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Fears of OTMS beef rejection
Ed Bedington Fears are growing that retailers may reject beef from cattle over 30 months old. The Food Standards Agency has recommended the government start phasing out the Over Thirty Month rule from January 2004 for cattle born after Aug 1996,...
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Fears of OTMS beef rejection
Ed Bedington Fears are growing that retailers may reject beef from cattle over 30 months old. The Food Standards Agency has recommended the government start phasing out the Over Thirty Month rule from January 2004 for cattle born after Aug...
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n Bennington's Complete dog food's new variety pack, contain
The product, which looks like meat chunks, stays fresh in the bag so there is no need for refrigeration, and it comes in three pack formats 1.4kg, 100g single-serve and a variety pack. The brand was inspired by pet owners' reluctance to feed...
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Beware the food fascists
I often fear that for the vast majority of people in grocery the whole food and health issue must seem far removed from the realities of their daily working lives. For them, the fight to grow sales, or the effort needed to get a clever bit of NPD to...
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Beware the food fascists
I often fear that for the vast majority of people in grocery the whole food and health issue must seem far removed from the realities of their daily working lives. For them, the fight to grow sales, or the effort needed to get a clever bit of NPD to...
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Thinking big but valuing rapport
Andrew Davidson is still doing good business from his shop at Lower Newtonards in Belfast, but now he is looking to take on more of a challenge. "I've got my eye on another bigger shop that's got the National Lottery and it's closer to home, but it...
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Thinking big but valuing rapport
Andrew Davidson is still doing good business from his shop at Lower Newtonards in Belfast, but now he is looking to take on more of a challenge. "I've got my eye on another bigger shop that's got the National Lottery and it's closer to home, but...
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Bob's call to Big Food
The Boomtown Rats' song I Don't like Mondays joined Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall as the playground chant of the 1980s. Although it was about a Californian girl who went on a shooting spree at her school, it was not until Live Aid that lead...
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Suppliers blast
EU label plans Proposals from Brussels to harmonise rules on health claims across the EU have been slammed by manufacturers as "shambolic". Under proposals put to the European Commission on Wednesday, manufacturers would be prevented from making...
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Suppliers blast
EU label plans Proposals from Brussels to harmonise rules on health claims across the EU have been slammed by manufacturers as "shambolic". Under proposals put to the European Commission on Wednesday, manufacturers would be prevented from...
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Magnetic pull of Oxo's recipe book
Campbell's Grocery Products is offering consumers a book of one pot recipes in an on-pack promotion for its Oxo brand, that runs until March 2004. The limited edition, 150-page, wire-bound volume has magnetic front and back covers that attach...
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The Boomtown Rats' song I Don't like Mondays joined Pink Flo
Loquacious and angry, Geldof found inspiration for his lyrics in everything from the troubles in Ireland, race riots and unemployment to a Greenpeace rally and a girl he fancied when he was in the fourth form. So it was perhaps not too surprising...
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Brand boosts Old World
Rosie Davenport The Thresher Group is hoping to increase consumers' confidence in Old World wines by introducing an exclusive brand throughout its off-licence chain. The Radcliffe's Regional Classics portfolio comprises 26 wines sourced from...
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Co-op society boosts local sourcing with new scheme
Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op has launched a scheme to drive up the number of locally sourced products available in stores. Dubbed Local Harvest, the scheme has been launched at 20 stores with over 100 products from 11 suppliers in the...
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Buckets of winter magic
Jo de Mille A teenage wizard and a veteran brand are the stars in Masterfoods' 2003 Christmas confectionery range, with a Harry Potter Cauldron and Selection Trunk and a limited edition 550g bucket of White Maltesers leading out the newcomers. The...
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Buckets of winter magic
Jo de Mille A teenage wizard and a veteran brand are the stars in Masterfoods' 2003 Christmas confectionery range, with a Harry Potter Cauldron and Selection Trunk and a limited edition 550g bucket of White Maltesers leading out the newcomers....
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House that Tesco built
It's not just mortgages that shoppers can buy from the supermarket multiples these days. They can also buy homes. The last few months have seen a rash of residential development from the supermarkets as they try to sweeten their planning...
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House that Tesco built
It's not just mortgages that shoppers can buy from the supermarket multiples these days. They can also buy homes. The last few months have seen a rash of residential development from the supermarkets as they try to sweeten their planning...
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Tesco's refurbishment of its Catford store in south-east Lon
Tesco states that the store refurbishment incorporates an improved fresh food and non-food offer as well as general improvements to the facilities and the shopping experience. These improvements are likely to result in the store attaining the...
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Tesco's refurbishment of its Catford store in south-east Lon
Tesco states that the store refurbishment incorporates an improved fresh food and non-food offer as well as general improvements to the facilities and the shopping experience. These improvements are likely to result in the store attaining the...