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Pouches' progress
Pouches are the new face of canned food. These baggy cans' which are made with a process that's similar to canning, but with a shorter cooking and shelf life, are reckoned to have a fresher, premium and more youthful image than traditional cans. ...
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Zipfer into Tesco
Scottish Courage has won widespread listings for Austrian premium lager Zipfer less than a year after launching it in the UK. Tesco is the latest multiple to list it and it is already stocked by Sainsbury, Safeway, Asda, Morrisons, Booker and...
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Hot Beverages
Hot beverages, a market which includes coffee, tea and food drinks such as drinking chocolate and malted products, continued to see growth. Sales rose 1.4% to £1.1bn this year across the total category. Coffee has continued to take share from what…
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Dorchester gets packs of 10
Gallaher is aiming to smoke out new customers with a new pack size for budget brand Dorchester. Dorchester Superkings has been put in packs of 10 for the first time and has a special introductory price of £1.79, 3p less than the rsp. There's also...
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Asda has consulted an 11-year-old boy to advise it on toys.
Hello, how do I go about giving you advice on your petfood range? You can give me the details and I'll pass them on to the buyer. Actually, my dog thinks your own label range is pretty disgusting OK, tell me what he thinks and I'll tell ...
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Bertolli series: Pasta Sauces/Dallas/Club 18-130
Created by: Bartle Bogle Hegarty Launched: 2001 Since Unilever Bestfoods discovered the potential of its Bertolli brand, extending it into pasta sauces and naming it as an ingredient of Olivio spread, a bunch of frisky Italian senior citizens and...
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M&S £20m Cardiff sale
Marks & Spencer has sold its former satellite store in Cardiff for more than £20m. The sale, to a private Northern Irish investor, shows a yield of 6%. Acquired from Littlewoods by M&S as part of a 19-store portfolio, the 96,000 sq ft unit in Queen...
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Organic has been the star performer of this surging £370m m
The Soil Association says 30% of babyfood sales are organic, and while sales of organic food overall rose £200m to £800m, sales of organic baby food rose 65% in the past year to £49m. Its potential was recognised long ago by stalwarts of the organic...
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The Co-operative Group has achieved Investors in People stat
Chocolate retailer and manufacturer Thorntons posted a 4.1% rise in like-for-like sales in the 28 weeks to January 12. Total sales were up 3% to £102.4m. Northern c-store chain Mills Group posted a 13.5% rise in like-for-like sales in the four...
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ACS offers simplified civil recovery scheme
The ACS is stepping up the fight against retail crime with a new scheme enabling its members to operate civil recovery. Civil recovery allows retailers to claim payments from thieves through the civil courts to cover losses and other expenses...
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Reef adds a red berry
Bass is refreshing its Reef premium packaged spirit with the addition of a new flavour and a redesign for the range. The Red Berry and Kiwi version went on sale this week following taste tests at the end of last year. It is the fourth flavour in...
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An overworked Bambos Charalambous admits he didn't have as
Bambos still hasn't got his Booker Premier fascia up outside his Welling store or had the internal signage fitted because he didn't want workmen around over the holiday period, but he plans to get moving on it during the next few weeks. He's...
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New md of Western Wines will build on South Africa strengths
Mike Paul takes over as md of Western Wines on February 5. He replaces Roger Gabb, who has been appointed executive chairman. Paul said he intended to capitalise on the company's strength in South Africa. "There are also opportunities with Chile,...
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Petcare is high on Asda's agenda for the coming year
As the chain opens more supercentres, it will be able to increase its ranges of larger packs, bedding and even kennels. Asda claims a 27% share of the own label catfood market which it says is higher than other own labels. Asda sales rose 12% over...
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Robinsons aims to clock up Monster sales with Disney
Britvic is aiming for a monster promotional push on its market-leading squash brand, Robinsons, after linking up with film giant Disney to promote forthcoming animated film Monsters, Inc. The soft drinks specialist this week launched the first stage...
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n Waitrose's new training course aims to make supplier relat
While many retailers and suppliers put a brave face on sometimes strained relationships, Waitrose has become a de facto marriage guidance counsellor. Its new training course Developing People in Partnership aims to build a competitive...