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Bernard, naturally
Poultry specialist Bernard Matthews is aiming to make turkey a serious rival to chicken in the fresh portions market with the launch of a premier natural' turkey portions range. The first wave of four products will be on shelf at the end of this...
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How much better can they get?
These are profitable times but there are questions about just where the future growth is going to come from With no results out over the last month, there's been nothing too dramatic to report among our manufacturing companies with all of them...
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Bic could seriously damage tobacco sales
For all those retailers worried about the declining popularity of smoking, The Mirror may have flagged up the next big sales opportunity. It reported on an office worker who is undergoing hypnotism in an attempt to stop him munching through 50...
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Food centre straining at the bit to prove itself
The new food chain centre proposed by the Commission on the Future of Farming and Food could be up and running in a skeletal form in a matter of weeks. The quicker it can prove its mettle, said IGD research and development director Jon Woolven, the...
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Visa promises online boost with password system
A new anti-fraud password system for credit and debit card payments will encourage retailers to sell online according to Visa. Visa senior e-commerce manager Lorraine Evans said: "We have been consulting with online retailers including Wal-Mart and...
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Mateus Rosé sticks its neck out as that iconic bottle gets a
Enduring wine brand Mateus Rosé has been given its first major packaging overhaul in more than 60 years on shelf. The Portuguese wine keeps its distinctive carafe-style bottle, although the new version is more compact and has a taller neck. A...
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Britons may not drink as much juice as their European and t
Juice did well at the expense of juice drinks which continues to suffer from Sunny Delight's fall from grace last year. A juice drink brand that has just bitten the dust is Britvic's Juice Up. But its demise coincided with Procter & Gamble's...
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Budgens to trial railway store at Norwich station
Budgens is to experiment with a railway concourse offer in a joint pilot project with Anglian Convenience at Norwich. Budgens franchise operations director Norman Kears said the station format was likely to be a one-off, operated by Budgens Local...
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Bueno sends out ripples
Ferrero is to celebrate the continuing success of its popular Kinder Bueno countline with a £2.3m round of TV advertising which starts on Monday (April 8). Running for four weeks, the single commercial is set in a newsagent where a talking Bueno...
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New Persil capsules: Take us to your laundry
Created by: J Walter Thompson Launched: May 2001 Laundry advertising traditionally focused on overworked mothers fussing about their whites saw a change of tack with this £9m ad series. A black background, a catchy Telstar backing track and...
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Revolutionary concepts set to be developed at Casino centre
French retailer Casino is investing E90m in a major retail development close to St Etienne that will serve as a prototype for new hypermarkets around the world. The 17,000 sq m site at Andrézieu-Bouthéon, west of Lyon, will include an 11,000 sq m...
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Chandon Spain falls into line
Moët Hennessy is aiming to put some extra fizz into its sales figures with a packaging makeover for its sparkling wines. It has revamped bottles for the Argentinian and Spanish styles of its Chandon range. The new look brings them into line with...
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Lyons Maid dancing children return as Richmond works for dom
Famous British ice cream brand Lyons Maid is making a comeback. Richmond Frozen Confectionery has brought the brand in from the cold following a decade's absence from the nation's freezers. The old favourite is initially available in a range of...
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Co-operative Group signs Webb
The Co-operative Group has appointed Simon Webb to the new post of chief information officer. As a member of the executive team, he will coordinate the strategic direction of new technology across the group's family of businesses. Webb comes from...
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Supermarket deli counters may see themselves as generous wh
The Vom Fass store (which means from the barrel' in German) in London's exclusive Westbourne Grove takes pleasure in its other moniker as "a sweetshop for grownups", and aims to put the fun back into shopping. Based on the philosophy of try...
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To drive through the countryside this week you would be forg
But don't be fooled, beneath this tranquil scene the countryside is heaving with discontent. The moment is fast approaching when erupt it must. We have waited with bated breath the outcome of the summit' chaired by the Prime Minister Tony Blair to...
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A ton of Taste the Difference
Sainsbury's move to up the stakes in the battle for own label dominance got under way in earnest this week. The Grocer last week revealed how Britain's second biggest multiple was stepping up its battle with Tesco by adding more than 100 products...
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DIME GETS RAISIN SIZED MINI VERSION
Kraft Foods is launching its enduring Dime bar into a new format a countline bag of Dime Nuggets. Like their older sibling, Nuggets are individual pieces of crunchy caramel covered in milk chocolate. But each one is only the size of a raisin....
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It's Easter Sunday, so it's off through the traditional holi
But what's this? Onions and shallots from Roscoff in Brittany alongside the gastronomic delights of Surrey and Sussex? Surely not? Don't tell Margaret Beckett, but the tasty product from across the Channel, which was once pedalled around Britain by...
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Online shopping trial at Easter throws up numerous problems
Sheila Eggleston Another chance for online shopping to redeem itself was lost as the latest attempt for Easter did not live up to expectations. This was the fourth attempt to buy The Grocer 33 shopping list online and still the services run by the...