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Coke adds flavour to Dasani
Coca-Cola has launched four new vitamin-enhanced flavoured versions of its Dasani bottled water brand Stateside.Coke said Dasani NutriWater now came in mandarin orange, lemon tangerine, wild berry and pear cucumber flavours. It contains no...
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Franco-Italian jv to open new fascia
The joint venture between French retailer Leclerc and Italian co-operative organisation CONAD – has opened its first five hypermarkets in Italy.The E Leclerc-Conad hypermarket chain – formerly under the Planeta banner – is to focus on...
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Somerfield gains sales but loses Maguire
Somerfield’s second quarter like-for-like sales have rallied but also announced another high profile executive casualty with the departure of Kwik Save md, Graham Maguire, from the group.Group like-for-like sales for the 28 weeks to November...
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Numico to sell US vitamin unit
Dutch group Numico is to sell its US vitamin unit Rexall Sundown to switch its focus back to infant food and clinical nutrition after poor third quarter sales hit profits. Numico posted a 3% drop in third quarter net profit of 53m euros on...
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Pasta soars
Sales of fresh pasta are rocketing, according to new figures published in tis week's issue of The Grocer. TN Sofres Superpanel data shows the total value of fresh pasta rose 25% in the last year to top £74m, just £22m short of the static...
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Bailey to retire from AB Foods
Chairman of AB Foods Harold Bailey is to retire from the board next month after 23 years as a director. He will be replaced by Martin Adamson. Bailey said: "I feel it is the appropriate time to step down and I have notified the board that I...
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Accentuating the positive
Sales guru John Fenton has a simple message motivated and trained sales staff can make a huge difference to the bottom line Accentuating the positive It is the belief of John Fenton, self made millionaire and professed Billy Graham of...
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Adapting to the UK palate
Authentic sauces are finding new favour as well known brands educate British taste buds. Jaq Bayles reports Authenticity, quality and innovation are driving the £242m pasta sauces market as new consumers continue to buy into Italian cuisine...
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The UK legislation banning the advertising and promotion of
Our own experience of dark markets in other countries is extensive. In France, for example, we launched John Player Special American and the brand's market share has grown in the past three years by 20%, driven by developed, focused point of sale...
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LPR rockets ahead
French pallet hire firm LPR has signed up customers representing over one million pallet movements in the UK just six months after launching on to the market. LPR teamed up with logistics firm Taylor Barnard in the spring in a bid to take 20-25%...
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Big ambitions for Simply Food
Anne Bruce Marks and Spencer wants to acquire "parcels of stores" to accelerate the roll out of the Simply Food small store format. It plans to open at least 100 Simply Food stores by 2005, as well as 40 sites on railway stations in...
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Unwins has appointed Michelle Murphy, Philip Wetz and Rob Gr
Murphy joins the company from First Quench. Before that she was head of marketing for TM Retail. She will work with the marketing and buying teams to develop appropriate ranges for the new-look stores. Wetz previously worked in the retail...
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Top brands bite back
Fresh pasta may be stealing a march in the market, but it is still far from over for dried. Jaq Bayles reports Fresh pasta specialist Pasta Reale is rather happy with life at the moment. Operating in a burgeoning market, the UK's brand leader...
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Loyd banks on a bit of Bol
Spag Bol has always been the great British Italian meal and, despite the plethora of alternatives available, its popularity shows no sign of abating. Loyd Grossman reckons there's plenty more mileage in this old favourite too, as his latest...
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Smarties go in a bar
Nestle has revealed that Smarties has the answer for its latest piece of npd. A chocolate bar version of its kids' favourite will launch in mid-December. Available in two versions  milk and white chocolate  the newcomer will be on sale as...
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Motivated by the desire to become boss
Simon Speers never intended to make a fortune when he quit what he describes as the best job in Britvic. He was after a complete change od lifestyle.Speers was MD of Britvic International and seven months ago he left to become the MD of a...
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Hazlewood Sauces & Pickles has been developing new customer
Asda's Spicy Tomato & Pepperoni and Tomato, Sweetcorn & Tuna, along with the Co-op's Tomato & Herbs and Cheese & Bacon Pasta Bakes are said to be drawing new consumers to the category. Hazlewood cooking sauces product manager Damien Wurpillot...
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beyblades spin
Kellogg's has launched a £1m in-pack promotion featuring new top kids' characters Beyblades. The Japanese spinning top figures are being tipped as the next big thing in the UK after securing a loyal following on the Cartoon Network channel. They...
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Ready to run with bold idea
Risso-Gill, now 38, was divisional director for pizzas and acknowledges United Biscuits as an entrepreneurial company that allowed him "to have a run at things". And having Tony Risso-Gill's reason for leaving United Biscuits to start his own...
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Multiples' supply calm
Kit Davies Britain's major fish suppliers have stressed that they will in the main be unaffected by the closure of EU waters. The vast majority of supermarket supplies for both fresh and processed have for some years been sourced from other...