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Slags and orgasms ruffle public's calm
Unilever Bestfoods produced two of last year's most complained-about press and poster campaigns, according to the Advertising Standards Association's annual report. Poster ads for two treatments in Pot Noodle's Slag' campaign prompted more than...
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calum kirk
Senior buyer iceland Scotsman Kirk has been at Iceland for three years. He started his career in the grocery department of Scottish co-operative Scotmid and then moved to Somerfield as a buyer. He says his style of working with suppliers is...
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Carlyle's Whyte stuff
Scottish actor Robert Carlyle has been signed up by Maxxium to provide voiceover for the first TV ads behind Whyte and Mackay for UK screens. The Trainspotting and Full Monty star will narrate a series of sketches across several creatives...
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Carry on cruising
The multiples have found their drinks operations in Calais lucrative, but times are getting tougher says Anne Bruce Ask Sainsbury which branch is its most profitable per square foot, or Tesco which store sells the highest volume of beers,...
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Code flawed but should not be ditched
Julian Hunt Grocery suppliers say the supermarket code of practice has failed to change behaviour in the major chains. In our latest reader survey, we polled leading executives across the supplier community and the majority believed buyers...
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Struggling to come out of the cold
The battle to give frozen food premium appeal is littered with casualties. Why isn't the consumer take-up there asks Mary Carmichael It may not look scary to the average shopper, but the freezer cabinet can be a very frightening place for brands...
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DVD covermount
Eve will be the first women's magazine to covermount a DVD, which will come free with the June issue, on sale May 6. The DVD is Get The Perfect Body The Pilates Way. Distribution by Frontline. n Hip Hop celebration Hip Hop Connection...
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Stephen de latour
BUYER woodward foodservice Although not in grocery, we could not ignore de Latour who received plaudits from a number of suppliers. As part of Big Food Group, Woodward claims to be the third largest foodservice operator in the UK. De...
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Pure Dynamite...
Golfing fans at Spar Scotland's show in Fife last week made a dash for the bunkers when a security alert caused an evacuation of the venue. Being within driving range of golfing mecca The Old Course' at St Andrews, when the alarm turned out to...
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Frozen first for herbs
The Little Big Food Company has come up what it claims is the UK's first range of frozen organic herbs. Launching exclusively in Sainsbury, the company said herbs in the four-strong range were frozen within hours of being picked. A spokesman...
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Snickers forges racy friendships
Snickers is jumping into two sponsorship deals "worth £2m" to link the chocolate countline with music, skateboarding and BMX stunt riding. Phase one of the new campaign is a tie-up with music magazine Kerrang! to sponsor a showcase of new bands...
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Smirnoff Ice takes to can format
Rosie Davenport Diageo is expanding Smirnoff Ice and Smirnoff Ice Black into cans in a direct attack on its brewing rivals. The ready-to-drink (RTD) brand will be launched in a 300ml format in June to complement the current bottled range....
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Pay@pump only for night fuelling
Tesco will start closing petrol stations kiosks overnight at its 24-hour superstores from next week in an efficiency drive. All Tesco forecourts have been upgraded over the last couple of years, with the Pay@pump card payment facility installed....
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Oz's sleeping giant
Trevor Coates is determinedly carving out new territories for Australia's Foodland, as Elaine Watson reports Trevor Coates likes a good scrap. Which is lucky, because just weeks after becoming group MD at Australia's Foodland Associated Limited...
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A hearing in public? how thrilling!
Given the highly competitive state of the grocery market, none of us expected to hear any major revelations from those involved in the Safeway auction when they gathered in London for this week's Competition Commission public hearing into the whole...
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Waitrose launches kids range
Simon Mowbray Waitrose is launching an own label range of foods for kids to rival offerings from the larger multiples. The 75-item Food Explorers offering started rolling out to stores this week and includes a range of products from fresh...
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Matthew O'Callaghan urges the protection of Melton Mowbray p
We are under attack from people who should really be our allies. These people make up the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association (MMPPA) of which O'Callaghan is chairman. Its attempt to create, under EC regulations, Protected Geographical Indication...
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Morris widens the net
Elaine Watson More than 20 small grocery chains have been asked to submit detailed information about their store locations and non-food offer to the Competition Commission as chairman Sir Derek Morris considers widening the scope of his probe...
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Rose moves on
Cheese and butter supplier Staple Dairy Products has appointed Peter Rose as sales and marketing manager. Rose previously worked for New Zealand Milk, St Ivel and Kraft Foods and said he would develop business in new categories across multiple,...
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n tops sale
Ahold has sold its Indonesian Tops operation to the region's Hero supermarkets for E12m as the Dutch-based retailer tries to reduce debt in the wake of recent financial accounting problems. The deal involves 23 supermarkets and two distribution...