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Sunflower crisps get some gay exposure
Whatever mysterious hold crisp giant Walkers has over its celebrity brand ambassadors, it's certainly getting its money's worth. Not only does regular frontman Gary Lineker boost the brand's profile at every available TV opportunity, new recruit...
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CSC revamp will make them easier to understand says WH Smith
WH Smith News has drawn up a new scale of carriage service charges (CSCs) that its retailer customers pay for the delivery of newspapers and magazines.
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Unwins culls senior staff
Regional off licence chain Unwins has announced 100 redundancies in a major restructuring exercise. This has included senior members of the management team, including marketing and director Bill Rolfe. The jobs of all 16 regional area managers...
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deciduous fruit
Trial tasting in foyers adds new dimension to marketing Chile goes to the cinema at new season's launch Chilean deciduous fruit is being given a higher consumer profile through promotion in 1,400 cinemas in a six-week burst starting next...
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n As one of the leading standard-bearers for the food and dr
Lunching with Sylvia Jay, the director general of the Food & Drink Federation, must be a little like dining with the Queen. She's gracious and charming with perfect table manners (showing a particular ability to elegantly remove stones from olives)...
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the edge of time
n Retailers have fought shy of electronic shelf labels, but as the technology is taken up overseas, Ed Bedington explores the benefits it could hold as a trading tool in the UK Shelf edges are about to get sexy. Once upon a time the chalk board was...
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A singular enterprise
n A highly sophisticated growing and processing operation has picked up a top NFU award. Julian Hunt reports Aroot vegetables business in Suffolk, which has invested £6m in a 77,000 sq ft state-of-the-art processing factory in the heart of its main...
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fresh fish: exotics
Multiples confirm the appeal of fish that do not seem fishy' Meaty fish muscles its way into UK's palates Kit Davies The Seychelles This part of the Western Indian Ocean is a relatively minor source of fresh exotic fish for the British...
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Indian food factory king
The largest Indian food factory in the world has been opened by Patak's in Leigh in Lancashire. The £18m state-of-the-art facility employs 248 and, at 164,000 sq ft, equates to the size of six football pitches. Chairman Kirit Pathak said: "The...
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FARMED SALMON
Recommendations from inquiry will be used in development of aquaculture strategy Farmed salmon's chance for more balanced picture It's been a rough year for Scottish aquaculture in the public eye a year which has seen it come under constant...
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farmed salmon
FSA launches canthaxanthin consultation A UK wide consultation on the use of the colourant canthaxanthin in animal feed, used to give farmed salmon its pink colour, has been launched by the Food Standards Agency. Brussels' Scientific Committee on...
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farmed salmon
Shetland Salmon Farmers Association condemns use of illegal chemicals Olympic rebuff as SQS hits back at bathtub slur Scottish Quality Salmon has condemned a report on the Scottish farmed salmon industry for being misleading and out of date. The...
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Safeway sponsors Scots football team
Safeway is flying the Scottish flag with a £5.1m four-year deal to sponsor the Scottish national football team. The deal also covers the women's team and the under 21s and represents Safeway's first stab at sports related sponsorship activities....
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Pie in the Frijj
Dairy Crest has added a limited edition Custard Pie flavour to it Frijj milkshake range. It joins the Chocolate, Strawberry, Banana and Extreme White and Dark Chocolate variants. "The previous limited edition, Luvly Latte, did spectacularly...
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Impressed Woolworths hires Spar to supply General Stores
Exclusive John Wood Woolworths has signed a supply deal for Spar to provide all the food, alcohol and tobacco to its General Stores and for Spar imagery to be used in store. In addition, Woolworths is also trialling food supplied by Spar in four...
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Just Juice gets an up-to-date new look
Cirio Del Monte is to give its enduring Just Juice brand a facelift in a bid to boost sales. The brand is to get new packaging and a £500,000 round of backing as part of a relaunch next month. One-litre Tetra-paks of Apple, Grapefruit, Orange,...
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n Organisations that have the reach to source globally are h
Both sides of the globe The term globalisation was first coined in the 1980s although the concept stretches back centuries. The world continues to grow smaller with speedier and more accessible travel. Finding points of difference that are the...
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Iles to improve Hazlewood Sauces & Pickles offering
Hazlewood Sauces & Pickles has appointed Rob Iles as business unit director. Iles was previously a senior business manager at Hibernia Foods. He has 10 years' experience in the fmcg sector. Having started his career with the Whitbread Beer...
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Hubbards Oranges
of St Clements Rsp: £2.29 for 750g This muesli baked in orange juice is new from New Zealand and is one of a range handled by London-based Retail Brands. Launched in April, it achieved its best sales of £11,000 in June. Average four-weekly sales...