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Total pasta The total pasta market has seen a rise in sales of 3.3% year on year to the 52 w/e April 5 1998. In the latest year, total pasta is worth £221.8m. It is made up of three constituent parts dry, fresh and canned. Fresh, the smallest ...
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Mumm brand opens throttle with a campaign that builds on F1
Allied Domecq has its sights set on pole position in the UK champagne market for its leading brand Mumm. The fizz is back in fifth place behind Moët and Chandon, Lanson, Heidsieck Monopole and Veuve Clicquot, but it plans to overtake its rivals with...
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Top 10 performers must build on their lead'
Julian Hunt The grocery industry's premier league retailers have a fantastic opportunity to widen the gap over the sector's poorer performers as the world economy enters a period of modest recovery, a top consultant told this week's IGD global...
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Independents in this week's poll of 100 neighbourhood stores
The most negative responses since last September showed fewer independents reporting improved sales, a reduction in the number expecting a turnover boost in the next quarter and only a few claiming net margins were rising. With the World Cup, the...
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Acclaimed broadcaster Alan Whicker is to star in a 13-week r
Rothmans is hoping to smoke out new customers with an eight-week on-pack promotion offering smokers money off their next purchase from the Royals range. Gallaher has given its Camel range of cigarettes a new look in a bid to broaden its appeal...
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B2B exchanges must make strides in supply chain services if
Let's face it. Internet trading exchanges are not sexy. They're not exactly user friendly and even the more techie types in the grocery trade are still struggling to get to grips with exactly what they are offering. But the big boys in the b2b...
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Hypermarket (turnover in excess of £50m):- General Manager £55,000 £65,0000 + Car + bonus (to 100%) + Share Options Deputy Manager £27,000 - £35,000 + bonus (to 30%) + ...
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n Hong Kong 2002: Rule Britannia Fare' is strutting its fun
Friday lunchtime. The Great food hall in the basement of Hong Kong's trendy Pacific Place shopping mall is buzzing. Workers from nearby offices are filling its upmarket food court, while foodies are filling their baskets with its gourmet grocery...
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Wiseman hails national clout as sales soar 24%
Elaine Watson With 60% of its business now in England and Wales, Robert Wiseman has become a truly national operator said the company, posting full-year results slightly ahead of analysts' expectations. Finance director Billy Keane said new or...
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n Hypermarket (turnover in excess of £50m)
2002 General manager £55,000 - £65,000 + car + bonus (to 100%) + share options Deputy manager £27,000 - £35,000 + bonus (to 30%) + share options 2001 General manager £50,000 - £60,000 ...
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I recently returned from a working visit to Africa, running
It was humbling. Most of them had big farm crises. Problems could have been taken from pages of the recent Curry report: declining prices, farmers leaving the land, trade uncertainties, worries about standards, concerns about GM foods, lifestyle...
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Good things stack up for alcoholic drinks as categories rema
Morrisons continues to lead the field in the fascia chart this week standing 15 percentage points ahead of Asda at number two. Safeway and Somerfield have each remained in the same positions as last week while Tesco moves up to number four, and...
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Tiger Tiger makes restaurant appeal of sauces burn bright
Sarah Hardcastle JK Foods, one of the largest suppliers of authentic ethnic foods to Asian restaurants in the UK, has signalled its intention to spice up competition in the take home cook-in sauce market. It is launching 15 new cook-in sauces...
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Geest appoints new chief exec
Geest has promoted chief operating officer Gareth Voyle to chief executive officer, with effect from July 1. Voyle replaces Ian Menzies-Gow, who will be retiring in September 2002 after his 60th birthday. Voyle joined Geest in 1991 from Ranks...
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Budgens has received an approach from Irish company Musgrave
Waitrose achieved a record operating profit of £92.7m for the year to January 26, compared with £57m last year. John Lewis Partnership's share of the loss on Ocado, the Waitrose branded online shopping service, was up from £3.8m to £17.8m. Former...
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Argentinian wine given a cash fillip
Ambitious plans to breath more life into the Argentinian wine category in the UK are being unveiled by leading producer Catena. It hopes to inject fresh blood into the cash starved sector with a £500,000 campaign for its two-year-old brand Argento,...
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John Cummings, Asda bakery director
The industry needs to sell the positive side of bread. It's one of the biggest intended purchases in the store and it gets left behind because it's not sexy. To keep the market alive we have to concentrate on quality. We have to get across the...
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Avocado news
Peru fills a niche Peru has become a new source for avocados, filling a niche market between the end of the South African crop and arrivals from Mexico. This is the result of a marketing deal between importer Poupart and a producer better known for asparagus.
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Tastylicious frozen portions create new babyfood sector
EXCLUSIVE Sian Harrington A groundbreaking alternative to jarred and canned baby food has been launched under the Tastylicious brand. The brainchild of former Marks and Spencer senior food technologist Sally Preston, Tastylicious is a frozen meal...
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Morrisons backs up plans to head south with purchase of thir
Elaine Watson Morrisons is negotiating the purchase of a third major distribution centre to support its expansion plans in the south. Joint mds Bob Stott and Marie Melnyk said the new site was "more southerly based" to form a distribution triangle...