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Cheese: Cheddar prices firming
Makers have not recovered all of their cost increase from the market yet Despite higher make so far this year, Cheddar prices on the UK market have been getting firmer. Mild Cheddar, whether imported or home produced, is fetching around £2,300 per...
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Have we turned the full circle?
Sir; Consignia's initiative, Local Collect, which gives consumers an option to collect their mail-ordered items from selected post offices is interesting. There have been a number of such schemes mooted over the last year or so, mainly looking at...
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CWS: Citrus hits the Jackpot
More than 1,200 Co-op stores are participating in a summer citrus Juice Jackpot promotion during three weeks starting on August 4. It will feature a quarter of a million mandarin, clementine, orange and lemon prepacks with a fruit jackpot machine...
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Symbol groups: Spar's combined c-store and post office debut
Spar has opened the UK's first combined main post office and convenience store in London this week. Rather than sectioning off the post office behind glass windows, the open plan design at Westminster Bridge Road enables customers to pay for...
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Minimum wage: The quest for cost savings
The level of increase to the minimum wage has taken independent retailers by surprise. Every retailer contacted by The Grocer in a straw poll this week said the 40p an hour hike, which comes into force in October, was higher than they had expected....
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The Grocer focus on Scotland: dairy
What's so special about the cheesemakers? Working to mutual benefit has given the small producer distribution deals he once could only dream of and provided one large manufacturer with a wide range of products. Claire O'Brien reports The cool...
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Heineken is refreshingly irritating with a singing Paul Dani
Interbrew is using a group of musically challenged celebrities to coerce consumers to drink more Heineken. The latest £3m TV campaign for the brand, Blackmail', breaks on Monday. It has recruited Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee to create their own ...
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Marketing: Positive discrimination
Grocers are driving their US sales with niche marketing geared to an area's prevailing ethnic cultures. Helen Gregory reports America has always been a melting pot of colours and races underlined by recent predictions that some cities in the US...
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Foot and mouth disease: Industry heavyweights pulled togethe
The Meat & Livestock Commission has recruited a high profile team for its industry forum with the task of rebuilding the red meat sector in the wake of the foot and mouth crisis. The main forum, chaired by MLC chairman Peter Barr, will have three...
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Heinz: Johnson dismisses obituaries for tinned foods
International pundits who have predicted the demise of the can as a food packaging medium have been given a sharp rebuff by Bill Johnson, president and CEO of Heinz. He said this week: "The can will be around long after you and I have gone." But...
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Opinion: We don't need a Rip-off re-run
Confirmation that it cost the Competition Commission £3.75m to convince itself that the multiples are not overcharging consumers ought to have been the final act in the pathetic, time-wasting Rip-off in Grocery saga. Yet, I suspect it won't be....
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Trade could make far more of wine style drinks sector'
Tim Palmer Major retailers are missing out on the opportunities of the wine style' drinks sector, says Matthew Clark. It defines the sector as a miscellaneous collection of products falling between wines, spirits, ciders and premium packaged...
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The Grocer focus on Scotland: soft drinks
Clearly the highest quality Scotland is rapidly gaining a formidable reputation for the quality of its natural mineral water, and there are healthy brand extensions into flavoured and sparkling lines. Sarah Hardcastle reports In a recent survey to...
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The Grocer focus on Scotland: Food from Scotland Excellence
Overall Winner The undoubted pick of the bunch this year were the Scallop and Bacon Brochettes from Dawnfresh. This won the fish and seafood category and took the Supreme award by unanimous decision of the judging panel. The product is part of...
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First impressions: Perween Tapas
S&A Foods wants to bring "the world on a plate" to the UK market with Perween Tapas its first branded range. Mick Williamson is creative director of The Research Business International I love tapas, can't get enough of them when I'm in Spain...
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The Grocer focus on Scotland: Fish
A passion for smoking Smoked fish offers the biggest opportunity for growth believes Scot Trout, a co-operative of 14 leading trout farmers which produces 90% of Scotland's trout output. Managing director Muir Hunter says the cooperative has seen...
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The Grocer focus on Scotland: fish
Moving with the rising tide of innovation The drive to improve the quality of catches is being matched by efforts to improve traceability and innovative NPD says Nicki Holmyard The major processors, led by pressure from retailers, are demanding...
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The Grocer focus on Scotland: Meat
Wild scottish venison Balmoral Estate Wild Scottish Venison from the Royal Family's Balmoral estate is now available from Scotch Premier Meat, recently appointed sole distributor. Deer taken from the hill during the stalking season will be hung in...
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The Grocer focus on Scotland: fresh produce
Scotland's ground force digs for victory Scotland is a major supplier of soft fruit, and when it comes to veg shoppers like convenience says David Shapley At this time of the year Scottish soft fruit growers are busy men. The sector, valued by the...
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The Grocer focus on Scotland: Get yer oats
A first for the oatmeal market is a resealable 500g aluminium ring-pull can developed by Hamlyn's of Scotland. Originally created for the US, pinhead oatmeal is now available in this format in the UK and has been taken up by Tesco and Waitrose at an...