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n wild garlic yarg
Waitrose is to stock the latest offering from the company that introduced the nettle-covered Cornish Yarg cheese. Lyhner Dairies Cheese Company is introducing a Wild Garlic Yarg exclusively to the retailer in September. The company...
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Milk Link gets Tesco man
Robert Hirst, category manager for dairy at Tesco, has left to join farmers' co-operative Milk Link in the newly created role of trading director. He will be responsible for more than £220m worth of milk and ingredients sales. He will manage a...
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Hot Shot goes mini
Halewood International has launched the first pre-packaged energy shot’ drink as it moves to strengthen its grip on the growing shot market.
Following its purchase of Sidekick from Bulmers last month and the launch of Red Square Hot Shot in… -
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Kellogg's Longworth to head Quorn marketing
Rod Addy Marlow Foods has appointed Guy Longworth European marketing director for meat substitute brand Quorn, after the purchase of the company from AstraZeneca by Montagu Private Equity in May. Longworth's job will be to reinforce Quorn's...
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Kellogg's Longworth to head Quorn marketing
Rod Addy Marlow Foods has appointed Guy Longworth European marketing director for meat substitute brand Quorn, after the purchase of the company from AstraZeneca by Montagu Private Equity in May. Longworth's job will be to reinforce Quorn's...
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Nisperos prove a hit
Spanish producers are celebrating the surprise success of a unique fruit on the UK market. The launch of Nisperos into the UK in the spring proved so successful plans are already being prepared for a bigger campaign next year. Maria Jose...
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Hutchins leaves IGD
Richard Hutchins, IGD business director for consumer and food issues, is leaving to become corporate director of the regional development agency Advantage West Midlands. Hutchins said his new role would take in food and agriculture, and allowed...
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John von Spreckelsen insists he was not surprised to learn t
"It's really a function of our financial condition," he says. "We have a very strong asset base which has been improving progressively since I joined and we are still ungeared despite the fact that in the last financial year our capital...
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Makro open in Ipswich
Makro opens a new branch at Ipswich this month, taking its depot tally up to 31. Ipswich comes hot on the heels of the new depot at Exeter, which opened in January, and Norwich, which opened last September. Other new sites are also...
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Somerfield lifts lid on rotisserie offer
Julian Hunt Somerfield has come up with an ingenious way of offering hot rotisserie chicken in stores without room for the traditional serveover counter. Shoppers at its store on the King's Road in London one of those testing the idea ...
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tony mason
TRADING DIRECTOR, MAJESTIC WINE WAREHOUSES Mason has worked in the wine trade since the 1960s, starting with a holiday job at Fortnum and Mason. He was a founder director of Oddbins in the 1960s and then moved to Augustus Barnett. After working...
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Vitelma's no-cholesterol mayonnaise
Belgian company Vandemoortele claims its new Vitelma mayonnaise offers a low-fat, no cholesterol, dairy and egg-free option. Rolling out now, initially in Tesco and Morrisons stores, the newcomer is made with rapeseed oil, which is rich in...
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Do we still need the milk round?
With more and more young people attending university, the elitism of the graduate recruitment programme makes no sense, says Simon Howard (BA) When I began work there was a huge snobbery about who did, and who did not have degrees. In fact in...
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STUART PURDIE
trading manager (WINEs), MORRISONS Purdie has worked in the wine industry for 23 years. He managed stores for Peter Dominic for eight years and during its amalgamation with Bottoms Up. He began wine buying and moved to Morrisons as a wine buyer....
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TIM RANSCOMBE
CATEGORY BUYER FOR WINE, SAFEWAY Ranscombe has bought wine for Safeway for more than two years. Before that he worked for Sainsbury for 10 years in roles ranging from logistics to wine buying. He developed his interest in the wine category with...
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What are your responsibilities?
Asda's Stores in the Community strategy encourages staff to help the neighbourhood where their stores are locate. This can be done by fundraising events and other community projects. I also have a team which finds local sourcing opportunities. ...
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What are your responsibilities?
I'm responsible for the day-to-day running of the UK household goods business and I am line manager for all functional heads except marketing, which I am heading up in the medium term to implement increased investment. I report to chairman and MD...
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SIMON THORPE
CENTRAL WINE BUYER, WAITROSE Thorpe began his career in the wine department of Fortnum and Mason in 1988 and worked there for seven years. He then completed a 15-month tour of the world's vineyards. Returning in 1997, he joined the Waitrose...