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SHEEP breeding
An open evening took place this week at Forest Farm, Whitland, Carmarthenshire, organised by MLC Cymru's sheep development programme. Visitors were able to discuss sire referencing techniques of the Texel sheep breed. SEA FISH standard ...
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Defra puts up cash for cereal
A £500,000 DEFRA funded organic supply chain initiative for the cereals sector will be in the vanguard of reforms for the organic sector proposed in the Curry report. The Organic Grain Link project has been set up to promote co-operation in the...
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Challenging Number One
Action has been hotting up in the £1.3bn chilled yogurt and desserts market in the last few months, and not just in product innovation. Some well-established brands have been changing hands, with Nestle acquiring Ski and Munch Bunch from Northern...
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Cheese is more pleasing
After a tough time in the nineties, cheese is bouncing back, showing healthy growth. The total cheese market is worth £1.4bn and is growing at 5.6% (ACNielsen Scantrak). Retailer brands still account for the vast majority of sales, with pre-packed...
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Tesco to double Scottish cheese levels
Tesco is preparing to increase its Scottish cheese orders by more than double the existing level. The retailer said it would be taking nearly 8,000 tonnes a year from McLelland of Glasgow, which will push the supplier's share of Tesco's UK...
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No cracking under code
Six months after the supermarket code of practice came into force and it's all quiet on the western front. There have been no complaints and no mediations. So what should we make of this deathly silence? Do we assume a triumph of governmental...
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The colours of their money
Fresh fuel is to be given to flavoured milks by the ambitions of Nestle. The food giant is restructuring its impulse drinks division in preparation for an assault on the children's market via its Nesquik brand (The Grocer,August 24,p15). Nestle...
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The French connections
The latest UK cheese import statistics for May show that shipments of speciality cheeses into the UK are facing mixed fortunes. Overall, imports are down 6% in the first five months of this year. The main area of cutback this year is with...
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Goats milk loses cottage feel
Across the world more people drink goats milk than that of any other animal and it appears the habbit is catching on over here.While goats milk remains a niche market, it is now not uncommon to find cartons of the product stocked alongside...
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Dairy fills new position
Private label and Cadbury ice cream manufacturer Fredericks Dairies has created a new position as part of its drive to become number two in its marketplace, making David Taylor deputy managing director. Since joining Fredericks at the beginning...
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Who's doing the real deal?
Suppliers are forever complaining about the failure of independent retailers to support their promotions, but far too often, according to some independent retailers and wholesalers, it's the supplier is at fault."We run some superb promotions...
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Multiples Look To More New Product Development
The major supermarkets believe that new products have stimulated the market and would like to see even more being done to reinvigorate the sector.Christopher Sellars, trading manager for yellow fats at Sainsbury, says: "The butter market will...
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Difficult Early Years
The Soil Association says many of its members are being driven out of business because the price paid to producers for organic milk has dropped from 29.5p a litre last year to 18p, a third less than the production cost. So it is encouraging farmers...
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n Laurus dives
Ailing Dutch supermarket chain Laurus plunged further into the red revealing an 11% drop in interim sales as it continued to suffer from lower sales in its troubled Spanish and Belgian operations. For the half-year ended June 30 sales fell to...
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No slimming down for St Ivel's Shape
St Ivel is adding to its Shape range with the launch of custard and sponge chilled desserts, despite the brand's impending handover to Danone. The French dairy giant, which bought the beleaguered diet brand for £32m last month, is due to take...
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In love with milk...and vindicated at Droitwich
New business continues to flow in. In 12 months, the company has pulled off a coup by striking a supply deal with Sainsbury, the only multiple not on its books, and picked up a clutch of new contracts to supply the middle ground milk market through...
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Elevating the humble spud
A specialised web site has been designed to turn the humble spud into something of a hot potato. Waitrose has launched an educational web site to give its customers a greater insight into a vegetable that is often overlooked. John Foley,...
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The food of the future
You would think that a general public fazed by the meaning of the little red tractor and other such assurance marks would baulk utterly at the designation Lactobacillus casei Shirota.But functional dairy is booming, particularly probiotic...
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The multiples get stuck in
Availability is at the heart of Asda's vision for dairy. "We are generally 8-10% cheaper in dairy than our competitors," says Penny Coates, business unit director, chilled and prepared foods, at Asda. "We must make sure that there is as efficient...
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Whitehead gets Italian job
Western Wines has appointed an Italian agency executive to develop its Italian range of wines which accounts for a quarter of the business. Claire Whitehead joins from Sainsbury where she was wine marketing manager from January 2000. "I am...