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Haulage sector hit by EU rules
Elaine Watson The EU working time directive could prompt a recruitment crisis in the haulage industry, and increases in transport costs could drive up monthly shopping bills by £18 per family, according to new research by fleet solutions...
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Exclusive Jubilee at M&S
Jubilee strawberries will be on sale exclusively in all 300 Marks and Spencer stores this season and are expected to make more than 50% of its strawberry sales by August. The variety made its debut last summer over a six-week period in selected...
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Maurice has had his fill
Freshway Foods' logistics director Maurice Wright has retired after clocking up nearly 60 years with the Wolverhampton-based sandwiches, fillings and seafood supplier. When the company was founded in 1945 by his uncle, Frank Wright, Maurice...
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Training up our foodies
With as much as 40% of sales in fresh food, Budgens decided the time had come to create the role of fresh food manager... but how? Paul Daynes explains Until this year, Budgens had taken a generalist approach to store management, with each store...
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The right routes for top fruit
Ed Bedington A road map' to help the weak learn from the strong and guide top fruit growers down the path to success has been commissioned by the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers. The organisation is investing £6,000 in sponsoring Violetta...
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Prestigious PepsiCo job for Martin Glenn
Martin Glenn, formerly the president of Walkers Snacks, has been promoted to the role of president of PepsiCo UK. This newly created division unites PepsiCo businesses Pepsi, Walkers Snacks, Tropicana and Quaker in the UK and Glenn will oversee...
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Harp lager renewed
Harp lager will continue to be available, Wolverhampton and Dudley has confirmed. The company said it had renegotiated its distribution deal with Diageo, the beer's owner, after a review. The new contract means the lager will receive less...
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Third helping for Kick Start
Mary Carmichael Kellogg is going back for a third helping of its controversial Kick-Start weight loss campaign to back Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes, Fruit n' Fibre and Special K cereal brands. Timed to coincide with interest in last-minute...
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Heveco swelling
A leading mushroom producer is investing around £1m a year to boost production. Heveco Mushrooms plans to increase volumes grown at Thakeham, West Sussex, by adding additional adjacent capacity at Abingworth. The company, the UK arm of...
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Lambert licks it into shape
Taking out the competition has set Richmond Foods on course to become the biggest ice cream player in the UK. Elaine Watson meets the bossTwenty years ago James Lambert was selling cattle semen. Today he is selling ice cream lots of it. But...
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Net snare for a UK order
In the relentless battle for sales facing independents, anything that might restrict the major multiples would seem appealing, so it is not surprising there is strong backing for the Association of Convenience Store' call for legislation to ban...
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Arrival of Quickstop
Budgens has converted its first store to the new Quickstop blue and yellow fascia in Brighton.The 1,640 sq ft store, which was previously branded Budgens Express and is located near the railway station, will focus on confectionery, soft...
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Monsanto promotes Grant
Biotechnology group Monsanto has named Hugh Grant as its new president and chief executive with immediate effect.Grant has been Monsanto's chief operating officer for the last three years. He replaces former CEO Hendrik Verfaillie, who...
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EU enlargement to fuel grocery
The imminent enlargement of the European Union with ten new countries set to join over the next couple of years should present real growth opportunities for grocery retailers in emerging markets.Verdict believes that Carrefour, Tesco and...
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ACS defends T&S response
Association of Convenience Stores chief executive David Rae has hit back at critics who said the ACS mishandled its response and was slow to react to the bid by Tesco for T&S Stores.Speaking at the ACS annual conference in York, Rae said:...
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Food and drink ad complaints treble
The food and drink sector has seen complaints against its advertising campaigns rise from 445 in 2001 to 1,222 last year. In 2002, the Advertising Standards Authority received a record total of 13,959 complaints relating to over 10,000...
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Dried fruit awards
The search is now on for the country’s most innovative new products containing dried fruit. Retailers and manufacturers are being urged to enter the sixth Dried Fruit New Products Awards, which are open to products launched (and available...
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Leapingsalmon sells to Rocket
Gourmet ready meals firm Leapingsalmon has sold its railway station kiosks to Unilever Bestfoods’ rival operation Rocket.Rocket will rebrand Leapingsalmon kiosks at Victoria, Paddington, London Bridge and Canary Wharf, and take over its...
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Aldi plans 80 new stores
Anthony Garvey Discount chain Aldi has dropped a bombshell into the Irish grocery sector by signalling plans for 80 new stores across the Republic. The company has advertised for property owners to get in touch if they have green or brown...
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Worried about This disease?
The biggest issue facing this industry is the same as it was this time last year how to generate top line growth when the market is under huge deflationary pressure that is destroying value in many key categories. It was the main talking...