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Britvic’s Freekee goes Strange
Britvic is bringing its six-month old kids’ milk and juice drink Freekee Soda under the Tango banner, in advance of a legal challenge.The company would not name its challenger but the Patents Office confirmed that the only other product...
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Coke plays it cool with Burger King
Coca-Cola has offered to pay $21.1m to Burger King after it undermined a beverage market test in the fast food chain’s Virginia restaurants three years ago. The Frozen Coke scam had been to hire an outside consultant to spend up to...
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Makro expands with new depots
Cash and carry chain Makro is embarking on an expansion drive with two new depots opening next month and more planned.Buying director Andrew Snowden said the group would open a depot in Ipswich at the beginning of September, another in...
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Red Bull ad drives on
Ads for Red Bull on petrol pump nozzles with the message ‘keep your motor running’ were unlikely to be taken literally advertising watchdogs have said.The response by the Advertising Standard Authority was to complaints which said that not...
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Cadbury’s ad for real
Cadbury has been cleared of “misleading” advertising in a poster campaign for its Dairy Milk chocolate brand.The poster pictured a young man and woman kissing, with a bar of chocolate at their side, with the strap-line ‘Real tasty, Real...
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Which way Safeway?
The threat of legal challenge from Asda's US parent Wal-Mart could delay publication of the Competition Commission ruling on the takeover of Safeway. The Sunday Telegraph said the report is understood to recommend that Asda, Sainsbury and...
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Kraft adds new Lunchables to range
Kraft is expanding its lunchbox offerings with the launch of its Dairylea Lunchables Pitta Pouches in time for the new school term in September. Trade relations manager at Kraft, Easton Millar, said the snacks will have a 20% salt...
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Flour price rises 17%
Rocketing wheat prices have started to filter down the supply chain with the UK’s largest miller Rank Hovis this week raising flour prices by £35 a tonne – or 15-17%.This could translate into a 4-6p rise on the retail price of a loaf if...
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Thompson’s back after a Gap
Anthony Thompson has rejoined Marks & Spencer as its director of childrenswear.Thompson joined US fashion retailer Gap in 2000 as senior vice president Europe, responsible for building the brand in the UK, France and Germany. His...
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Argento aims to build with Pinot Grigio
Argentinian wine brand Argento is looking to swell its share of the UK market with a raft of extensions to its range.It is hoping to capitalise on consumers’ growing interest in Pinot Grigio by adding the varietal to its entry level...
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asda move signals a new era of change
from Mark Dorgan, Management Group, PA Consulting GroupSir; Your report that Asda has moved ahead of Sainsbury to become the UK’s second largest supermarket behind Tesco (The Grocer, August 2), has raised a few questions in my mind. ...
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Asda flips the internet switch
Asda has invited suppliers to attend briefing sessions outlining its plans to switch to a new web-based trading system.The plans are part of a drive by Wal-Mart to transfer all data exchange with suppliers onto the internet using the new...
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Dutch hit back over ‘UK spec’
The Dutch Meat Board has hit out at claims by the British Pig Executive that much imported pigmeat claiming to meet UK specifications in fact falls short (The Grocer, August 2, p51).BPEX sounded an alert to accuracy about origins and the use...
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The biotechgeneration
Food is in the front line as science prepares to lay a new foundation for the global economy. Siân Harrington reportsOf the 72,000 field experiments across the world he continues: “We are taking genes and putting them in places...
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Wrigley moves on mints with a blast
Wrigley has launched an extraordinary verbal attack against confectionery rivals Nestlé and Cadbury, at the same time as announcing plans for its first assault on the mints market.The company, which plans to throw its Extra gum brand into...
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Just the tonic for Boots
Is Boots equipped to face the challenges of grocery? Elaine Watson reportsRichard Baker knows a thing or two about selling toiletries, and with lengthy stints at the marketing departments of Mars and Asda under his belt, he knows a...
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brakspear’s roots
Production of Brakspear’s beers will return to their Oxfordshire next year, as part of plans by Refresh, which acquired the portfolio of brands in 2002, to expand its Wychwood Brewery.From next spring, Brakspear’s beers, currently brewed in...
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Spotlight on Budgens
Budgens’ compact store in the rural town of Henfield had a full range of well-merchandised stock with a prominent display of barbecue items linked to offers in the chillers as well as for snacks and drinks.Budgens charged a nominal basket...
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CAMRA fights Budvarsale
Beer campaigners have launched a bid to secure the future of Czech lager Budweiser Budvar in the face of a “predatory” takeover from a global brewer.The Campaign for Real Ale hopes to stop plans by the Czech government to sell off the...
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bundh launch
n Centura Foods is launching Sharwood’s Bundh range of baking sauces, backed by a £6m campaign, in a bid to change the way consumers make curry.n The four-strong range is named after a...