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Key trends in the consumption of sausages
1.7 billion servings of sausages are eaten in a year Fresh sausages account for 62% of sausages consumed, frozen account for 38% Total sausages have grown 6% since 1999. Frozen sausages are driving this growth. Versus 1999, frozen sausages...
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From human donor organs to ice cream
A courier specialising in the movement of human donor organs is helping food companies ship sample products abroad. TCM International transports chilled and frozen bio-medical using a system that monitors the temperature every 20 minutes. It is...
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You can get dirty fingers cutting them out of newspapers
Coupons, it has to be said, are not seen as cutting edge. Plastic loyalty cards, on the other hand, are seen as the highly personal panacea for busy, sophisticated shoppers. But of course it's not that simple. It's thought that more than 48% of...
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Sainsbury in exclusive Harveys pale deal
Sainsbury has signed an exclusive deal with Allied Domecq to stock Harveys Pale Cream sherry. The new line has been introduced on the back of sister brand Harvey's Bristol Cream sherry which, according to Allied, has grown by 27% in the last year....
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And where the rest fell down
Morrisons, Hazel GroveDate of shopping trip: 13.09.02 Time taken in store: 34 mins Time of shopping trip: 09.40 Time taken at checkout: 6 mins Quick ...
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Happy Easter
A resounding 80% of consumers buy chocolate at Easter and in 2002 they spent £154m on Easter eggs alone (ACNielson).However, while volumes rose 13%, value managed just a 3% rise as major retailers battled it out with special promotions and...
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Market Edge
Dairies Unite Dairy giants from the southern hemisphere have joined forces to launch the Global Dairy Alliance in Buenos Aires this week. The scheme brings together dairy industry representatives from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile,...
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Market edge
The latest in a series of threats to the home-produced meat supply chain is producer opposition to the government's insistence on maintaining the 20-day livestock movement restriction, a measure introduced last year as a result of FMD. ...
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there's more to emmental than price
from Tony Reid, product manager, Lactalis (UK), New Malden, Surrey Sir; re The Dairymen (September 7, p34) in which it was suggested French Emmental was growing due to low pricing. Whereas it is true that French Emmental is typically priced...
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Expansion ramped up
John Wood Morrisons has stepped up its expansion plans as it revealed interim figures that showed its like-for-like sales were well ahead of the figures Tesco announced earlier in the week, at 5.7% compared with 3.9%. The no frills retailer...
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EXPORT PRIZE
There is still time to enter this year's Food from Britain and HSBC export awards, which are backed by The Grocer. There are seven categories, and there will also be national prizes for the top exporters from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland...
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Public lacking GM facts
Elaine Watson An exclusive survey conducted for The Grocer by Nunwood Consulting Omnibus reveals consumers are still in the dark about GM technology. Just over half (58%) of 1,000 respondents questioned said they wouldn't buy genetically...
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Festive tie with Old Git
French wine brand Old Git is once again targeting the gift market with a Christmas set aimed at older male drinkers. Marketed as the "perfect gift for the Old Git in your life", the set, which will retail at £9.99, contains a bottle of wine and...
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Innovation takes many forms
Nestlé Rowntree certainly sees the wisdom in extending tried and tested ranges, with launches such as Milkybar Munchies and Little Rolos in 2002 capitalising on the popularity of the bitesize treat category. Milkybar Munchies are also an...
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Portman plugs its supplier gap
Rosie Davenport The Portman Group has introduced tough new guidelines to crack down on manufacturers of alcoholic drinks. The industry-supported body has widened its remit to cover the promotion and marketing of drinks as well as the way...
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The older get wiser
What do elderly people do with their time? Play bowls? Go to tea dances? Perhaps. But the answer's also to be found at the major multiples' agms where most of the audience are white haired, shrewd operators.A visit to the annual general meetings...
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Hungry to grasp GM
The Grocer's survey of attitudes to GM foods contains a few surprises. Helen Gregory reports It is generally assumed that the British public is hostile to genetically modifed foods yet, in an exclusive survey conducted for The Grocer by Nunwood...
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NFU greets vaccination shift
A potential EU policy shift towards emergency vaccination for FMD outbreaks has been welcomed by the National Farmers' Union. In a speech to Euro MPs, EU health and consumer protection commissioner David Byrne said emergency vaccination should...
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Hectic, time-pressured lifestyles
Women in particular identify with the close friendships portrayed in the programmes and the phrase "it's the thought that counts" has never rung truer as token, but thoughtful, gifting becomes the latest trend. ACNielsen puts the market for...