes is to become MD of wine importer and distributor Mentzendorff. He will replace Bill Page who is due to hand over his executive responsibilities on March 1 when he becomes chairman.Hawes is currently deputy MD, a job he took after a...
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Switching to herbs
Increasing supermarket demand for fresh herbs means Israel is planning to increase its exports to the UK this year by over 20%, said Bezalel Madmon, Agrexco international product manager.He expects total production to reach a record 6,000...
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Plants opportunity highlighted
Garden centres should be taken on by the multiples, claimed a leading horticultural supplier.Garden plants offered a major opportunity to grocery retailers, said Martin Brown, MD of plant supplier Lingarden.He said retailers could gain...
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‘Strong’ Irish result
Irish food and drink exports to the UK market surged 4% to E2.655bn in 2003 against a backdrop of adverse currency movements and intense competition.With the euro up 8.2% on the pound and sterling sales having to be converted back into euros,...
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It’s the taste, stupid
Only one in 100 kids say the ads influence their eating. For an overwhelming majority it’s flavour that’s all-important, as Liz Hamson reports“It’s very confusing for children as well as adults and they’re grabbing at simplistic...
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Knorr rethinks Recipe Kits
Unilever Bestfoods has taken its year-old Knorr Recipe Kits range back to the drawing board, after sales failed to live up to expectations.The alterations, which will hit shelves next month, include removing one ingredient from each kit and...
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Shareholders to talk options with KPMG
Londis shareholders will have the opportunity to discuss their options with the company’s advisors KPMG at a series of regional meetings this month.The meetings, to be held at Bristol, Birmingham, Glasgow, London and Manchester, will not be...
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Wrigley throws money at NPD
Wrigley is to spend a record £46.5m promoting its brands this year with a major share set to go behind a raft of new products.More than half the giant spend – up from £34.5m last year – is likely to be used to fuel Wrigley’s attempt to push...
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Multiples’ thumbs up to salmon
Kit DaviesThe major multiples this week brushed aside the media storm about farmed salmon that started in the national papers and was picked up by TV’s Tonight with Trevor McDonald.Numerous newspaper and internet articles reported a...
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Sugar-free offering
European lolly brand Chupa Chups is building up its sugar-free offering in the UK.It is extending distribution of its new Cremosa sub-brand to the trade at large following a successful trial in chemists at the end of last year.Cremosa is...
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Supplies run out
Retailers are rapidly running out of Entenmann’s cakes as the brand’s Canadian owner works around the clock to find a new UK manufacturer.Sales of Entenmann’s cakes, which were up 15% in the year to November 29, are worth £12.8m in the UK, and...
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Seiyu to address losses
Japanese supermarket group, Seiyu – 37.8% owned by US giant Wal-Mart – is set to axe hundreds of jobs to stem losses as restructuring costs and falling sales take their toll.Seiyu posted an interim net loss of 8.4bn Yen to the end of August....
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Blakemore invests in new depot
Landmark wholesaler AF Blakemore & Son has invested £5m in a new 72,000 sq ft C&C in Wolverhampton, to replace its existing smaller unit in Great Brickkiln Street. The new depot, which will be completed shortly, will also provide new offices...
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Sainsbury to face further strikes
Sainsbury’s Haydock distribution centre was hit by industrial action again last night and workers have not ruled out a fourth strike.The news follows one-day strikes on December 29, January 7 and January 13 after talks between the company...
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M&S sales down
Marks and Spencer said group like-for-like sales fell 2.3% over the Christmas period and that clothing director David Norgrove was to step down.For the seven weeks to January 10 were like-for-like food sales edged up 0.5%. M&S said the...
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Inter Link buys Farmhouse Bakery business
Own label, branded and licensed cake and pastry manufacturer, Inter Link Foods has bought Kent-based 'Hoppers' Farmhouse Bakeries for £5m.Inter Link said Hoppers was "highly focussed towards Christmas trade" and and was only profitable in...