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Home for orphans
Lornamead is ramping up its firepower to another level in pursuit of unwanted brands with big potential. Glynn Davis reportsConsolidation among the multinational branded consumer goods companies is moving onto the next stage. Not...
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The magic ingredient
The ingredients sector provides a warning to the acquisitive to limit their targets to businesses that are a close fit, says Neil SuttonThere needs to be a close fit between acquisition targets and potential purchasers, especially in...
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The trick is to make it a treat
Just over a third of shoppers observed in the shampoo and conditioner category considered other brands before making their choice.This behaviour was driven principally by the offers available at the display. These offers also helped...
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Still on the market
Tesco has still not found a buyer for its Supercigs and Dillons businesses a year on from announcing it was buying T&S Stores for over £377m.This week marks the anniversary of the big box invasion into the convenience sector, with the...
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Non-food risesat Morrisons
Morrisons is raising the profile of non-food with the launch of a new department called ‘At Home With Morrisons’.Three new Morrisons stores have the department – Catcliffe, near Sheffield, Cribbs Causeway in Bristol and Barnsley – and it...
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Tesco slides three places
There has been a lot of movement in the fascia chart this week with Sainsbury continuing its rise up the chart knocking Tesco off the top spot. Tesco has slipped down to fourth spot with both Morrisons and Somerfield climbing ahead of Tesco on the...
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Market is ripe for discounters
The EDLP tactics of Asda and Tesco may have opened rather than closed the doors to the hard discounters in the UK, retail experts have warned.Speakers at Citigroup Smith Barney’s annual food retailing conference highlighted the growing...
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CIES to boost image of food business
CIES -– The Food Business Forum – has created a new programme to help improve the sector’s image. The scheme ‘The Image of the Food Business’ will focus on the issue of how food retailers contribute to the community, outlining the positive...
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PGB Mexico names new boss
The Pepsi Bottling Group has announced Rogelio Rebolledo as its new president and chief executive officer of PBG Mexico, to replace Jaime Costa Lavín from January. Pablo Lagos will take up the new position of chief operating officer...
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Fresh & Wild opens in Bristol
Organic retailer Fresh & Wild is preparing to open its first store outside London at the end of November.Marketing manager Peter Bradford said Fresh & Wild had decided to trial a store in Bristol as rent was lower there than in London....
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Westbury Dairies gets a lifeline
Westbury Dairies has signed a deal to lease its troubled milk processing plant in Westbury, Wiltshire. Three co-operatives Dairy Farmers of Britain, First Milk and Milk Link will takeover the plant, with each investing between £1m and £2m...
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FSA concern for tahini product
Salmonella has been found in a brand of tahini – a savoury paste made from ground sesame seeds.The Food Standards Agency has warned that 310g jars of Morphakis Tahini – Crushed Sesame Seeds, with the best before date of December 31 2006...
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Ireland’s Centra opens its 400th store
Musgrave’s Centra food retail franchise operation has opened its 400th store at Rochfortbridge Co Westmeath in Ireland.Now the fifth largest grocery retailer in the Irish Republic with 351 stores, Centra is on course to turn over almost E1bn...
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M&S set to take Gala all-English
Marks and Spencer is pledging to stock 100% English Gala by the 2005 season.The retailer claims to have grown volumes of the UK fruit from 40% to 95% in just two years, but is now aiming higher.Annitta Engel, top fruit technologist...
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Cadbury launches Almond Biscotti variant of Dream
Cadbury’s quest for multi-countline offerings under successful brand umbrellas is continuing unabated.The confectioner has been employing its well-honed brand extension skills once again in New Zealand, this time with its successful Dream...
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Persil Aloe Vera tablet mailshot claim rapped by ASA
Procter & Gamble has landed rival Lever Fabergé with a rap from advertising watchdogs for “misleading” consumers in a direct mailshot for Persil Aloe Vera laundry tablets.Lever claimed its detergent was ‘proven to be milder than the leading...
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Iberico seeks ham ambassadors
Gourmet Spanish ham producers are hoping to fire up a passion for their product in the UK.Producers of Iberico ham are hoping UK retailers and distributors will act as ambassadors for their premium product, said Miguel Ullibarri MD of...
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Asda gets new Levi’s
Asda will be the first UK retailer to stock the new Levi Strauss value brand of jeans.The Signature brand is due to launch in Asda in February with mens’ jeans appearing in 80 stores and womens’ in 20 stores.The brand made its world...
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Express shunts Bowl aside
Oriental Express has scored a David and Goliath-style victory over rival Masterfoods in the frozen arena.The niche player has frozen the food giant’s Uncle Ben’s Rice Bowl brand out of Sainsbury to secure an exclusive listing for its own...