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Suppliers: Heinz to launch organic versions
Heinz has pledged to make the organic market more mainstream with the launch of organic versions of its Tomato Ketchup, Baked Beans and Spaghetti. They will hit shelves by the beginning of October and will retain the identifiable Heinz packaging...
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JESTER IMPRESSES MARKS AND SPENCER
A new tomato variety called Jester grown by English Village Salads which also controls the seed has impressed Marks and Spencer so much that it has contracted for supplies well into the next decade. Several other types have been on display at…
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United States: Wal-Mart puts pressure on US...
Wall Street brokers have been busy downgrading US supermarket shares as Albertson's, the latest American food retailer to suffer from the Wal-Mart effect, issued a profits warning. The Idaho based chain warned competition from Wal-Mart, high labour...
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EU pears: Conference dominates 46% UK rise
The English pear crop is forecast to rise substantially this season and will be up 46% reaching a total of 26,000 tonnes, mainly of Conference but supported by Comice and Concorde. Fruit quality is reported as very good with few mis-shapes,...
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Japan: 7-Eleven becomes the latest casualty of Japanese slum
Stocks in leading Japanese convenience store chain 7-Eleven are rapidly losing their appeal with investors abandoning them in droves. Shares in the company have lost over half their value since the beginning of the year, making it the biggest...
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Gardening magazines: ABC record for BBC mag
The gardening sector is showing growth, mainly from two new titles as well as from Amateur Gardening and BBC Gardener's World. BBC Worldwide's Gardener's World has recorded its highest every ABC, 382,816, a 0.6% year on year rise, and up 19% period...
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Republic of Ireland: Aldi strike over
A strike over union recognition which had lasted for three months at Aldi's recently opened store in Dublin has ended following intervention by a government minister. Labour affairs minister Michael Kitt helped broker a deal between management...
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In the city: Alied Domecq could find the price of Seagram's
There are only two serious contenders for Seagram's drinks portfolio: Allied Domecq and Diageo, which recently teamed up with Pernod to launch a joint bid. "Allied can't really afford to buy it," one analyst observed. "But it can't afford not to...
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United States: Wal-Mart's McLane buys KFC supplier AmeriServ
US foodservice distributor AmeriServe has been snapped up by Wal-Mart subsidiary McLane & Co for an undisclosed sum, just seven months after filing for Chapter 11 protection against bankruptcy. Texas based AmeriServe supplies food and other...
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Tesco/ WH Smith newstrade deal: Tesco soothes publisher ange
Tesco chief executive Terry Leahy is leading an attempt by the retailer to avoid a clash with publishers over magazine distribution. Leahy headed a delegation from Tesco which met representatives of the Newspaper Publishers Association this week....
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Carlsberg antitrust plea
Carlsberg is trying to convince Danish competition authorities that its latest acquisition of rival brewer Albani will not give it an unfair dominance of the domestic market. Should the deal go through, Carlsberg would control 80% of the Danish...
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US apples: Washington increase despite US reduction
US growers revised the initial crop estimates made by the USDA downwards last week at the annual conference of its national Apple Association held in Chicago last week. This initial forecast taken a month earlier was reduced from 254 million...
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EU Apples: EU still overproducing by millions of tonnes
Prognosfruit forecasts offer mixed bag of opportunities for coming season As generally anticipated by EU apple growers, this year's crop shows only a marginal fluctuation from last season, although the commercial effects will be far more difficult...
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Snow in autumn as first extension for Flake arrives
Cadbury aims to capture an extra chunk of the youth market with £3m of support for Snowflake the first UK brand extension for the 80 year old Flake brand. Snowflake differs from original Flake by having a white chocolate flake centre and by...
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Mathers md takes over at former Bain of Tarves site
The new md at Aberdeen Scotch Meat, formerly Bain of Tarves, is Michael Mountford. This follows the acquisition of the game dealer by Inverurie-based Mathers from a failed bid by a Dutch consortium. Mountford, who is also md of Mathers, confirmed...
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BEEF AND LAMB: Coops form South West Quality Meat
Three farm coops with production potential of 60-70,000 lambs and 6,000 beef cattle a year have come together to form South West Quality Meat. "There is no doubt that supermarkets are looking towards regional products and we felt that Devon and...
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BEEF AND LAMB: Regional brands growing
Waitrose reports huge increase in interest in beef that is different' Primary producers of beef and lamb are getting their act together and shortening lines of communication with their customers. Producer groups reflecting either breed or...
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New board for Whitworths
Dried fruit and baking specialist, Whitworths, has unveiled the new line-up for its board of directors. Bernard Cook has been appointed non-executive chairman. David Pratt, who joined Whitworths as group operations director in 1998, succeeds...
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Boots made for talkin'
It speaks volumes for the Yanks' incredible pulling power that, 14 months on from the day they coughed up £6.7bn for Asda, the mere mention of Wal-Mart still has an orgasmic effect in newsrooms and analysts' hideaways around our land. Has there...
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Condensation look refreshes Heineken lightweight bottle
Heineken aims to drive on and off trade sales of its Cold Filtered lager with the launch of a new lightweight bottle. Heineken Cold Filtered will now be available in a lightweight 275ml bottle, in addition to the current draught and canned...