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Colour alert for bacteria
A Canadian plastics company has developed a cling film with added antibodies which change colour when food is contaminated with bacteria. Made to detect salmonella, campylobacter, E.coli and listeria, developer Toxin Alert hopes food manufacturers...
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News analysis: all change at Somerfield The man for the job
He's done great things at Budgens so can John von Spreckelsen work the same magic at Somerfield, asks Tony Brown Somerfield first encountered John von Spreckelsen in its bid to take over Booker back in September 1998. On that occasion, both...
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Richmond buys Allied ice cream
Frozen foods supplier Richmond Foods has served up a treat to investors after doubling in size in an £18.8m deal to buy the ice cream business of Allied Frozen Foods. The deal was struck to develop Richmond's relationship with the major multiple...
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Anheuser-Busch's Brett Marshall moves to boost Virgin Cola
Anheuser-Busch European Trade trading director Brett Marshall is joining Virgin Cola as sales director. He will focus on developing a new sales structure for the brand, building teams to sell into multiple, convenience and impulse, and on-trade...
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FWD ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Parfett boss wants a break: I have to ask suppliers whether they actually want alternative routes to market' Parfett blasts second class treatment' Camilla Palmer Leading wholesalers have slammed suppliers for continuing to treat them as...
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ANOTHER GERMAN YOGURT GIANT
Following in Müller's footsteps, another German yogurt giant has its sights set on the UK market. Erhmann, Germany's largest fruit yogurt brand [18% share/ACNielsen], has set up a sales and distribution operation in the UK through the Wright...
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Table Talk - Anthony Worrall Thompson
With a recent study discovering more and more men enjoying the pleasures of the supermarket and the weekly shop, let me offer a lighthearted view of what men might expect over the next few months from their supermarkets: Free comics and juices to...
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First NZ Cox arrivals
New Zealand's apple season has got under way with the first Cox having arrived and a second vessel docking this week. Roger Growcott, sales director of Enza Worldwide, claims the fruit is looking good, and has been making up to £16/ctn on the...
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Republic of Ireland Competition Authority calls for supersto
Irish bans damaging interests of consumers' The 13 year old ban on below-cost selling in the Irish trade could be lifted within months. The Irish Competition Authority says the ban "damages consumer interests" and should be scrapped. ...
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Cockspur gets back in the rumming
FD Brands is planning to put Cockspur Golden rum back in the limelight with its first ad campaign for three years. This is a switch from the UK agency's normal practice of developing brands through distribution and below the line activity. This...
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US firms splash out in bid to stop a backlash
Clive Beddall, New York European consumers' backlash against GM foods is forcing America's battered crop-biotechnology industry to launch a massive advertising campaign to prevent the same thing happening in the US. And as the world's seven...
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wheat beer launch
A wheat beer brewed and adapted to British tastes has been launched by Greene King. It has introduced Ruddles Wheat, a 5.3% beer sold in 500ml rip cap bottles retailing at £1.75.Take home sales director Stuart Hawthorn said: "It is a difficult time...
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being seen
Gourmet ice cream and sorbet manufacturer Hill Station got into exhibiting practically "pre-launch", director Gina Hall explains. In 1996 it went straight to the BBC Good Food Show in Birmingham using it as an opportunity to do a "giant consumer...
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Have a Simpsons break with KitKat
Nestlé is joining forces with dysfunctional TV family The Simpsons in April, May and June for a prize draw on two and four finger KitKat packs. Entrants can win one of five week-long holidays in Hollywood for four people, including participation...
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Business as normal at Budgens
Von Spreckelsen has spent most of his working life in the UK, previously holding senior management positions at Bowater Industries and Bank of America International. He is also the current chairman of Cellec AG in Switzerland and Global Shipping...
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MANAGEMENT BUYOUT FOR GREENCELL
Albert Fisher's £70m fresh produce division Greencell has been purchased for £1.4m in a management buyout. The company represents the earlier merger of the Saphir Group, Wentworth Import/Export, and Jacques Onona. It has closed the prepacking...
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cafinesse discontinued
Production of Cafinesse, the chilled liquid coffee brand developed by Douwe Egberts, has been discontinued. When the product was launched Douwe Egberts said the brand would "redefine the way consumers shop the coffee fixture". But a spokeswoman...
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Canned tomatoes: EU plays quota charades
The European Commission has announced its tomato processing quotas for this year an increasingly anachronistic practice. Total quota will be 6.8 million tonnes, split into paste (4.6mt), whole peeled plum (1.3mt) and other products (929,000t). ...
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Spring in her career step
Former Westmill Foods senior national account manager Karen Leiper has joined Gleneagles Spring as national account controller. Leiper worked previously for Campbell's grocery products on trade marketing and category management. Gleneagles Spring...