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Snack-a-Jacks spinoff
Quaker is adding a Spudz range to its Snack-a-Jacks portfolio in a bid to expand the brand’s appeal to men and children.The potato and rice-based products, which roll out from the beginning of next month, will be backed by a £5m marketing...
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Competition Commission invites comments on Arla/Express deal
The Competition Commission has invited comments by August 15 on the proposed £155m merger between Danish dairy group Arla and Express Dairies.The deal would create Arla Foods and reduce the number of milk suppliers from four to three. The...
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Rail stores are halted
Costcutter and Connex South East are to part company after opening just two joint fascia stores in what was to have been a rollout of 42 stores in railway stations.The project has been on hold since June when Connex was told it was losing...
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Lowrie’s to grow retail
Lowrie’s Cash and Carry is on the acquisition trail to boost its retail estate after generating sales uplifts of 60% at its first company-owned stores.Newcastle-based Lowrie’s made its first foray into retail in February after picking up...
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Lidl and Tesco settle ad dispute
Discount chain Lidl and Tesco Ireland have settled a legal battle over “misleading” price comparison ads by the supermarket chain about the German discounter. Lidl went to the High Court in Dublin to order Tesco to halt an advertising...
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Carrefour buys stores from Edeka
French retail group Carrefour said its discount store unit Ed has agreed to buy 44 stores from Germany’s Edeka for an undisclosed sum. The Edeka stores – in Alsace, Franche-Comte and Lorraine in eastern France operate as Treff Marche – will...
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Sensations go nutty
Walkers is adding peanuts to its Sensations portfolio as part of a long-term strategy for the brand.The three Nut Cluster varieties – Chilli Spice, Sour Cream and Onion and Cool Tomato Salsa – come in pots and will be on shelf from September...
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Licensing Act may put pressure on Sundays
Legal experts have predicted attempts to abolish Sunday trading restrictions could be the next target on the agendas of big retailers following the liberalisation of licensing laws. The act will give pubs powers to open round-the-clock seven days a...
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Lidl in court action over ads
Discount chain Lidl has started legal proceedings against Tesco in the Irish courts over “misleading” price comparison ads that it claims are damaging its business.It has asked the High Court in Dublin to order that Tesco cease an...
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Kerry Foods adds milk
Kerry Foods Direct to Store has expanded into milk distribution in a deal with ACC Milk.The agreement enables the service to deliver 500ml whole and semi-skimmed milk cartons of ACC Milk’s Dairygate brand to more than 17,500 independent...
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Afghanistan set to rebuild exports of raisins to western European buyers
Afghan raisin production, decimated by over 20 years of conflict, is making a tentative effort to re-establish itself. A project funded by US Aid, backed by the Central Asian Development Group and assisted on a consultative basis by British...
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Brits aim to keep up momentum
Growers are being urged to put their hands in their pockets and get behind a campaign to support next year’s British asparagus season.Following the success of this season’s campaign which saw penetration of asparagus rise from 3.1% last May...
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open all hours
Dundee-based Spar wholesaler C J Lang plans to have 40 out of the 307 Scottish stores it services trading 24 hours a day by February 1998. The Rosemount shop in Aberdeen this week became the sixth to open throughout the night. C J Lang marketing...
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Open all hours
Being thrown in the deep end does have its advantages. Mark Sharland reports from the night shift If sleep eludes you and you want to achieve something constructive in the twilight hours, there is a new alternative to reading a book or watching...
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Open all hours
The new licensing Act, approved this month, will give retailers the freedom to apply for a 24-hour alcohol licence, although the extensions cannot be brought into operation until 2005. However, the multiples are already weighing up the...
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Ambrosia up for sale
Unilever Bestfoods has hoisted the for sale sign over British stalwart Ambrosia as part of its strategy to focus on core brands.The move follows an extensive business review at the Devon-based custards and rice pudding business, which...
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Amstel pulled off shelf
Amstel is being withdrawn from the UK off-trade because owner Heineken wants to concentrate on its main offering.Heineken has concluded its licensing deal with Bulmers to bring Amstel back under its control. But the company has scrapped the...
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No fun in the sun with Asda
England and Wales haveve recorded the hottest June since 1976 so sun tan products are a good area of focus for the multiples, where 20% of the skus were on promotion, a higher percentage than the average for other categories.Our feature this...
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Possibly left behind by Ken
A member of The Grocer’s advertising team got a reminder of Grocery UK while on honeymoon in the Maldives.He was surprised to see a Morrisons carrier bag on the counter in the “broom cupboard of a shop” on one of the smaller...
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Irresistible is ‘tangibly better’
The Co-op is bidding to change consumers’ perceptions of its stores by introducing a ‘super premium’ own label range.Products in the new Truly Irresistible range started hitting shelves at selected stores this week and are being backed by a...