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Three bids for wine firms
Australian drinks firms Lion Nathan and BRL Hardy bid for three wine companies in the space of a week. Lion Nathan bid for small south Australian winery Banksia and then made a $109m bid for premium Aussie wine company Petaluma. BRL Hardy...
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IGD workshops guide young managers through the big issues
IGD is to help 46 junior managers at Sainsbury to widen their horizons from the day to day running of the grocery industry through its Foundation Certificate in Management programme. Sainsbury has enrolled the delegates on the Manchester...
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Gill blasts OFT's swatting' of producer co-op moves in UK
Farmers need to set up co-ops to help them stand up to the financial muscle of the major multiples, but are being thwarted by the Office of Fair Trading, according to NFU president Ben Gill. He said that after tax, currency differences and...
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Blavod is slipped a Mickey Finn
Blavod Black Vodka has signed a 10-year deal with Babco Europe to handle its range of premium products in the UK. These include the flavoured schnapps Mickey Finn, tequila cream liqueur TJ Rosas and energy spirit Agwa. This is another boost to...
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How the BRC spawned a global task force
The GFSI was originally launched in May 2000, following a meeting of a group of international retailer CEOs who recognised the need to boost food safety. But the building blocks of the programme go back further, right to the launch of the British...
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Strong spending on meat by British households during the sum
Spend on lamb, bacon and sliced ham was more than 10% higher in the four weeks to September 16 than a year earlier, while spend on pork sausage was up nearly 16%, according to the regular TNS survey of 15,000 shoppers. Year-on-year variations in...
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Traditional meals and meal occasions may be disappearing, bu
TNS Superpanel's latest figures show a 7.2% value growth in the 52 weeks to August 19, pushing the market to just over £455m. So what is driving this very positive performance? Michael Beard, chief executive of the Rayner Food Group, the...
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Bullseye for Fruit Shoot
Britvic has signed a six-month sponsorship deal with satellite kids' channel Cartoon Network to give its Robinsons Fruit Shoot greater exposure to its target market. Starting in October, the deal will involve TV spots and break bumpers (short ads...
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Mars bursts into yogurt
Mars' sugar confectionery superstar brand Starburst joins the yogurt category this week by again teaming up with Eden Vale. New Starburst Splits fruit yogurt with a separate serving of tangy fruit purée aim to build on the success of Starburst...
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canned tuna
Some Stateside buyers may switch their sources of supply US move makes Andean tuna more competitive The US House of Representatives has voted to extend preferential trade treatment to Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru until 2006. This...
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Customer care at the heart of Connex's c-store philosophy
French rail operator Connex is on track to open the first of a new chain of 42 concourse convenience stores in Gillingham, Kent, in February. E-Connex md Olivier Jenoc said the train company is in negotiations with symbol and multiple groups and...
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Chain explores means of creating real value'
Free carrier bags and a return to tv advertising are all being considered by Kwik Save as it looks to change the way Britain thinks about the business. At the chain's first national conference at Hafan Y Mor in North Wales, 1,000 store managers and...
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Coin machines give shoppers the charitable option
Supermarket coin exchange service Coinstar has linked up with leading UK charities to give shoppers an option of donating loose change. A Coins that Count' service now allows customers at Asda, Sainsbury and Tesco to pay in money to causes...
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Matthew Clark swears by a fashion icon to lead it into the p
Matthew Clark has plucked an established brand from the world of fashion for a major launch into the premium packaged spirit market. The company has signed a deal with French Connection UK to use its fcuk logo under licence. The result is fcuk...
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Cobra's lectures in lager are a gas
Indian beer Cobra is offering UK consumers lessons in lager' in a £1m ad campaign which began this week. The tongue-in-cheek cartoon ads emphasise the less fizzy nature of the beer and will be on Tube cards in the London Underground this month...
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Fertile ground for co-operatives
The dreadful events in America on September 11 have focused the minds of those involved in UK food production. Thus the importance of maintaining a strong domestic base in the new, uncertain international environment is taking on greater...
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Goodwin helps to put a corporate shine on KC
Household paper supplier Kimberly-Clark has appointed Joanna Goodwin director of corporate communications for Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Goodwin is due to start her new role in December after five years at Kodak, where she is director of...
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Wine, women and Cranswick
Australian producer Cranswick is increasing support for Image, its latest wine range aimed at fashion-conscious women. The company is spending £250,000 on a poster campaign in London and national magazine advertising. Company spokesman Chris...
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The Kingfisher takes a crown
Exotic birds lose out to Kingfisher in the latest campaign for the lager which made its name in the Indian restaurant sector. The brand is being backed by a £1m initiative which features posters on the London Underground and in mainline stations...
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TOTAL GROCERS CTNS, FORECOURTS, OFFS
VALUE SALES (£000s) BRAND AVERAGE 4 WEEKLY SALES SINCE LAUNCH* Mars Bar Big One 884.2 Kinder Bueno (single) 838.7 Galaxy Silk Collection 797.2 ...