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Alpen gets flavoured
Muesli brand Alpen has been given three twists with the launch of Strawberry, Cappuccino and Blackberry & Apple flavours. The variations join the enduring Alpen portfolio with new pack designs. All come in 560g boxes, feature crisp wheat flakes,...
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I love chocolate and could eat it everyday although I try to
I don't know much about Warburtons apart from the fact that it is a long-running family business: bakers born and bred' according to the adverts. I buy Warburtons medium sliced white bread quite often as it is good quality, reasonably priced and...
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I love chocolate and could eat it everyday although I try to
I don't know much about Warburtons apart from the fact that it is a long-running family business: bakers born and bred' according to the adverts. I buy Warburtons medium sliced white bread quite often as it is good quality, reasonably priced and...
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Gill turns up heat under ambiguous' DTI code
NFU president Ben Gill is holding urgent meetings with major multiples as he steps up his angry opposition to the DTI's new code of practice for the top four chains. In a letter to secretary of state for trade and industry Patricia Hewitt, he...
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Gill turns up heat under ambiguous' DTI code
NFU president Ben Gill is holding urgent meetings with major multiples as he steps up his angry opposition to the DTI's new code of practice for the top four chains. In a letter to secretary of state for trade and industry Patricia Hewitt, he...
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Archers comes out to play
Guinness UDV is spending a massive £8.5m on its Archers brand in the last two months of the year. It has lined up a new TV ad, press advertising, price promotions, sampling exercises and free taxi rides for girls over the next seven weeks. The new...
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Asda defends EDLP as benefits begin to show
Asda has defended EDLP in the face of renewed claims that no food retailer in this country has fully embraced the concept. "EDLP is absolutely here to stay," the retailer's general manager, household, Jeremy Cross, told a seminar organise by Taylor...
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It's time for the assurance mark cull
The FSA's announcement of a "significant review" of food assurance schemes has brought protests from retailers and manufacturers that they are vital for customer confidence. Assurance schemes across the industry, from the Lion brand on eggs to the...
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It's time for the assurance mark cull
The FSA's announcement of a "significant review" of food assurance schemes has brought protests from retailers and manufacturers that they are vital for customer confidence. Assurance schemes across the industry, from the Lion brand on eggs to the...
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Leahy attacks Britain's planning regime
Tesco chief executive Terry Leahy has launched a bitter attack on the inconsistent application of planning laws in the UK. Speaking at the CBI national conference in Birmingham, Leahy told delegates he was still waiting to find out whether Tesco...
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Banana Milkshake-up for Chewits
Confectionery company Leaf has gone bananas with a new fruity addition to its popular Chewits range. It also hopes to shake up the multi-million pound UK fruit sweet market with the launch of Banana Milkshake flavour Chewits. The new sweets...
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Clean round the bend
Enduring toilet care brand Bloo is being rolled out in yet another format, marking a flurry of activity for the old timer this year. During the summer, Jeyes broke with the tradition of only producing Bloo in-cistern blocks when it launched a...
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Bertolli Pasta Sauces
Rsp: £1.69 for 500g jar Unilever Bestfoods' authentic Italian pasta sauces containing Bertolli extra virgin olive oil were a surefire hit when they first appeared in February. Launched officially in July, with an £8m support package, they had...
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One of the oldest clichés in the Westminster book is that th
On the surface, this may seem perverse. After all, does she not face an almighty struggle to re-establish Labour's credentials in farming and rural communities? But let's suspend belief for just a brief moment to see how such a conclusion is being...
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Mars boxes clever with its celebrations for Diwali
Mars is using its Celebrations boxed chocolate brand to mark Diwali, next week's Hindu festival of light', The confectioner has produced more than one million Diwali stickers for the occasion which is celebrated on Wednesday (November 14). The...
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Miniature cigar brand Café Creme is getting a price promotio
Clipper has launched a new Organic Decaffeinated Tea. Rsp: £2.59 for 40 bags. The Enjoy Organic Company has brought out 150g bags of tortilla chips in chilli and cheese and onion. Rsp: £1.29. Facial tissue brand Kleenex has activated its...
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Pillsbury now set to take on General Mills brands
US fmcg giant General Mills will use Pillsbury to drive more of its brands into the UK market now regulators have finally rubberstamped its $10.4bn purchase of the business. Pillsbury UK md Jim Moseley said the tie-up with General Mills provided...
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Panadol brings a rapid response to naughty goings on next do
GlaxoSmithKline puts its Panadol ActiFast painkiller on air next week in a £2m TV campaign. The company said the new advert was based on the idea of getting caught out while doing something quite unexpected. Mum is caught out when she dresses up...
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Few categories are so in tune with consumer tastes and tren
This outstanding performance has been bolstered by the huge amount of development that has taken place in the market. The multiples have led the way, with Waitrose and Safeway creating fresh pasta bars, and Tesco, Safeway and Sainsbury extending...
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Superquinn pushes on with centre
Irish supermarket Superquinn will open its first national distribution centre in Co Dublin in January. The centre will enable Superquinn to introduce centralised distribution of ambient and chilled products to 18 outlets. The supermarket...