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Apples: Jazz debut at Marks
Marks and Spencer is promoting the latest New Zealand apple variety called Jazz for the first time this season. The bicoloured fruit is a Braeburn/Royal Gala cross and is harvested later than either. Because of its tolerance to storage it can be...
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Tasting panel: ARCHERS AQUA
From Guinness UDV, this recently launched premium packaged spirit has been so successful that supply is on an allocation-only basis. Abv: 5.5% Price: £1.39 per 275ml bottle TARGET CONSUMER Nicole Parker, 21, is a PA from Brighton. With its...
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Babies stand up for Pampers
Procter & Gamble is adding Easy Up pants a nappy designed so that 10 to 24-month-old babies can be changed standing up to its revamped Pampers nappies range. New Pampers, which replace the Pampers premiums line-up, is based on the three stages...
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Consumer confidence: Food from Britain gets its battle fund
Clive Beddall A recovery plan to restore consumer confidence in British food at home and abroad in the wake of foot and mouth was finally given the government green light on Thursday when Food from Britain received a promised £3m additional cash as...
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First impressions: Bertolli Pasta Sauces
Andy Scott, md of Vivid Brand Designs, Clerkenwell, cooked for Sam, aged 14 - a school Master Chef of the year - Hannah, 11, and Katie, 12 Do Unilever Bestfoods' new Bertolli pasta sauces and pestos do their Italian heritage justice? We usually...
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This FT story really is a bit of a flop...
Oh dear. You know the silly season has started in earnest when the Financial Times runs a story about how the popularity of flip-flops has led to a surge in the sale of plasters at Sainsbury. We kid you not. Such a story appeared in the pink 'un...
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MONSTER TURNS TONGUES BLUE
The trend for brightly coloured food has reached savoury snacks, with the arrival of New Monster Munch Pickled Onion which turns tongues blue. The new flavour, which was launched in the United States last year, contains dye which turns blue when...
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A hot dog's life for boys
Kraft is getting ready for the back-to-school lunchbox rush by introducing Dairylea Lunchables Hot Dogs. These stretch the boundaries of Kraft's Lunchables ready-to-eat cheese range which covers crackers as well as meat and Dairylea cheese slices. ...
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Brandwatch profile: toilet tissue, kitchen towels
Top toilet tissue and kitchen towels by media £k Jul 00 - Jun 01 Total Press Radio Outdoor TV Direct Mail Total ...
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Clicks not bricks: a gateway in c-space
Ed Bedington reports on how the computerised kiosk could liberate a c-store and provide it with a range to compete with the multiples Finding space has always been something of an inconvenience for the average convenience store. Offering any...
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Food safety: One in five shoppers switch to local butcher fo
Nearly a fifth of shoppers are so wary about the meat on supermarket shelves that they've switched to their local butcher instead. According to research by the magazine Good Housekeeping, people are also eating less meat, with 55% claiming to have...
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Opinion: We need calm, not frenzy
Welcome to the Silly Season. Enter, stage left, Tony Blair's new "advisory rural recovery co-ordinator" in the shape of one of grocery's most colourful characters the ubiquitous Lord Haskins, non executive chairman of Northern Foods, and rich...
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Cash and carry: Landmark chooses Scotland as launchpad for v
Landmark Direct, the van sales operation developed by Landmark Cash and Carry, will be launched next week. The buying group revealed at its annual conference in June that it had been trialling the service at two locations (The Grocer, June 9, p5)....
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Cash and carry: Dhamecha opens fourth C&C in Croydon
Today's largest member Dhamecha has opened a cash and carry depot for south London traders. The company's fourth cash and carry, which cost £10m to establish, is based in Croydon and already has 1,000 customers registered, although chief executive...
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Inside Soap surfs the celeb scene
Attic Futura is pulling out all the stops to raise the profile of its Inside Soap magazine. The title is hosting a celebrity party to toast the winners of the Inside Soap Awards 2001 and, to make the most of media coverage, has hired a public...
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Issues of service, price, choice
Sir; Your Opinion column really hit the mark last week when you said that most consumers will not buy goods simply because they are British. Pity some of the great and good do not realise that. I have been in this business for over 20 years, both...
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Leading edge: So many choices, not enough information
You have what looks like a great new job offer, but before you embark on the venture, it's essential to mug up on your prospective employer and its corporate culture. Sarah Dowding tells you what questions you should be asking and where to find the...
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Gum gets a healthy shine from Colgate's dental credentials
Mary Carmichael Colgate is set to become the first specialist oral care brand to take a bite out of the confectionery market, launching Colgate Advanced Action Dental Gum in the UK next month. The company revealed its plans as rival Procter &…
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Commission on the Future of Farming and Food: Food industry
John Wood The food industry heaved a collective sigh of relief on Thursday as membership of Commission on the Future of Farming and Food was announced. Widespread fears that the Commission would be hijacked by self-styled foodies were allayed by...
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Household meat consumption: Where's the FMD effect?
Gossip among major retailers and wholesalers is of demand for most meats rather soft, but trade talk does not give quite the same impression as these latest figures from Taylor Nelson Sofres. The beef purchase and spending shortfalls in particular...