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Lang's beef: Tim Lang, professor of food policy at Thames Va
I was closeted last week at an inter-governmental meeting on food safety. It was intense. Much talk was of agencies and of their different approaches, experiences and successes. Food agencies are seen by some as the answer to everything. There was...
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UK leading market for Spanish beer
The UK has become the leading export market for Spanish beer according to Brewers from Spain, a marketing initiative run by the Spanish Commercial Office. It reported that in the last three years, sales of the country's premium beers have increased...
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Retail spotlight: We do it better
A Somerfield transformed into a Waitrose has seen a sharp upturn in its fortunes. Gillian Law went to see it Waitrose opened the first of its refurbished Somerfield stores in Sudbury in May. Manager Jim Woolf claims more shoppers now visit the...
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Lamb: Cracknell blasts farmers over quality standards
Fewer than half the lambs supplied by British producers meet supermarket carcase quality standards, and major processors serving the multiples are increasingly willing to voice their exasperation in public. Richard Cracknell, md of slaughtering...
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Soft fruit: Spain boom in organics
Spain has successfully sold at least 6,000 tonnes of organic strawberries to the UK in the past season according to Douglas Kemp, chairman of AFI Sales. The Huelva region has also been the source of limited arrivals of raspberries. English...
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Fostralia fever building
Scottish Courage has been preparing the ground for a rush of enthusiasm in all things Australian as the Sydney Olympics get under way next month. Foster's is the official beer of the games and has made use of this with Fostralia trade promotions,...
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Producing at a loss can't go on
Sir, In your recent dairy supplement (July 1) you state that when Asda (closely followed by the other multiples) cut the price of a four pint polybottle of milk from 89p to 83p it took a cut in margin. Once upon a time, 89p was a loss leader...
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How rewarding is the loyalty card?
What value do loyalty cards have for retailers? Do they really generate loyalty? Why do chains retain them when Asda, Morrisons and now Safeway do quite happily without? Sarah Dowding reports on the pros and cons of those bits of plastic The debate...
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Category managers for Spar
Spar's wholesaler for the south and west, Appleby Westward, has appointed two new category managers. Cliff Frazher will be responsible for grocery, non food, confectionery and laundry ranges. He has previously worked as a buyer for Martins Retail...
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Two more Somerfield chiefs go
The plummeting fortunes of Somerfield's Kwik Save arm have claimed two more board room victims. Simon Hughes, who only took over as md of Kwik Save in April, and the group's high profile buying and supply chain director Ed Connolly both left the...
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Chile: Weather wreaks export havoc
Full programme fails to materialise Chilean global fruit exports are not predicted to improve dramatically by the end of the season following the shortfall revealed in the most recent July figures. A similar pattern is also expected to emerge...
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Niche markets: Multicoloured choice at M&S
We are all looking for the next blockbuster after calabrese' Traditional English vegetables are being given a new look by Marks and Spencer through its Discoveries range. Purple cauliflower and bright green Romanesque with an almost crystalline...
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Colours for a fitter future
Dairy Crest is focusing on its milk range's healthy image with a packaging redesign that suggests movement and fitness. The new design will appear on all fresh pasteurised whole, semi-skimmed, skimmed and homogenised milk in one pint Tetra top...
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It's a creamier start to the day
Robert Wiseman Dairies is bringing out a creamier breakfast milk on to the market. It anticipates that its Fresh'N'Creamy Milk for Breakfast will appeal to cereal eaters and coffee drinkers. The new breakfast milk is made from pasteurised milk...
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Delhaize: the heart is at home
Domestic operations and their profitability are central concerns for Delhaize despite its ambitions in the United States, as Renaud Cogels, general manager of Delhaize Belgium, tells Gillian Law Delhaize has become an enormous player in the US...
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Despatches: A gorilla scares Oz
The arrival of Aldi means Australia's big three are no longer going to have it all their own way. Barry Flanagan reports Around Easter last year, recruitment ads started to appear in Sydney newspapers for managers to join one of the world's leading...
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Drinks off-trade: Parisa doesn't want First Quench
Venture capitalists look likely to acquire the First Quench off licence chain after Parisa this week said it was no longer interested in making a bid. That leaves the field clear for Nomura, a major player in the UK on-trade, and PPM Ventures, both...
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Supermarkets: Is Safeway now slowing down?
Safeway's strong sales performance is starting to show signs of slowdown, according to a top analyst. Reporting on the latest Superpanel data from Taylor Nelson Sofres, David McCarthy of Schroder Salomon Smith Barney says Safeway's market share...
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Milk: Shortage looms thanks to fall in producer numbers
Despite having one of the most technically efficient dairy industries in Europe, doubts persist among UK milk marketers that this year's milk quota will be filled. This is because of substantial drops in the number of cows being milked, which...
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Net forum for wine
An internet based business to business trading platform for the wine industry is set to launch in the autumn. Vineo World Wine Market (www.vineo.com) will contain news, prices and other industry information as well as a trading facility that aims...