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As someone who does not like convenience food and generally
The brightly coloured pyramid-shaped packages showed me the way ahead and friends also seemed eager to try them. I wonder how easy they'd be to store, though particularly in a small kitchen? There's also a lot of packaging for such a small amount...
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Fuller's follows Fusion's fruit trend with cranberry Organic
Another brewer is reacting to the challenge to its traditional markets from premium packaged spirits by introducing a fruit flavoured beer. Fuller's has chosen cranberry, one of the leading flavours in the PPS sector, for an extension of its...
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Standalone Express c-stores still on Tesco's priority list
Tesco this week admitted it was no nearer opening standalone Express c-stores seven months after announcing plans to launch them. However, Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy confirmed standalone sites were still in the pipeline although he could not...
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Danone gets the hump
Danone is to feature a camel called Harry in a new regional TV ad campaign for Volvic Touch of Fruit, part of a £9m marketing spend. Aimed at building brand awareness in Scotland and the north of England, the ads which include Harry pushing a...
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We've got our new product. Now it's time to decide how we're
Normally at this stage distribution and manufacturing terms would be agreed and initial consumer focus groups would give feedback. At the same time, supermarket buyers would be told about the potential marketing support there’s little worse than…
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Woolworths and Spar go for deeper relationship
Spar is to extend its partnership with Woolworths, opening concessions in 50 "local" Woolworths high street stores this year. And it is in talks with Big W to install branded concessions at Woolworths' hypermarket stores. It already has...
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Delivering economies
Factory gate pricing, a retailer-led supply chain initiative, has dominated industry discussion over the past year. The debate was furthered when nearly 500 senior industry personnel attended an IGD conference to examine retailer plans and assess...
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Discovery won't be dull
Discovery Foods is to launch its first advertising campaign after more than 10 years in business. The supplier of foods from Mexico and the Americas said it had decided to break with its tradition of relying on trial and word of mouth to spread its...
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Wal-Mart works to establish lowest price operator image
Wal-Mart has gone on the offensive in Germany with a two-month price cutting campaign across all categories. The cuts will cover over 300 food and non food products ranging from video recorders to jam, for 60 days at all 95 stores in Germany. A...
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It's expensive, but it has huge potential
RF smart labels could revolutionise the grocery industry according to predictions from a German research body. Eurohandels Institut md Michael Gerling said smartchip labels on all items would mean customers checking out of stores automatically....
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Vegetarian food is shaking off the final vestiges of that s
TNS Superpanel values the entire frozen and chilled meat free category at £539m, and reports that sales have shot up by over 16% in the year to February 3 2002. Chilled has led the growth at over 17.5%. Heinz, which owns frozen brand Linda...
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What is really going on with fish sales? You'd think from
The truth of the matter is that the fresh/chilled market is thriving, at least in part, and for two reasons: other sources of supply, such as the Indian Ocean and the Pacific, are replacing North Atlantic stocks, which are in trouble. And farmed...
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Waitrose flags up sources
Waitrose is individually identifying dessert apples by variety and source with a new colour coded sticker in a move which will rationalise the style of labels used across its full range. The first fruit with a new look, South African Royal Gala, is...
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Tesco in top form' as share rises
Tesco was this week eagerly telling the City how its market share had grown "significantly" in the past year. In particular, its executives flagged up the last quarter of its financial year, saying it was the multiple's best for five years in terms...
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Somerfield strives for fresh values with logo
Somerfield is looking to communicate a fresh identity to consumers with a new corporate logo which made its debut this week. All stores will be rebadged with the new logo, which was unveiled at the Kingswood store in Bristol, but it will take at...
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NME joins the glossies
The NME is celebrating its 50th birthday by joining other major music titles on the news stand for the first time. The move follows a resizing of the music title and a move to a glossy cover both of which will be unveiled on April 17. ...
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Republic of Ireland
New Irish wholesaling force formed Two wholesaling groups in the Republic of Ireland have joined forces to fight off the growing dominance of market leaders BWG and Musgraves. Associated National Distributors Keencost and the National Wholesale...
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Discounters sourcing insignificant quantities' from Irish suppliers says RGDATA Aldi/Lidl sourcing probe urged by independents The independent grocers' body in the Irish Republic, RGDATA, has called for a government probe into the food sourcing...
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Dublin pulls together buyers and exhibitors for inaugural Irish Seafood Expo Irish pumping cash into seafood exports growth Kit Davies, Dublin Ireland is making the UK a priority as it forges ahead with a major five-year plan to boost its seafood...