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common agricultural policy
Fischler defends reform in face of US fire The March 11 agreement on the reform of the European Union's agriculture policy will not solve either its domestic food and farm policy problems or prepare it for the forthcoming international trade...
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Go Ahead! broadens
McVitie's is taking its market-leading, health-oriented brand Go Ahead! into new territory with the launch of two cereal bars and two fruit cookies. It is forking out £4m to support the new offerings, which are being rolled out to the trade now. ...
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Games and leisure titles run ahead of flagging computing se
Computing is one of the largest and fastest changing of all magazine sectors and is divided into sub-sectors where cover ranges from the internet to gaming consoles and personal computers. The personal computing market itself is further divided by...
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TV chef Ainsley Harriott has been signed up as the face of F
Masterfoods has added a Triple Choc variant to its Twix stable as an eight-week limited edition. Arla Foods is relaunching its Gulp! flavoured milk range with new look packaging and a £600K press, trolley and ambient advertising campaign during...
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Alcoholic drinks refuses to budge as categories jostle for p
Asda jumps from third place to the top of the chart this week with a lead of six percentage points, forcing Morrisons into second place. Safeway has dropped one position to number three. Alcoholic drinks is the strongest category within Asda and...
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Wholesalers fear being undercut as Walkers gets Wotsits appr
Rod Addy Wholesalers are worried that Walkers' acquisition of Golden Wonder's Wotsits brand and van sales operation will pose a significant threat to their business. The deal was cleared by the Office of Fair Trading this week. But many...
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Safeway sets out its stall in the convenience arena
Anne Bruce Safeway has become the latest supermarket to set its sights on the convenience market, with plans to launch a chain of c-stores across the country. The first two sites, in prime locations in Edinburgh and Glasgow town centres, will...
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n Many suppliers suffer the consequences of failing to asses
Attention all suppliers. What do your biggest retail customers really think of your business? What do they think your strengths and weaknesses are? What are the key criteria on which they evaluate you? Do you know why they score you at that level?...
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For stores not giving things away, Waitrose is cheapest
Waitrose in Brighton, Asda in Hartlepool and Somerfield in Ilkeston checked in full baskets this week. Technically, Asda had the cheapest basket but it failed to charge for the mushrooms and the cheese was cheaper than the price on the label....
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Govt backs Safeway/Unilever RFID trial
The government is sponsoring a £5.5m Safeway and Unilever joint trial of radio frequency identification tagging as an anti-crime initiative. Safeway supply and logistics director Mark Aylwin said: "Unilever responded to an advert from the Home...
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Beware euro grant sharks
Many retailers would be glad to get their hands on a grant to improve their image, their security and their business overall. Although this carrot is often dangled by agencies, the truth is there is never enough to go around the tens of thousands...
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Black Tower gets Big Brother fame
German wine Black Tower appears to be behind one of the most appalling moments in British TV history. The iconic brand found its way into the Big Brother house and was being downed on the night of Jade's infamous naked romp. Show producers have...
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Blakemore buys Edwards C&C
Spar wholesaler AF Blakemore has boosted its presence in Wales with the acquisition of Bangor based cash and carry John Edwards. The deal comes hot on the heels of September's purchase of Newport-based I Mogford & Sons, taking Blakemore's C&C...
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BLOCKADE TO GO TO SCOTLAND
Militant farmers group Farmers For Action has vowed to extend its blockades of milk processors to Scotland. The group is targeting Dairy Crest and Robert Wiseman depots after the companies drove farmgate milk prices down earlier this month....
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Chip gets in kids' breakfast bowls
Cereal Partners is bringing a out a new chocolate chip cookie breakfast cereal under the Nestlé banner. Made from corn and wheat cookie pieces with chocolate flavour chips and fortified with eight vitamins, calcium and iron, Cookie Crisp hits...
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Waitrose has moved Sally Brooks from dairy foods buyer to ce
Brooks joined Waitrose in 1987. She was department manager, fresh foods, at Beaconsfield in 1988 and in 1990 became department manager, dry goods, at Waitrose, Henley. She worked on grocery and non-food buying teams from 1993. Brooks said: "I m very...
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Cross-border television campaign to
drive internationality of Spar brand Elaine Watson Spar International has signed up top creative agency TBWA Hunt to develop a TV ad campaign spanning 12 countries in 10 languages. Launching in the autumn in countries from Ireland and South...
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Mary Carmichael
Tetley's decision to axe its iconic Teafolk appears to have backfired with the tea giant suffering a dramatic drop in sales, new figures reveal. The number two tea brand pensioned off the famous Teafolk after 28 years in January as Britain's three...
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Curry optimism over chain cash
Anne Bruce The government has been more generous than first expected to the farming and food industries in its spending review, said Sir Don Curry. He said: "I am cautiously optimistic the government has given Defra the resources it needs to...
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Celebrity gossip proves a hot topic
Celebrity gossip titles are leading growth in the women's weekly market, according to a new report from distributor Seymour. Their sales growth is outstripping that of the market in general and other women's weeklies in particular, it says. The...