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Shouting UK assurance message
Sir; Talk about over-reaction to MLC's latest campaign to highlight the attributes of British pigmeat. The new ad does not specifically attack the Danes, nor does it impugn the product reared in Denmark for the UK, yet the Danish Bacon & Meat...
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Somerfield: An astonishing decline'
Somerfield has lost a quarter of its market share in the past 12 months, says an influential City analyst. Dave McCarthy of Schroder Salomon Smith Barney said the decline was "astonishing". He added: "New management will be trying to address the...
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Three Lions back for Euro
Wychwood is bringing back its Three Lions ale in time for Euro 2000. The brand became the biggest selling premium packaged ale during the last week of the World Cup in 1998 and the brewer is hoping to do the same again and has given the beer a new...
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Cyberheroine back for Lucozade
Lucozade Energy's brand ambassador Lara Croft returns to front the drink's summer marketing activities. An on pack promotion gives consumers the chance to win 100 Sega Dreamcast consoles, while five tokens and £7.49 will get them a Lara Croft beach...
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Bacon: Signs of a recovery
As well as firmer gammon prices, there are signs that the bacon market is seeing a sustained recovery. "The market is getting tight in the UK," said one trader, "and it may hit a peak soon. But even though there are more pigs coming through from...
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How to become a polish millionaire
Pork and bacon traders excited by the prospect of an eventual surge of cheap supply from the obsolete but restructuring pig industries of Eastern Europe were offered a sobering assessment in Tuesday's Financial Times, which focused on the Polish...
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Lang's beef Tim Lang
This week I am in Crete. Before you say lucky man' (indeed I am), be assured that I am locked in a hotel for five days of meetings. A long time to be indoors, but things are stirring once more on the European food scene. The Crete meetings ...
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Beef: Irish beef likely to make further inroads into UK
Shipments up to nearly 90% of pre BSE tonnage last year Ireland's relatively low key beef promotion campaigns in the UK since the BSE crisis have puzzled competitors, but it is increasingly clear the sales effort has been more successful than...
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Rioja bottle at source ruling blasted
The row about bottling wine at source rather than shipping in bulk has taken another turn. The Rioja producers have won a victory in the European Court of Justice which has ruled that all quality wine in Rioja must be bottled in the region. This...
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Sainsbury: JS to boost Partnerships
Clive Beddall Sainsbury will next week announce a major boost for the farming community when it brings all its trading schemes with producers under a new banner Partnerships in Fresh Food. The latest initiative, building on its existing...
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No formality to upmarket boozing
Canard-Duchêne is spending £250,000 on a national press and lifestyle magazine campaign from now until the end of the summer. The gracefully made, disgracefully enjoyable' execution is aimed at upmarket 25 to 44 year old regular champagne...
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Convenience stores: TM rolls out new brand for its c-stores:
Exclusive Julian Hunt A new convenience store brand is being rolled out across the UK by TM Retail. The group best known for its Forbuoys and Martins CTN chains has opened 24 McColl's c-stores and expects to have a further 60 up and...
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The Grocer Focus on bread and morning goods: SPECIALITIES: R
From barmbrack and soda bread to wraps and filled naans, the speciality sector is boasting a growing diversity of product By 2002 speciality bread will have overtaken white bread sales, says Mintel, as consumers continue to demand new flavours,...
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The Grocer Focus on bread and morning goods
Analysis by Sheila Eggleston Virtually everyone in the UK eats bread in one form or another. The market is saturated with more than 99% household penetration, and yet the pressure to make people eat more continues. Industry estimates show the...
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The Grocer Focus on bread and morning goods
BAKE OFF: fast food but of high quality Instore bake off has great variety these days and is a terrific generator of profits. Independents should wise up Innovation is the buzzword in the bake off market says continental bakery specialist...
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Preventing cancer
Ella Drinks is bringing out its natural raspberry adult soft drink Bouvrage in a slimline can format to push distribution in the impulse sector. The company said the new can is more appropriate than the current glass bottle for c-stores and...
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Pierre Castel Moroccan wine range seeks listings
A range of Moroccan wines is seeking its first retail listings in the UK. The wines are the fruit of major investment by Pierre Castel who during the 1990s breathed new life into old vineyards in the Moroccan winemaking areas of Boulaouane and...
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I fear a chain reaction
The threat of a trade war still hovers ominously over the bacon and pork markets. At the risk of inciting the crackpot fringe within British farming to send me more malicious e-mails, we believe serious implications remain for all pigmeat sales...
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Farmers: Reasons to be cheerful
They don't go as far as the French but British farmers sure know how to moan when it comes to imports, ruthless buyers, tough store dealing, bargain prices, assurance costs and, yes, going bust. But have the recent efforts to pull the food chain...
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Farmers: Reasons to be cheerful
IT'S GOOD TO TALK SAYS NICK BROWN There will always be tension in the food supply chain, says agriculture minister Nick Brown, but the only solution is to keep everyone talking. Brown feels things have improved since he came into office, with all...