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The ice cream market can be broadly subdivided into dessert
In the last year the British population bought 312 million litres of ice cream, costing £601m. While the actual volume of ice cream bought was marginally down this year compared to last year, we actually spent 5% more money on it. These trends are...
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Newcomers to Budgens
Budgens is set to unveil a new range of 60 £5-£10 wines next week. Senior wine buyer Christine Sandys has spent the past two years revamping the supermarket's wines and this is the latest stage of her strategy. Until now Sandys has concentrated on...
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continental Cash & Carry
Metro will take its cash & carry operations to Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia as it continues its policy of aggressive overseas expansion. Belarus and Ukraine are also in the German giant's sights, said a spokesman. Metro's first outlet in...
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Casino's gamble to use Laurus as an entry vehicle into the D
The purchase of a 37.6% stake in the ailing Dutch chain gives the French retailer a foothold in another western European market. And at just E200m, it won't break the bank. However, there was surprise at the ambitious timetable Casino has set...
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New role for QMS casts a shadow over the MLC
News that Quality Meat Scotland is taking responsibility for all the industry levy raised in Scotland has raised questions about the future role of the Meat and Livestock Commission. After months of political talks, the Scottish Executive was this...
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Little Red Tractor gears up to change direction
The National Farmers' Union is preparing to relaunch the Little Red Tractor scheme after a review found consumers did not understand it. The revamped food assurance scheme will place more emphasis on environmental standards and inspection criteria...
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Tags will track chilled produce from source
Marks and Spencer has said it is putting the finishing touches on infrastructure for a market leading electronically controlled chilled supply chain. It is reaching the end of a five year period of tests on electronic tags on all chilled trays,...
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Colour fills Red Square
Halewood International is adding more colour to its Red Square premium packaged spirit range to boost its presence on shelf. The eight strong collection has been consolidated and repackaged with new look bottles and labels. Emphasis is being put...
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Consumers flocking to lamb at pork's expense
Safeway turned its Woking store café into a fine-dining restaurant for a night as part of a promotion for lamb. Supplier HM Bennett and Safeway management said they were pleased with customer response to the event. HM Bennett senior sales manager...
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Nisa makes song and dance over radio
Nisa has launched a digital satellite radio station, called Nisa FM. More than 120 Nisa members supporting the Bags More Value consumer leaflet have signed up to the station, which broadcasts pop music, advertising and jingles 24 hours a day, seven...
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Sassy sheep goes for a dip
A sassy, rapping sheep is the latest character to appear in a national TV campaign for snack brand The Laughing Cow, to launch new Cheez Double Dippers. On air from this weekend, the campaign is designed to bring the biscuit and cheese dip newcomer...
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tesco trials Electronic pricing
A high-tech trial is underway which could pave the way for the introduction of electronic pricing to Tesco stores. The company has launched its experiment with electronic shelf edge labelling at its Irlam store near Manchester. A spokesman said:...
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Nisa has recently launched an exclusive radio station which
I'm offering my services as a shock jock. I do a lot of the local pub circuits. Would you be interested? Probably not at the moment. The station went live this week and we have everything in place, but if you ring back in a couple of weeks we ...
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Jersey Royal to get facelift
Jersey new potatoes are set for a facelift this season. The Jersey Potato Export Marketing Board (JPEMB) has officially taken over from the island's States Department of Agriculture and Fisheries and is making the relaunch of the crop a priority....
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At first I was put off by the name of this product Ox soun
I hate the smell of bleach, so the fact that Ox lacked a pungent bleach aroma was attractive. The smell is actually lemony. The packaging is a plus, too the matt silver with blue bubbles would catch my eye in the supermarket, although I thought...
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Turner takes top post at Fuller
Fuller, Smith and Turner md Michael Turner is to take over as chief executive later this year. He will succeed Anthony Fuller, who becomes non-executive chairman, in July. Turner joined the London-based brewer in 1978. He became wines director in...
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Werthers Original Grandad
Created by: Pahnke (Hamburg) Launched: 1992 A series of grandads and their grandsons has graced TV screens since the launch of this unashamedly sentimental ad series. Grandad bestows an abundance of love, affection and wisdom on the nipper, which...
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Restyled Worthington's takes new heart
Coors Brewers' is endeavouring to claw a bigger share of the declining ale market with a major revamp of its newly-acquired Worthington brand. It has changed the name to Worthington's, redesigned the packaging and is launching Worthington's Classic...
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Nestlé is working to help retailers
Sir; I refer to the news report headlined Nestlé blasts independents for not passing on its promotions' (The Grocer, March 9). The thrust of my speech to the WCTA annual dinner centred on: "There has never been a greater urgency for suppliers,...