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traceability
Food Trak offers low cost traceability Protection for pigmeat brand' Building traceability into the British pigmeat brand' without adding heavy expense in a cost-sensitive sector is the objective of a joint initiative by Assured British Meat and...
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TOP10 household cleaners
1 Flash Excel lemon liquid 2 Mr Muscle kitchen cleaner 3 Mr Muscle bath & tile cleaner 4 Flash spray & bleach 5 Jif cream lemon 6 ...
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Tesco Express adds 150 forecourt sites
Tesco's plans to expand its portfolio of Tesco Express forecourt stores have been met with concern by independent retailers. The multiple has struck a deal with Esso to open supermarkets on 150 sites during the next three years. But symbol groups...
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Suppliers and wholesalers: acting on impulse
The Everyday Impulse initiative devised by the Federation of Wholesale Distributors with the backing of four leading suppliers is an example of how wholesalers and manufacturers are working together for the benefit of the independent sector. The...
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Motoring ahead
What's the story behind Tesco's rising interest in forecourt stores? Camilla Palmer reports The race to capture consumers while they fill up their cars with fuel, or snap up a paper, chocolate bar and a pork pie, has suddenly got faster with the...
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Alnwick wrangle ends in compensation
A settlement has finally been reached in a lengthy and costly row that blew up after the government rejected plans for a Safeway superstore on land bought from the Duke of Northumberland. The Duke has agreed to buy back at an inflated price 12...
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AOC spells authentic quality
During the first three quarters of last year, the UK imported 187,600 tonnes of cheese. Strip out 84,000t of imported Cheddar, 21,000t of processed cheeses, 37,000t of fresh cheese (much of it for manufacturing), and the remaining 45,000t is a...
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Southern hemisphere APPLES
Rising competition for premium varieties Difficult times for NZ growers Confirmation that New Zealand growers experienced one of the most difficult and frustrating years in the industry's history has been underlined in the Apple and Pear Marketing...
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Pepsi splits global snack arm
PepsiCo is splitting its Frito-Lay International snacks business into two companies. One will cover Europe, the Middle East and Africa; the other Latin America, Asia Pacific and Australia. PepsiCo head Steven Reinemund said the move would unleash...
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Leeds Co-op blasts ATM charges
Leeds Co-operative Society has joined the row over cash machine charges and has accused high street banks of profiteering. Chief executive Alan Gill said ATMs should not be a means for making a profit but a service for customers. "Many banks have...
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Safeway launches a further attack on suppliers' purses
Exclusive Julian Hunt Safeway has come up with a new wheeze to squeeze huge sums of cash out of suppliers. At the end of last year the multiple ran into a storm of protest when it asked manufacturers to stump up £20m to support its 1,000 ...
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Edgar back in the chair
Dougie Edgar was handed the chain of office as the new president of the SGF for the second time making him only the third person in the history of the federation to hold the post twice. His last term of office was back in 1985/86. Edgar runs four...
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Findus looks to growth backed by Swedish cash
A new management team has taken over at frozen food specialist Findus, promising an aggressive and entrepreneurial spirit that "will show our competitors we are back in business". The two new appointments, are both from Nestlé, which sold Findus...
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The Bart of snack sales
Dysfunctional cartoon family the Simpsons make a new appearance in March on a range from Character Snackfoods, a newly created division of Benson's Crisps. The six single products sport Bart-like' names such as Eat My Shorts and No Problemos. ...
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Batleys becomes bigger in petfood
Batleys Cash & Carry has bought petfood manufacturer Seddons Seedfeeds for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition makes Batleys one of the largest petfood wholesalers in the UK with 19 depots (including Seddons) and an annual turnover of £520m. Both...
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Being Scottish and specialist key to survival
Delegates to the Scottish Grocers' Federation annual conference were greeted by Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man, setting a tone for an event designed to explain how the independent retailer could fend off the threat posed by the major...
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Reckitt benckiser: the world leader
By virtue of its sheer size and muscle, Reckitt Benckiser, the new British based company formed from the merger of Reckitt & Colman and Dutch group Benckiser, looks set to shake up the household cleaning market. With annual sales of more than £3bn,...
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Champagne sparkles in millennium bonanza
Exclusive Winners and losers of the millennium party are revealed in some of the first data available on the drinks sector. The runaway successes identified by the Taylor Nelson Sofres Liquorpanel for the eight weeks to January 9 were champagne,...
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Every wine at Booths
The biggest internet wine operation yet, featuring almost all the wines available in the UK, is set to go online in September. Everywine.co.uk is the brainchild of Chris Dee, IT and marketing director of northern supermarket chain Booths. He hopes...
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Pasta Reale brings in organic
Pasta Reale aims to stir up demand in the fresh pasta fixture with the launch of its new organic range. The new products include two organic pastas (cream cheese and basil tortelloni, and tagliatelle egg, basil and tomato) and two organic sauces...