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The Grocer focus on the dairymen: cheese
CHEESE: GREAT CHEDDAR GORGE Will price cutting in a mature market spoil attempts to grow the premium cheese sector? asks Peter Crosskey Say cheese and the UK consumer thinks of Cheddar. Number one in the £1.27billion UK retail cheese market,...
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The Grocer focus on the dairymen: cheese
TAKING OFF THE WRAPS: BIG IDEAS FOR LITTLE CHEESES Processed cheeses own the second largest share of the UK market, according to the British Cheese Board, which represents 32 speciality cheesemakers. At 51,000t, it's a significant and growing...
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The threat to consensus
Getting a consensus among stakeholders within UK Food plc is nearly as hard as persuading the MLC to promote Danish bacon. So reformers like Nick Brown, Ben Gill, Joanne Denney, Patrick Holden, Mike Mackenzie and Co should only allow themselves a...
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Tasting panel: Cranberry Red Square Ice
THE EXPERT Arabella Woodrow Master of Wine and wine buyer for Forth Wine This has a very bright pink colour with fierce bubbles but little mousse. There is a slightly confected bubblegum nose which has a reasonably authentic cranberry nip to it....
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The Grocer focus on the dairymen: cream
CREAM: THE STIFFCHALLENGE Outside of the Christmas trading period, it's proving hard to whip up interest in cream. Sheila Eggleston reports Breaking out of the commodity trap is a hard slog for any dairy producer. But cream is probably the most...
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Sainsbury: Local c-store pulls into Shell's forecourt sites
Sainsbury is hoping to kickstart its move into the convenience sector by setting up shop with Shell. The multiple plans to open six Local c-stores on Shell forecourts in the south of England by next February. The first will appear by the end of...
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CWS: Wallace and Gromit team there for CWS
CWS has recruited Aardman Animations creator of the Chicken Run movie to produce its new £12m tv ad campaign devised by Partners BDDH. In what is being hailed as a groundbreaking campaign, the humorous ads feature computer generated animals in...
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The Grocer focus on the dairymen: YELLOW FATS : THE GOLDEN P
The growth of dairy spreads is churning up the butter market and creating openings for retailers. Peter Crosskey separates the issues After years of self-denial, consumers are beginning to realise that a little of what you fancy does you good ...
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The Grocer focus on the dairymen: milk
Milk: heroic ads lead a liquid sales revival How much is the generic advertising campaign for milk likely to achieve? Can the image of milk as "uncool" and even invisible be overcome? Let's be grown up about this, says Peter Crosskey Watch out,...
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The Grocer focus on the dairymen: organics
Organics: pure but not so simple The UK organic milk pool is falling short of demand, while in England output is booming says Peter Crosskey The popularity of milk products is growing rapidly within the booming organic sector which dairy...
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The Grocer focus on the dairymen
THE NEW MILKY WAY: A GALAXY OF CHOICE The face of the UK dairy industry is changing radically but will it deliver on performance and profit in years to come? Peter Crosskey reports Over valued sterling, disastrous farm gate prices, low world...
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The Grocer focus on the dairymen: Yellow fats
IT'S SHOPPING BY COLOURS Independent research carried out by Dairy Crest for the Clover brand, suggests that yellow fats are in 99% of UK households. Richard Tolley, senior marketing controller, said they had identified three types of consumer:...
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Home delivery: Food Ferry plans national roll out
London home delivery company Food Ferry will roll out its business across the UK. The independent has been delivering groceries in greater London for 10 years, taking orders over the phone and, for the past four years, over the internet. ...
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English top fruit: More talk of single sales desk
The reality of a single selling desk for English apples and pears at a time when it has been claimed by several prominent growers that this is the only answer to maintaining premium prices in a shrinking industry, will again become a major...
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New Zealand kiwifruit: Gold premiums fall for Zespri
Differential down to 35% with more fruit entering UK Premiums on Zespri Gold kiwifruit, the new sweeter New Zealand variety, are expected to be lower than last season's both as a marketing tactic and due to the arrival of more fruit in the UK. UK...
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Launches: Title gears up to pull young men
A £1.2m promotional campaign has been planned for Dennis Publishing's latest PC leisure monthly magazine, PC Gear. The title will be launched in September, and represents a new market for the publishing house. It will be a multimedia launch with...
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Gloria and the Mace hymn sheet
Sir; It was with amusement that I read last week's letter from Gloria Williams who described herself as a Mace retailer'. Maybe I am just a cynical old sales manager, but the letter read like a Mace head office mission statement from Mike Bowen...
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Gummer's view
John Selwyn Gummer MP, former farm minister and environment secretary There are many in the food industry for whom the use of the word natural' is a joke. One can see why. So often the word is hijacked by those who have a much more complex agenda....
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Gummer's view
John Selwyn Gummer, MP, former farm minister and environment secretary I have always been an enthusiast for British supermarkets. I may want them as part of the High Street rather than out on the edge of town, but I still see them as the best food...
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Gummer's view
There's a surprising amount of movement in the food manufacturing industry that belies the prophets of doom. Yes, margins do remain tight and commodity prices will continue to fall. The power of the retailers is considerable and manufacturing is...