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Team Talk: Feel Good Drinks
>>a feelgood factor as former coca-cola trio make it happenThe founding trio of Feel Good Drinks are celebrating full-year sales for 2003 of £3.5m after setting up the company in April 2002.The management team behind the...
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Fairtrade grape first
The Co-operative Group is claiming to be the first to offer Fairtrade organic grapes to UK consumers.The fruit went on sale this week and to encourage consumers the retailer slashed the price in half, from £2.99 to £1.49.The fruit is from...
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Farm links via the net
Consumers will soon be able to trace their organic chicken back to the farm via the internet, thanks to Sainsbury.From the beginning of next month, customers will be able to enter a code from the chickens’ label on to the Sainsbury website to...
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Morrisons hits the gas
Morrisons was putting together a ‘scheme of arrangement’ sanctioned by the courts to fast-track its bid for Safeway as The Grocer went to press.The deal, likely to be outlined in Morrisons’ Christmas trading statement, would enable Safeway...
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Night out with the girls
Halewood International is aiming to put some new year sparkle into Lambrini perry with an on-pack promotion across three million bottles.Aimed at recruiting more female fans, the campaign, which breaks next month, will offer perry drinkers of...
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Going Sloe for the young
Diageo is hoping to recruit younger consumers into the gin sector with the relaunch of Gordon’s Sloe Gin.The makeover is intended to propel it from niche product to “the new drink for 2004”. The liquid will not change, but the packaging has...
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Support hikes
The support prices for UK butter skimmed milk powder were pushed higher by the weak pound during December.The butter intervention price rose on average by £30 per tonne on the November level to £2,073 per tonne. Similarly, the...
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Unwins joint MDs move on
Unwins’ joint managing directors Philip Wetz and Simon Wetz have left the business “to explore other opportunities”.Non-executive chairman Michael Lunn said: “We would like to express our thanks to both of them for their contribution to both...
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Just looking…
Exclusive new research for The Grocer flags up the potential to convert non-food browsing into buying. Liz Hamson reportsShould supermarkets stick to selling groceries and not worry about non-food?Do supermarket...
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A season to be merry, at last
Online grocers have shed the ghost of Christmas past and delivered. Siân Harrington reportsOnline grocery retailers appear to have finally learnt from Santa and worked out how to deliver to the right place, at the right time and, on...
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Online services – sorted!
Grocery retailers have pulled up their Christmas stockings and put in their best performance to date in The Grocer’s quarterly online shopping survey.Sainsbury and Waitrose both succeeded in delivering a full basket on time and with no...
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Poppadom Sensation
Walkers is planning to stretch its Sensations brand into new territory with three varieties of poppadoms.Set for launch in the spring, the new offerings are lighter than restaurant poppadoms and have been adapted for snacking. Their...
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Who wants a share?
John Wood outlines the options that lie ahead for LondisThe Londis board appear to have dampened down some of the fury of their shareholders/retailers by appointing consultant KPMG Corporate Finance to conduct a strategic review. But...
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Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year on January 22 is the focus for an £800,000 marketing campaign for Uncle Ben’s rice and cooking sauces. Activity includes sampling, performances from dragon dancers and competitions to win trips to New York, San Francisco and...
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Wrigley grows gum portfolio
US chewing gum maker Wrigley has bought the confectionery businesses of the Joyco Group for $272m from privately held Spanish food conglomerate, Agrolimen.The deal includes brands such as Boomer bubble gum, Pim Pom lollipops and Solano...
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Pepsi returns to Iraq
PepsiCo has signed an agreement with Baghdad Soft Drinks Company to make and distribute Pepsi, 7-Up and other soft drinks in Iraq by the end of June.President of the Middle East/Africa region of PepsiCo International, Saad Abdul-Latif, said:...
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Schuitema sales up
Dutch grocer and food distributor Schuitema – majority-owned by food retailer Ahold – said group sales at had risen by 6% in 2003.Total sales rose to 3.87bn euros from 3.66bn euros last year, while market share increased 0.6% to...
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7-Eleven in Chinese JV
US convenience store group 7-Eleven has said that its business unit in Japan has been given the go-ahead by China’s ministry of commerce to open stores around the country’s capital Beijing.Seven-Eleven Japan has invested in a joint venture...
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FSA debate on food industry
How the food industry promotes its products to children and the effect it has on poor diets and rising levels of obesity will be up for public debate on January 27.Back in October Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam Donaldson, the government’s...
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Shape takes a knock
Müller has successfully challenged rival Danone’s claims that its Shape yogurt was “virtually fat free ".Advertising watchdogs told Danone to drop its “misleading” health claims after a magazine ad for Shape which said the product was “Now...