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New national account manager for meat specialist Cranswick
Fine food manufacturer Cranswick Country Foods has appointed Alex Webster as national account manager. She joins the meat specialist from Malton Foods where she spent seven years. Webster said: "I am delighted to join Cranswick Country Foods as...
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a call for action
European farmers were urged to press their governments to implement food safety laws in order to gain consumer confidence. EU commissioner for health and consumer protection David Byrne told them: "You have been too slow and timid in bringing home...
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Smirnoff kicks off new ads
Employees' fantasies of cutting their boss down to size are the central theme of the latest Smirnoff ad. The latest in the If Smirnoff made' series goes on air tonight (Saturday) during The Premiership with Des Lynam. It shows what might happen...
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Women's union demands an apology for alarmist survey'
The Women's Food and Farming Union has demanded an apology from Tesco over its shopper survey on farming in Britain in 2001. Chairman Janet Godfrey said some of the questions were ambiguous and could cause concern among shoppers about food safety....
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Kit Kat featuring Lemmy, Bernard Manning and the Daleks, am
"The creatives behind this ad and the broader campaign have really earned their money. Not only is this a very clever way of getting the message across of take a break, have a Kit Kat', but the characters featured and the humour employed make...
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Analysts fear for Unilever
Unilever failed to impress investors this week with a disappointing third quarter trading update. Its shares tumbled despite food companies having proved relatively safe stock market havens since the US terror attacks on September 11. Unilever...
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Spar trading chief blasts suppliers' poor service Companies supplying Spar's south west wholesaler Appleby Westward have come in for a roasting from trading director Nigel Taylor for their poor service levels. Speaking at the Spar Wessex Guild's...
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New look Armagnac in good spirit
Importer and distributor Winefare is hoping to breathe life into the Armagnac sector with the launch of the revamped range of Comte de Lauvia. Winefare chairman James Rackham said: "We researched the UK market carefully and felt interest in the...
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THERE'S NO STOPPING THIS ARMY OF WORLD-BEATING EXPORTERS
The Brits are winning worldwide acclaim for innovation in convenience foods and next month they gain global exposure at Anuga. Despite foot and mouth, the outlook is excellent for exporters, believes Food from Britain Britain is boosting its...
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Tesco closes in on Asda while Walkers gives snacks a leg up
Competition becomes more fierce in the fascia chart this week with only two percentage points separating the top three. Asda and Tesco retain first and second positions respectively with Safeway rising to third place. Heinz slips to fourth...
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Asda hits top gear for non food drive
Asda has launched an aggressive bid to boost non food sales with the introduction of 5,000 new home and leisure products. The new range of microwaves, DVDs and bikes has been sourced through Wal-Mart's global general merchandise supplier PREL,...
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NFU offers rural business marketing and planning assistance
National Farmers Union Services is to help farmers and other rural business people develop their marketing acumen through a programme of workshops beginning this autumn. Twenty "stratagems for successful entrepreneurship" sessions will focus on...
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Phenomenal success' of first CBC net auction
A major new procurement initiative from Nisa-Today's has demonstrated internet auctions are not only for the big boys. Nisa CBC members Londis, Budgens and Somerfield used their first web auction to procure four million cases of soft drinks on...
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Stepping back into a cold war
Former Iceland founder and frozen food supremo Malcolm Walker thinks there's still plenty of life in the frozen food discounting business. So much so he's even come out of retirement to launch his brand new chain Cooltrader. However, things have...
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Beckett blasts CAP and calls for market orientated productio
Helen Gregory In her most forthright speech since becoming DEFRA secretary of state, Margaret Beckett warned farmers and food industry executives from across Europe this week that radical policy change was needed to secure the industry's future....
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DEVON START FOR BIGGER STORE
The first of Safeway's brand new hypermarket formats is due to open in Plymstock, Devon, by mid-December. It will be followed by four more hypermarkets by next March said CEO Carlos Criado-Perez. He said the hypermarkets would be created by...
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Tesco boosts wine online
Tesco is taking on specialist wine retailers with a new online Wine Warehouse offering 800 wines by the case at rock bottom prices. Tesco.com chief executive John Browett said: "Our aim is to be the best wine by case delivery service in the UK."...