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BRL hit by discounting
Sales at Aussie winemaker BRL Hardy rose 12.8% in 2002 although high competition and heavy discounting in Australia and Europe hit both key markets, the company said. For the year to December 31 group sales grew to A$870.3m with net profit...
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Executive moves at Dairy Crest
Dairy Crest has appointed Peter Thornton to the board as an executive managing director, with effect from April 1.Meanwhile, Chris Roberts, executive MD since joining Dairy Crest following the acquisition of the Unigate dairy and cheese...
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Set fair for big things
Any brand that has built an annual turnover of £59m in just nine years might be expecting growth to tail off as its products reached maturity in the market, but Fairtrade Foundation sees this merely as a platform on which to build.Executive...
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Multi-function for c-stores
A new multi-function payment terminal for independents is ready for nationwide roll out after trials with 250 small retailers.Retail Gateway said its Verifone terminals could handle mobile top-up, global calling card and merchant...
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UK majors circle over Ahold
Tesco and Sainsbury may be potential buyers for assets of Dutch retailer Ahold after “significant accounting irregularities” were uncovered and chief executive officer Cees van der Hoeven and chief financial officer Michael Meurs...
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Asda launches Best of Wales range
Asda has launched a Best of Wales local choice range.The range – available in Welsh stores from May 12 – consists of over 70 new food and drink products and 50 non-food lines sourced from 20 new suppliers across Wales.Asda’s local...
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Nisa captures easy ordering IT
Nisa-Today's is testing a web-based ordering system designed to improve communication between head office and members as part of the biggest IT project the buying group has ever undertaken. The Order Capture System (OCS) enables members to...
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Kraft Foods pushes Dairylea Lunchables
Kraft Foods is gearing up for easter by investing up to £1m in a promotional link-up between Dairylea Lunchables and Cartoon Network.The promotion will be supported with a multi-media campaign, including terrestrial and satellite TV...
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French go for 10
French fresh produce organisation Interfel is to push on with its 10-a-day campaign in the autumn. The concept was launched in 1999 and has been successful in turning a 30-year decline in fruit and vegetable consumption in France into a rising...
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Any brand that has built an annual turnover of £59m in just
Executive director Harriet Lamb says the strategy agreed by all the stakeholders is to try to bring Fairtrade into the mainstream and widen its product range, and it has some powerful backing for this, not least from the major multiples. All the...
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UK majors circle over Ahold
Sean McAllister Tesco and Sainsbury may be potential buyers for assets of Dutch retailer Ahold after "significant accounting irregularities" were uncovered and chief executive officer Cees van der Hoeven and chief financial officer Michael Meurs...
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Alliance meets JS needs
Five of the best known tomato growers have set up new marketing company Fresh Link Marketing to exclusively serve Sainsbury, although individually they will continue to supply other retailers. Wight Salads, the Jersey Produce Marketing...
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SGF throws down anti-crime gauntlet
The Scottish Grocers Federation is aiming to put retail crime at the top of the political agenda in the forthcoming parliamentary elections north of the border. At its annual conference in St Andrews the federation launched its first ever retail...
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Averda buys British firms
Lebanese manufacturer of food processing equipment Averda has purchased two bakeries as part of its strategy to build a food-on-the-move business in the UK. Devon-based Abbey Vale Bakery and Speciality Foods were both purchased while in...
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Rachel Bain
buyer, yogurts, desserts & cream cakes the Co-operative group Bain joined the Co-operative Group 10 years ago, in this role the last two. Last year her section recorded the highest share of short life dairy for two years, highest ever spend...
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Lakeland Willow Water, which has just been launched on the m
For years, he wondered why lame or sick horses recovered so well when they grazed one particular field. He knew it had a natural spring there, but it wasn't until he had the water tested that he realised it might be the reason for the equine...
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German wine brand Devil's Rock is being extended with the in
The wine is about to hit shelves priced at £3.99 in a bid to increase Germany's franchise beyond the Riesling grape and tap into current consumer trends. The departure follows the recent launch of a three-litre Devil's Rock wine box which is...
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Boost from Belgium
Rosie Davenport Interbrew has put beers from its Belgium homeland at the heart of its campaign to accelerate the UK market for speciality brews. The brewer, more commonly known for Stella Artois, wants to make its niche brands from the...
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Beyond the gate
Tesco and Sainsbury left suppliers at IGD's Factory Gate, Open Book and Beyond conference in no doubt that they plan to continue their factory gate pricing strategies and that the new focus would now be on beyond'. Tesco's primary distribution...
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Taisho's new bid
Well-being' drinks playmaker Taisho Pharmaceutical is relaunching its Lipovitan brand in the UK, backing its new assault on the market with a £2m round of TV advertising. The Japanese giant, which sells more than two billion units of the brand...