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Capespan claims apple balance
David Shapley The handover between the northern and southern hemisphere apple supply is not likely to spark any price wars, leading supplier Capespan has claimed. The South African season is due to get under way next week with the arrival of...
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Healthcare arm launch
Brand marketing and distribution specialist Food Brokers has launched a specialist healthcare division to complement its existing Chemist Brokers operation. The new arm, titled Chemist Brokers Healthcare, will deal mainly with brands benefiting...
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Wal-Mart cheers Asda doubles
Sean McAllister Wal-Mart has reported a strong performance from Asda with "double digit" sales growth in the year to January 31 and an even higher profit growth. Asda's like-for-like sales growth for the year, excluding petrol, was in the...
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Safeway backdrop as code review launched
Elaine Watson The OFT has announced plans to review the code of practice as concerns over Safeway's alleged heavy-handed tactics towards suppliers gather pace. Although a review of the code is separate to the OFT's inquiry into the Safeway...
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bagel burst
Maple Leaf Bakery is ploughing a "seven figure sum" into another burst of TV ads for its New York Bagel Company brand. Breaking on Monday (February 24), the four-week campaign features a man in his underpants dancing around a kitchen. His...
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Caravan's new director general Gillian Barker is determined
Next Friday, the industry will be gathering at the Grosvenor House Hotel on London's Park Lane for one of its top annual events the Caravan Diamond Ball. It's a great networking event and an even better party. But how many of the 800 or so...
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Ben & Jerry's soft core
Ben & Jerry's is reinforcing its passion for ice cream with new flavour Karamel Sutra. The saucily titled offering is the second addition to its Core Concoction range and will be available from April, rsp: £3.79, 500ml. It boasts a thick core...
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Vitamins boost bottled water
InterContinental Brands claims its new Maxilife Nutriwater range boosts health as well as quenching thirst. It hopes the purified water with added minerals, vitamins and herbs will create a splash in the booming bottled water market. The two...
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Bought out
Unilever is buying out its partner Ajinomoto in their 50:50 Asian foods joint venture CPC/Aji Asia for $381m. CPC/Aji was set up as a joint venture between Bestfoods which Unilever bought in 2000 and Ajinomoto in 1987.
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RHM lines up top team for its consumer brands
Rod Addy Ranks Hovis McDougall has announced the management board for its consumer brands unit, which will be headed by chief operating officer Peter Baker. It is one of three divisions set up after a major restructure last year. Joining...
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What do you get when you mix soaring inflation and a busines
"Our figures speak for themselves," says Dodd. "I have never yet encountered a sceptic, supplier or landlord, I was not able to persuade very quickly that there was a mutual benefit from talking to us." One of his more high profile converts was...
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Cake mix up is a laugh
Former Bucks Fizz star Cheryl Baker is starring in a new Mr Kipling TV campaign in the run up to Red Nose Day 2003. The Comic Relief-inspired treatment for Cherry Bakewells, which breaks on Monday (February 24), highlights the fact that they are...
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Fristi's first TV campaign
Friesland UK is launching the first TV campaign behind its Fristi yogurt drink range. Breaking on March 24 in the Central region for four weeks, the £700,000 campaign is aimed at reaching women aged between 16 and 34 the brand's target...
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streamlined category management
from Scott Annan, director, SRCG
Sir; Jonathan Smith made a reasonable point concerning complex category management and culpable consultants (Letters, The Grocer, February 1). Things have moved on, honest!
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The Co-operative Group's non-food strategy is full of Orient
Staff from New Century House now deal direct with the Chinese federation, which represents more than 2,000 manufacturing co-ops and state-owned and private firms, to get cut-price goods which are translated into WOWs in market town stores. (The...
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Coral label for Gaza
Strawberries grown in the Gaza Strip are set to carry their own label for the first time. Previously sold under Agrexco's Carmel brand, the strawberries will now be marketed as Coral. Despite the ongoing political situation, Agrexco...
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mathias dies
Bespoke Foods founder Raymond Mathias has died after a short illness. Non-executive co-director Roddy McDougall takes over from him as non-executive chairman. ssl in the club Scholl and Durex maker SSL International has announced that...
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egg import fears
The European egg industry could be under threat from cheap imports if proposals to improve animal welfare become law, according to a new report. The report from the Netherlands Agriculture Economics Research Institute said the costs and...
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Hawthorn will Refresh his marketing expertise
Greene King's marketing director Stuart Hawthorn is moving to Refresh UK as marketing director to boost sales of brands such as Hobgoblin and Löwenbräu. Hawthorn began his career in the brewing industry with 12 years' experience at Scottish &...
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They used to say that the export manager's office in most UK
True, attitudes have changed. And, as readers of The Grocer know, there are notable examples of enterprising manufacturers and producers who have long since seen the value of overseas business as an important cornerstone of their trade. Add the...