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RESHUFFLE AT BATLEYS
Batleys cash & carry has made a series of changes to its board and senior management. The main change is the promotion of associate director Ian Dyson to buying and marketing director. Dyson will now be responsible for three departments: two...
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Cheap headline prices for own label canned goods have been
In canned fruit, for example, both Asda and Tesco have seen 12% and 9% falls respectively in their year on year sales figures for own label canned fruit, despite continuous low retail prices on the value ranges. Del Monte, with an 18% share of the...
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Better microwaveable pastry claim by Freshbake
Frozen pastry specialist Freshbake Foods claims to have cracked the holy grail of convenience foods microwaveable pastry that doesn't turn to sludge with the launch of MicroBake pies this week. The company claims the flaky pastry topped pies...
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Trebor bids to win in mini mints
Trebor Bassett is putting £4.5m behind this week's launch of Mighty Mints, a mini version of its flagship Trebor Extra Strong brand. The Mighty Mints launch campaign kicks off with TV advertising in March featuring Trebor Extra Strong's brand...
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Billingshurst sale
The Station Road Post Office in Lower Station Road in Billingshurst, West Sussex, is on the market. The business, which carries a Post Office salary of £16,000 a year and a gross margin of 35%, is loated close to the railway station. There is great...
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ETHICS ON BOARD FOR BRITAIN'S FAVOURITE FRUIT
The independent Fairtrade mark is awarded by the Fairtrade Foundation the UK's fair trade labelling body. The government has welcomed the latest drive to improve the lives of banana workers. The Rt Hon Clare Short MP, secretary of state for...
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OP Chocolate, manufacturer of branded and own label wafers a
Simon O'Brien has been appointed business development manager at Gott Foods. He will be responsible for national manufacturers, southern based foodservice accounts and some retail accounts. O'Brien has previously worked for Kellow Meats and Kerry...
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Budgens signs Jet deal
Budgens has signed a deal with oil operator Conoco to open up food retail operations on 12 Jet forecourts. It expects to have 40 Jet sites open by the end of its financial year. The move is part of a general expansion after an encouraging set of...
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Februaryitis' bug looms as gammon trade falls
The bacon trade looks set for a severe epidemic of its traditional midwinter bug, "Februaryitis". Regional reports on Thursday revealed a very slow trade, with the gammon business particularly flat in the wake of the festive season. One packer...
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Unwins buys Fuller's Wine Merchants
Off license chain Unwins has bought all 61 of Fuller's award winning Wine Merchants stores from the London based brewery. The deal gives Unwins an increased presence in the south east and a greater clout against the two other major operators ...
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Unigate buys Wessex plant
Unigate has snapped up an organic milk and bulk cream production plant from ex-Northern Foods' Wessex Dairies. The deal, said to be worth £1.1m, also sees Wessex's retail arm being sold to Lordswood Dairies. The Thornbury dairy near Bristol...
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Cartoon campaign
A three-issue covermount promotion is being run to help boost news stand sales of Simpsons Comics. Fans of the cartoon series can collect figurines of the whole Simpsons family in the promotion starting with issue 37, on sale from January 27. Bart...
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hot ideas for cans
Fish and meat have benefited from fresh thinking in product and packaging development. A good example is the microwaveable can, developed by International Fish Canners from an earlier project with John West. The 200g cans of tuna lasagne and tuna...
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P&G launches Charmin in UK
Procter & Gamble is demonstrating its determination to grab market leadership in the fiercely competitive toilet tissue sector, by putting £28m behind this week's long awaited launch of Charmin toilet tissue. Charmin's support kicks off on January...
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Cheddar £ Per tonne
Rindless mild 20kg English White 2,000 2,125 Coloured 2,050 2,175 N Irish White 2,000 2,100 Coloured 2,050 ...
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City puts frighteners on talk of Tesco/M&S link
Tesco bosses have refused to deny a possible tie up with Marks & Spencer even after shareholders saw the value of the former's stocks plummet this week. The continued speculation saw M&S stocks climb as high as 332.5p in the early part of the week...
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Classico set for UK debut
Importer Trustin Unimerchants is launching US market leader Classico pasta sauces in the UK next week. The launch will be supported with a £250,000 regional TV campaign which starts in March, together with press advertising and PR. In the UK...
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Secondary wholesaling deals come under fire
The Scottish Wholesale Association has warned the major supermarkets that secondary wholesaling deals must stop. Speaking at the SWA's supplier presentation last week Dick Smith, convenor of the Committee for Licensed Active Negotiations a body...
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Here comes the sun
Investors are so used to receiving bad news from Sainsbury that when the group announced Sir Peter Davis was joining as chief executive its shares shot up 5% even though the announcement was accompanied by another profit warning. The City was...
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How much of your working day is spent in communication? As y
You have more technology at your disposal than ever before, more immediate access to more people, and all at the click of a mouse. And software to make your internal presentation play like a Broadway musical. But what about content? And how can...