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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...
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Wake up call from Typhoo
Premier Foods is kicking off the new year with a £5.6m marketing investment behind Typhoo tea.Breaking this week, activity includes a new TV ad campaign for the main brand and sponsorship of GMTV's LK Today programme by Typhoo...
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Dolmio pouch sauce in recall
Masterfoods has recalled a batch of its Dolmio Express Creamy Carbonara Pasta Sauce as the product has been under-processed.Some 2000 of the single serve portions in 150g pouches are affected and have been on sale at Safeway and...
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Next Big Things on show at Expo
The UK’s largest food-led event will be held at the NEC in March with Food & Drink Expo 2004 and the Convenience Retailing Show 2004 at its heart.The two shows, organised by William Reed Exhibitions, an arm of the company that publishes The...
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Multiples leap to salmon’s defence
The major multiples have brushed aside scare stories about farmed salmon published in the Daily Mail and other newspapers.And they expressed their confidence in renewed Food Standards Agency advice to eat one portion of oily fish a week, as...
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What’s instore for 2004
The greatest challenge in 2004 for retailers and other businesses will be how the economy shapes up. Consumers are still spending but with interest rates edging up the government needs to think carefully about the impact of future rate...
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Countdown to 2005
The year ahead already presents a host of challenges but there’s more on the horizon for 2005 in the form of an unprecedented number of changes to business processes and legislation. The countdown has begun, says Siân Harrington, and you must be...
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The price of a loaf just doesn’t add up
from Clive Jones, Upper Holway Stores, Taunton, SomersetSir; There have been statements in the trade press about bad harvests leading to higher grain prices which feed through to substantial increases in the retail price of a...
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Proud addition to Indian beer sector
Lovers of Indian beer are about to get another choice in the growing repertoire of brews from the subcontinent.Adi Adi, pronounced ‘ah dee ah dee’, is brewed and bottled in Bangalore and is going into wholesalers, cash and carries and London...
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South Africa gets back on form
South Africa’s top fruit growers have high hopes for the season due to the European crop’s smaller size and variable keeping quality. Capespan marketing manager Martin Dunnett said:“While the first Royal Gala will be harvested up to a...