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Farmers' faces go on to labels
Ed Bedington Beef farmers are set to get a higher profile in Somerfield stores by appearing on their products' labels. The retailer has introduced a scheme to highlight the name of its farmers of Scotch beef for its premium So Good'...
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Nisa-Today's retail focus
Nisa-Today's is aiming to boost recruitment of retail members with the appointment of sales and development managers Richard Scrimgeour and Philip Howell. Scrimgeour will be responsible for London and the south-east of England and Howell will...
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Four more for Unwind screwcap range
Tesco is continuing to extend the number of wines available in screwcaps with the introduction of a batch of new wines. Four wines are joining Tesco's own-label Unwind range next month, taking the total number to 10. Tesco's product development...
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FSA's tuna warning to pregnant women
Food safety chiefs have updated their advice on eating tuna for pregnant or breastfeeding women. The Food Standards Agency is advising them to limit their consumption to no more than two medium sized cans a week due to the presence of mercury in...
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JS raises its game
A cost-savings project carried out by Sainsbury and business improvement company Cobalt was highly commended at the national 2003 Management Consultancy Awards. The three-year cost savings project, started in 1999, was expected to deliver...
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Searching for Gold
The Grocer is launching an awards scheme to recognise business excellence in the industry. Uniquely, The Grocer Gold Awards will reward suppliers, wholesalers and retailers. Editor Julian Hunt said: "We are trying to break the mould with...
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Hill, Will & Grace
Blossom Hill has signed a deal to sponsor TV comedy series Will & Grace. The agreement with the Living TV channel will give the wine brand exposure on break bumpers which the brand's distributor, Percy Fox, claims will help it reach 11 million...
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Sainsbury takes a leap
Morrisons remains top of the fascia chart for promotions. A combination of price promotions and multi-buy offers across all categories helped Morrisons to open up a big gap between itself and its competitors last week. This week the gap has...
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Liston for Musgrave
Managing director of Heineken Ireland, Padraic Liston, is to become group commercial director of the Musgrave Group. Liston will report directly to Musgrave Group MD Seamus Scally and will join the company on March 3. Scally said: "Padraic...
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Managers want more say
Siân Harrington Store managers feel more tightly controlled by head office than five years ago and would like a greater say in areas such as ranging, promotions and pricing. But most managers believe head office is now communicating better...
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skin relief
GlaxoSmithKline is bringing out Eumobase, a concentrated rehydration cream specially formulated to moisturise dry, sensitive and itchy skin, including eczema and dermatitis. Available from early next month, two sizes have a premium price point....
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Sugar-free Rennie relief
Roche is bringing a sugar-free option to indigestion remedies with the introduction of a new Mint flavoured Rennie. Rolling out now and sporting the brand's signature red livery on foil packaging, the newcomer joins full sugar flavour variants...
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TV titles rule
The ABCs for July to December 2002 show that overall news stand sales of consumer magazines fell 1.3% year on year. Weeklies dominate the top 20 news stand titles, with a mix of TV listings and women's weeklies. What's on TV is the top-selling title...
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Sainsbury opens 50th local store
Sainsbury opened a landmark 50th Local store, in Castle Street, Liverpool this week, targeted at commuters and office workers.Ian Elkins, Sainsbury’s regional operations director, said: “Since we opened the first Sainsbury’s Local, we have...
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Asda working to boost morale with NVQ trials
Asda has begun a workplace training scheme to give 1,000 staff the chance to train for apprenticeships and National Vocational Qualifications.A trial is being run in eight London stores following the validation of the company’s in-house...
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The Grocer launches awards scheme
The Grocer is launching an awards scheme to recognise business excellence in the industry. Uniquely, The Grocer Gold Awards will reward suppliers, wholesalers and retailers.Editor Julian Hunt said: “We are trying to break the mould with...
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Waitrose links with Irish retailer
Waitrose products will be available in the Irish Republic for the first time following a joint trading agreement between the British retailer and Superquinn.Under the deal, a range of 110 prepacked chilled Waitrose products will be sold in...
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Press round up
The Prince of Wales has urged the government to order all public bodies such as the NHS, the Armed Forces and schools to spend their multi-million pound food budgets on British produce and preferable from local producers. He dismissed concerns that...
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Londis launches chilled ready meal range
Londis has launched a range of eight chilled ready meals and said it plans to add 10 or 12 products to the range later this year.The meals - which include dishes such as sausage & mash, cottage pie as well as Indian, Chinese, Italian and...
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S&N's Hartwall profits up
Scottish & Newcastle's Finnish unit Hartwall posted an 11.9% rise in annual pre-tax profit with strong performances from its two principal operating businesses – Hartwall Finland and Baltic Beverages Holdings. For the year ended December 31...