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Safeway in the top spot
Safeway leaps ahead this week to take the top spot in the chart, forcing Sainsbury down to number two. The multiple at the centre of takeover activity appears to be focusing on price promotions and buy-one-get-one free offers and is...
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spudz sub-brand
Quaker is swelling the ranks of its successful Snack-a-Jacks range with a new sub-brand of potato and rice-based offerings called Spudz. n Rolling out next month, the new lines will be supported by a £5m marketing...
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Working week...
>>The highs and lows of a week in the industryProduct development has little to do with sitting around eating, says Carolyn Rastall, a senior product developer for Safeway.In fact, one of the things Rastall likes about her...
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Working week...
>>the highs and lows of a week in the industryJeff Nicholas, marketing and development manager at ethnic food manufacturer S&A Foods, says the key qualities his job demands are good communication skills, the ability to stay calm under...
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Working week...
>>THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF A WEEK IN THE INDUSTRYBeing a woman logistics manager in a commercial environment dominated by men, Hazlewoods Logistics’ Sharon Lane knows how to handle herself from week to week. However, she says...
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Asda digs Scottish spuds
Asda has seen sales of locally sourced potatoes double this year at its stores in Scotland.The ‘Ayrshire’ potatoes are clearly labelled with the Scottish flag and actively promoted in the store. Local sourcing manager at Asda Karen...
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Aston Manor MD jailed
A director from Aston Manor Brewery has been jailed for 18 months for masterminding a plot to contaminate a rival cidermaker HP Bulmer’s drinks.Aston Manor lost a big contract to Bulmer from Booker's cash and carry which drove Michael...
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Press round-up ... Regan acquittal
Andrew Regan has been cleared of stealing £2.4m from Hobson, the food group where he was chief executive, to use the money to bribe two Co-op managers to extend a food supply agreement. The Serious Fraud Office alleged that the money stolen...
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Press round-up ... Asda
Boss of US retailing giant Wal-Mart, Lee Scott, said that he would not rest until its UK subsidiary Asda had overtaken Tesco to become the nation’s No1 supermarket.Scott told The Sun: “Our focus has always been on growing. Overtaking Tesco...
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Tesco goes Thai
Tesco is to import £44m worth of Thai products into the UK by the end of the year from its Tesco Lotus subsidiary in Thailand.The retailer is to consider setting up a Thai products area for a short-term promotions in selected stores across...
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Iceland told to cool ads
Frozen food specialist Iceland has been ticked off by watchdogs for two advertising leaflets which failed to state clearly that the prices shown were promotional and not regular prices.Supermarket chain Kwik Save complained that the leaflets...
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Sainsbury checks in self-service tills
Sainsbury is to start a nationwide roll-out of self-service counters, to enable customers to scan and pack their own items before paying through interactive touch screens. The supermarket group plans to introduce the technology at 14,400...
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BAT and Philip Morris light up in Serbia
British American Tobacco, the maker of Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike cigarettes has bought a 68% share in Serbian cigarette maker Duvanska Industrija Vranje for 87m euros.Separately, Philip Morris the maker of Marlboro cigarettes has agreed to...
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What they actually mean is...
It would be refreshing if job ads spelt out the situation as it really was. Simon Howard provides a guide to recruitment-ad speakThere’s nowt so queer as folk and nowt so queer as the pastimes they choose. For some, standing on the...
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Low calorie beer tried again
Anheuser-Busch is revisiting the low calorie beer market with the launch of Michelob Ultra.The 5% abv beer is available exclusively in Tesco and selected on-trade accounts with other retailers negotiating listings from...
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Agency’s rebuke unfair says Tesco
Tesco has called foul after being named and shamed by the Environment Agency as a repeat offender of environmental crime.The Environment Agency’s new Spotlight on Business Environmental Performance 2002 report says Tesco was fined £10,000 in...
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amstel pulled
n Heineken is withdrawing Amstel from the UK off-trade following the end of its licensing deal with Bulmers, which brings the brand back under its own control.n Standard 4.1% abv Amstel...
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Archers Aqua strives for ‘the next level’
Archers is reviewing the ‘Come out to play’ theme used in its advertising as it looks for a more sophisticated positioning. The schnapps brand is undergoing its second marketing overhaul in a year after Diageo ditched the fresh-faced Archers...
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Halal meat strips launched by Aria
Former farmer co-op Aria Foods is launching halal meat strips.The newcomer, rolling out this month, comes as Aria bids to develop its range following a management buyout in March.The National Halal Food Group will supply halal meat...
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Shop around campaign
The Irish government is planning to spend €1m on an advertising campaign aimed at encouraging consumers to fight price rises and help reduce a national inflation rate of 4.3%, which is significantly higher than the EU average.The campaign,...