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Lean and mean' Summerpride talks to leading UK buyers at Anuga South Africans hungry to sell more pineapple to UK Clive Beddall, Cologne South Africa's stake in the UK market for canned pineapple could be set for a boost. Leading SA packer...
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Thai pack down 30% Both South Africa and Swaziland are about to start their summer pack of pineapple, most of which is pre-sold. When the orders were placed in September as part of the annual negotiations involving Thailand as well, the African...
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Canned Fruit
Gaps expected to open in peach supply This year's Greek peach crop is expected to be normal, but the time between now and the day new pack arrives in this country "will be an interesting few months". The South African peach pack is smaller than...
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Woolworths simplification casts doubt on Spar venture
Anne Bruce Woolworths is deciding whether to call time on its new Spar partnership as it re-absorbs Woolworths' General Stores into its main chain portfolio. It will start by removing General Stores fascias from up to nine of its 19 General Stores...
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Vegan challenge over saturated fats
Sir; We sympathise with Stephanie Spiers of Milk For Schools (Letters, May 11) in wanting the DfES "to intervene to protect children from extremist materials produced by well funded activists". In the current propaganda war on milk and meat it is...
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Entire own label range will be Quality Checked
Exclusive John Wood Sainsbury is introducing a new quality label across its entire own brand food range of 19,000 products. The Quality Checked campaign will consist of a new logo and a statement about quality which will appear on all own label...
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Tesco dismisses fears of red tape clamp
Tesco has played down reports that its progress in Thailand could be stymied by government restrictions on store opening hours and pricing policies. A spokesman confirmed Tesco and other foreign retailers had met deputy commerce minister Newin...
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Expensive on space, heavy on wastage and a constant headache
Certainly, its space has been eroded by new formats such as the serveovers with ready to go ethnic meals in Asda and Morrisons, rotisseries serving roasted poultry in Sainsbury, plus the extensive fresh food to go' counters in Safeway's larger new...
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My wife is an excellent and enthusiastic cook, so we are not
Still, home cooking offers a useful yardstick for comparing taste and satisfaction. If these meals get anywhere near Pat's standards, they're doing well. We hadn't come across Bigham's products before maybe this is because of our northern...
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Curry hits out over tractor funds
Clive Beddall Farming and Food Commission chairman Sir Don Curry has attacked the government for blaming EU state aid rules for its failure to fund schemes like the NFU's little red tractor. And in an exclusive interview with The Grocer this week...
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manchester picking depot shuts
Sainsbury's online shopping service is shutting its picking centre in Gorton, Manchester. A spokeswoman said the depot was being closed because the chain's stores in Manchester had been reinvigorated and were now capable of offering the picking...
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FB's new grocery sales director
Sales, marketing and distribution specialist Food Brokers has appointed Gareth Toms grocery sales director. Toms, who will be responsible for the grocery, impulse and foodservice sectors, joined Food Brokers in March last year as sales controller...
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Gordon's seeks a tonic as it gets an Edge in the pps sector
Tim Palmer Guinness UDV intends to cut a swathe through the premium packaged spirits market with a £5m launch budget for its latest brand, Gordon's Edge. The global spirits sector leader has been testing the product for several months and has...
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Spar set for launch of updated fascia
Spar UK is poised to launch a new look fascia later this year. The group's new marketing controller Joanne Morley revealed the company would be launching the updated store exterior designs at its conference in September. It would be based on two...
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Robinsons' Feed Their Imagination series
Created by: HHCL Launched: 1998 Bright colours, a backdrop like the Telly Tubbies' garden, syncopated animation and a playschool-style' backing track give these ads a surreal fantasy quality which appeals to adults' nostalgia for their own...
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Guitarist's fine-tuning
Future Publishing releases the second edition of its Guitarist magazine brand extension Guitarist Icons on May 30 with a cover price of £5.99. Published biannually, each issue of Guitarist Icons is dedicated to a different guitar legend or...
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who's at the jubilee do?
A golden opportunity missed? We asked Britain's top 10 fmcg brands what they were doing for the Queen's Jubilee. If nothing, why? Coca-Cola (annual value around £670m, ACNielsen year to April 2001) as a member of the Royal Warrant Holders...
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Keep the tractor running
One of the best marketing ideas to appear in this industry for many a year is the NFU's little red tractor symbol. It got off to a good start. It is timely and appropriate, and it has a much greater worth than that attributed to it by cynics who...
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Scots producers link for their own organic label
EXCLUSIVE Simon Mowbray Scotland is to get a new label to flag up home-grown organic produce, The Grocer has learned. In what may be interpreted as a challenge to the Soil Association, several hundred farmers and producers have joined forces to...
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n Post MBO,
adding value is central to the P&H growth strategy. Julian Hunt reports When Christopher Adams talks about the future, it's well worth listening to what he has to say, particularly when the chairman of Britain's biggest privately owned company ...