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Welsh cheese gets co-operative clout
Welsh cheesemakers are joining forces in a bid to step up the sales and marketing of their products. Eight producers, big and small, have formed a co-operative called Cheeses from Wales. The companies involved are Caernarvon Creameries, Abergavenny...
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Sir Peter defends margins claim
John Wood Sainsbury chief executive Sir Peter Davis mounted a robust defence of his claim that his company will achieve industry leading margins at the Schroder Salomon Smith Barney Annual Food Retailing Conference. Sir Peter was challenged...
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Clubcard partners
Allders and Dollond & Aitchison have signed up as partners for Tesco's Clubcard and are the first of many, according to the retailer. Tesco is negotiating with "a number of other companies", said a spokesman, to make loyalty points available "in...
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Recruiting crisis looms
Rod Addy Retailers could face an employment crisis in the next year as they bleed staff at record levels and increasingly compete with the public sector for jobs. Retail Human Resources' latest retail employment trends survey for the whole...
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Crunching data harder
ACNielsen has radical plans for the future, says Julian Hunt Ask anybody in grocery what they think of ACNielsen and chances are they will say: "Oh, they're those nice people who do a good job at providing us with data." That's the view of Eleni...
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DEFRA's Curry work patchy'
Defra unveiled its draft strategy for the future of food and farming and its response to the Curry report to a meeting of industry leaders this week, but received a strongly critical response. The meeting was the latest in a series of...
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Handling surplus or damaged groceries is straightforward. Ma
Stockpiling bulky, high value returned goods in stores or RDCs to worry about later is costing retailers a small fortune, says McDonnell. And the problem is only going to get worse as white goods and electrical items become standard fixtures on...
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Twist is ready to dance for the nation
Bacardi-Martini is ready for a national roll out of its Breezer Twist after a four-month trial in Tesco. Breezer Twist's range of fruit-flavoured spirits comes in three versions, lime, watermelon, and mango with passion fruit, each with a...
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Data standard goal is targeted
Elaine Watson The race to clean up data to create a common language for global trading moved up a gear this week with the launch of a new product cataloguing and registration service from ACNielsen. Although Nielsen claims its new passport'...
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Nice and runny from day one
A Camembert cheese that is fully matured from the day it is made is being launched in the UK under the Prudent brand by Lactalis. UK MD Andrew Smith said the cheese was made using exclusive technology, which is being kept firmly under wraps....
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DMB funding slashed
Ed Bedington The Dutch Meat Board is set to see half its funding slashed as part of an internal shake-up. The move, decided by Dutch producers, means the board will no longer be responsible for consumer promotions on bacon, like the...
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Maltesers drink gets into sweet shape
Nichols Foods is rolling out its Maltesers hot chocolate drink in a jar shaped like the sweet. As well as sporting its confectionery sibling's red branding, the beverage, which is produced under licence from Masterfoods, also has an improved...
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European release for Ikon
The company behind one of the weirdest technical developments in the drinks market for years is marketing its product in Europe. Dynamic Design developed the technology behind Ikon, an energy drink from New Zealand which has the vitamins and...
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In shape to move fast
Cakes and biscuits are rising to the challenge of flourishing in the modern world with encouraging' NPD. Simon Mowbray reports What could be more quintessentially British than a piece of cake or a barrel of biscuits? In fact, there are few...
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Warning to French over lamb
Julian Hunt The French government has been warned not to repeat the mistake of its ban on British beef by imposing new constraints on imports of sheepmeat. It is proposing to ban the importing of sheep carcases containing spinal cords Â...
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Fries that can be fried
Frozen food specialist McCain is relaunching its brand-leading Home Fries with a campaign emphasising the message that the products can be fried as well as oven cooked. New look packs are rolling out now, supported by national television...
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Multinational giant PepsiCo has plans to launch a raft of ne
The company, which already has a number of major brands in the UK such as Pepsi, Walkers and Tropicana, is looking to introduce a range of snack products it acquired with its purchase of Quaker Oats Company last year, as well as Gatorade, which...
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Sian harrington
Safeway chief executive Carlos Criado-Perez says the company is determined to remain independent in light of market talk of a bid from Asda, but the retailer's share of trade continues to fall, placing it in a vulnerable position. Our TradeTrak...
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Potential of Russia huge
The Russian grocery retail market is huge, untapped and ripe for consolidation, delegates at the SSSB annual food retailing conference were told. Former Somerfield home shopping boss David Noble, now a supervisory board director at St Petersburg...
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New owner pledges investment
Singapore Food Industries, the new owner of troubled supplier S Daniels, has pledged to pump cash and expertise into the company, best known for its New Covent Garden soup subsidiary. Singapore Food Industries put in an offer to buy Daniels last...