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Asda supports road safety initiative
Asda has donated 300 high visibility jacket as part of its support to a new initiative by Leeds City Council to offer road safety training to children.At the same time Asda pledged its support to similar schemes across the country by...
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New formats for Stop & Shop in the US
US supermarket chain Stop & Shop, a division of global retailer Ahold, has opened the first two of a number of new prototype stores planned to open Stateside.Stop & Shop boss Marc Smith said: “These stores will change the way people see Stop...
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Tesco's one stop shop
Not for Tesco a slow and painful Sainsbury-style advent into convenience beset by planning battles and distribution problems. Instead it is grabbing a 5% slice of the convenience market in one go. All it needs is T&S’s shareholders to rubberstamp...
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It’s GO for Soreen in bars
Fruity malt loaf maker Soreen is aiming to cash in on consumer demand for quick snacking with a new offering called GO.The cereal bars combine the attributes of Soreen’s regular offering with rice, malt, wheat and oats.Marketing...
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How to pull with Stella
Interbrew is trialling a new pack format to give consumers the experience of pulling a pint of lager in their own home. The Stella Artois Mini Barrel features patented technology designed to deliver what the brewer describes as "pub draught quality"...
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Wetherspoon to match supermarket prices
Pub group Wetherspoon is to match or undercut prices at Sainsbury’s on products such as Guinness and Red Bull as part of its festive marketing campaign at its 616-strong estate.From Monday, November 11 the company will charge £1.69 for a...
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Asda laps up local milk in Scotland
Graham’s Dairies – Scotland's largest independent family-owned dairy operation – will supply milk to 16 of Asda’s stores around Glasgow as part of the chain’s “Scotland’s Best local sourcing initiative”.Carrying the Graham’s Dairies label,...
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M&S unveils festive ads
Marks and Spencer today unwrapped its new christmas TV advertisement featuring eight celebrities including Denise Van Outen, David Beckham and Sean Bean.The ad aims to give a taste of the selection of christmas gifts and ideas available at...
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Greencore announces executive changes
Food manufacturer Greencore has announced a number of changes to the composition and roles of its group executive now that the acquisition of Hazelwood Foods has been completed.David Dilger will remain group chief executive of Greencore,...
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Unilever call up for BT
Unilever has appointed BT to manage its entire communications infrastructure for the next seven years.BT said that under the £630m deal – the biggest contract ever for the telephone group – Unilever will be provided with a “high quality and...
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Salt levels in processed food under scrutiny
The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition has called on the food industry to reduce the level of salt in processed foods.The call follows a new report by the SACN which concluded that the evidence between salt intake and blood pressure...
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C-sector is set to fight
The Grocer news team Tesco won't find convenience retailing as easy as it thinks warned industry chiefs following its bid to buy an 862 storechunk of the market. AF Blakemore retail director Elwyn Davies said: "This is only bad news for bad...
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Birds Eye Chicken Lattice 2 for £2 Gondola end Asd
Birds Eye Fish Fingers 240g Buy one get one free Gondola end Sainsbury Cadbury's Ice Creams 4 Buy one get one free Gondola end Sainsbury Cadbury's Mighty Mini Cooki's 75g ...
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Not for Tesco a slow and painful Sainsbury-style advent into
Then it can get on with its plans to convert 450 prime sites to its lucrative Express format over the next three to four years. The masterplan is to use T&S's distribution network to serve the new standalone Express chain and around 400 residual One...
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We've done it once, we can do it again
Just about everyone with any ambitions to be a serious player in the convenience market has cast a rule over Alldays in the last few years. It's cheap, it's well located and it's probably had more suitors than Ulrika Jonsson.Alldays' stock, once...
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Previous attempts to market alcoholic milk drinks have large
In 1997, the fast-growing UK alcopops' market saw the launch of two alcoholic, dairy-based drinks of around 5% abv. Super Milch from Intercontinental Brands was described as an alcoholic vodka milkshake', which raised the hackles of alcohol...
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In profile: Richard Ali, BRC
What was the biggest challenge of your new role?The biggest surprise has been the breadth and number of issues I'm covering on the food side, ranging from technical and scientific topics to farming and the food chain. But I was brought up on a...
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Elevated ambitions
Successful graduation from CTN operation to a c-store chain has fired the best of ambitions of Mill's MD, says Elaine Watson.In ten years' time, says the MD of Mills Group, "we won't be the biggest, but we want to be the best". Nigel Mills is...
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Italian factor in Americas
Simon Mowbray Discovery Foods is getting ready to broaden its horizons by giving its American-inspired offering an Italian twist. The company, best known for supplying authentic foods from Mexico and the Americas, is launching New York Italian...