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India up against challenge of reducing massive food waste
Clive Beddall Bombay India's massive agrifood sector has been urged to put more investment into food processing in a bid to reduce the massive quantities of produce wasted every year. Because of inadequacies in storage, transport and supply chain...
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AN AGGRESSIVE SOCIETY
Mal Hussein and partner Linda Livingstone live their life feeling constantly under threat. As the owner of a convenience store on the Ryelands Estate in Lancaster, Hussein has suffered 11 years of racial abuse and attacks which have resulted in...
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Aggressive Lidl keeps up cracking new store pace
Anne Bruce Secretive hard discounter Lidl has doubled its UK portfolio since 2001, bucking declining numbers in the UK discount sector and leaving longer established competitors Aldi and Netto behind. A source said Lidl was "approaching 350 stores...
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Alcoholic drinks brands top the chart and give Morrisons a l
Morrisons again leads the fascia chart with alcoholic drink promotions still highly prominent. Price promotions and bogof offers have been used extensively by Morrisons although its lead in the chart has been cut to under 10%. Tesco's rise up the...
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Spitfire ale's record year
Regional brewer Shepherd Neame is strengthening the bowler's arm at Kent County Cricket Club with a £400,000 three-year sponsorship package. It has lined up its leading premium ale Spitfire as the brand sponsor of the club's championship-winning...
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Bacardi-Martini's Breezer squeezes ruby grapefruit for all i
Bacardi-Martini is following the trends in the fruit juice market for the latest brand extension of its Breezer premium packaged spirit range. Its introduction of a Ruby Grapefruit style is hoping to mirror the success of the flavour in the chilled...
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Buying in all categories except meat, fruit and veg and cert
Asda is nearing completion of a transfer of its Asda@tHome home shopping operations from depot to store. It has upgraded all 13 stores and is scaling up the range of delivery slots. Sainsbury this week opened its 36th Local store in Battersea...
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Although recent figures from some major multiples suggest th
The news on the neighbourhood retailing front came from this week's The Grocer 4 Independents survey of 100 independent traders who, in the main, said business was either better or the same as it was this time last year. The survey revealed that...
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As a family we don't eat huge amounts of ice cream, but ther
The girls' favourite is Twister at the moment, although Rebecca is also partial to Smarties push-up lolly and Solero Shots, while Calippos are also popular, partly because they are clean and easy to eat. The girls loved the Wonka Sour lollies,...
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BWG sale approaches conclusion
Pernod Ricard's drawn out sale of its BWG wholesale business should be concluded this summer. Joint md Richard Burrows said agreement had been reached with venture capitalist Electra. Contracts were being drawn up and final regulatory approval...
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Cheaper pallets arrive
The cost of pallet hire could soon be on the way down following the entry of a new competitor into the UK market. Chep had been the only pallet pool operator in the UK for more than 20 years, but French multinational LPR has now set up operations...
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Bash the French, Mrs B!
When it comes to arrogance, there are surely no better practitioners than the French government. And it's also clear that, were hypocrisy a marketable commodity, they would be world market leaders. I refer of course, to the ongoing illegal French...
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Tesco Ireland baffled' by union staff loss fear
Tesco Ireland has dismissed claims from shopworkers' union Mandate that retail staff turnover rates are spiralling out of control. Mandate president Owen Nulty told union conference delegates in Tralee, County Kerry, that nine out of every 10...
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There's a double bank holiday coming up soon as the nation c
The government moved the late May Bank Holiday to Tuesday, June 4, and created another bank holiday for Jubilee Day on June 3. This may lead to queries from your staff about bank holiday entitlements. Many employees won't actually be entitled to...
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Yorkie barred as council's humour fails
Nestlé Rowntree has been banned by a council from handing out Yorkie bars following complaints that its advertising campaign is sexist. Representatives from the firm were handing out Yorkies to men only in Liverpool city centre when a female...
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PPSs reel from Budget bombshell
Tim Palmer The massive 65% increase in the tax on premium packaged spirits has overshadowed the rest of the good news for the drinks industry in the Chancellor's Budget. A general freeze on wine, beer and spirits duty was welcomed and the micro...
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BOOKER GETS READY TO PARTY
Booker is offering a sale or return deal on a raft of products between April and the end of June to help customers make the most of the Queen's Jubilee and the World Cup. The deal covers all branded wines and spirits, plus the Booker own label...
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Highland Spring brought Looney Tunes, the first bottled wate
Hall and Woodhouse has just brought out Panda Clear, and Perrier Vittel has launched a Buxton product for kids. Looney Tunes was positioned as a healthy alternative to sweet, soft drinks and backed by a £1m sampling and education campaign. The...
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Brakes goes for new names to unleash brand power
Foodservice group Brake Bros has rebranded itself as Brakes and renamed several of its trading divisions. Brake Bros Foodservice, the supplier of frozen food, has been rebranded Brake Bros, its chilled food operation Larderfresh becomes Brakefresh,...
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Mirror breaks with the redtop image
The Mirror newspaper has been given a dramatic relaunch. The paper, which earlier this week reverted to its original title of the Daily Mirror, has dropped its red-top masthead, brought in new writers and launched a new advertising campaign. ...