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DIY WITH BELL
Norman Bell, 41, has announced his resignation from Somerfield after nine years with the food chain. Bell oversaw the integration of the Kwik Save stores to Somerfield earlier this year but his most recent role was director of home shopping. He...
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John Irish, a former Spar pioneer, is joining the board of t
After a year long search, Baxters has taken on Grahame Smith as sales director UK and Ireland. He joins from SmithKline Beecham Nutritional Healthcare. Goodlife Foods, frozen vegetarian food specialist, has appointed Nick Bianchi as sales director....
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Harmony brand relaunched
Harmony, the haircare brand that launched a thousand parodies with its "is she or isn't she?" ad campaign in the '70s, is being relaunched. The brand has been repackaged for the first time since 1992 and will receive its first advertising support...
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Food from Britain makes McNair its chief executive
Exclusive Clive Beddall Former Allied Domecq and Sainsbury director David McNair is the new chief executive of Food from Britain. He joins the organisation next week and succeeds Patrick Davis, who leaves at the end of the month to become...
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Brussels watchdog set to be toothless
The European Commission's independent food safety authority will have no powers of policing or legislating against the major food companies, according to the details of the White Paper published this week. It will be an advisory and scientific body...
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Super Smooth/Big Crunch peanut butter, Sun Pat
Rsp £1.39/340g; stripy variety with chocolate spread stripes £1.09/227g Traditional peanut butter has been in decline but Sun-Pat aims to change all that. Why will it sell? The company is spending £400,000 on an advertising campaign focusing on...
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Danone buys water firm
French food giant Danone has bought the McKesson Water Products Co for $1.1bn in cash. McKesson is the third largest seller of bottled water in the US, with a turnover of more than $380m last year. It did not fit into the core structure in the...
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BWG continues its shopping spree
Two more British wholesalers have been snapped up by fast growing Irish group BWG. The most significant of the two deals is the acquisition of drinks wholesaler Bargain Booze an £80m turnover company supplying 160 franchise off licences. BWG...
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Cadbury's range refreshed
St Ivel has redesigned and extended its flagship Cadbury's chilled dessert range. It has launched Light Trifle and Dairy Milk Buttons in twinpots this week. It has also repackaged Cadburyland Mousse in six pots, following research that showed...
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The taxman is a reasonable chap
Sir; Last month The Grocer reported the prosecution and conviction of Lawrence Hunt, one of the UK's best known independent retailers, for a major tax fraud (December 18, p4). It would be quite wrong to think that just because tax evasion has no...
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Charmouth Londis
Close to Lyme Regis, Dampier of Charmouth has been owned and run by the same family for three generations. Trading as Londis, the period property dates from 1850. The sales area extends to some 1,000 sq ft and there is also an office and storerooms....
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Sainsbury lays claim to safe raw eggs
Exclusive Julian Hunt Sainsbury is close to cracking the age old problem of how to make raw eggs safe for pregnant women, children and the elderly. The multiple is working with a leading supplier to develop a completely natural process that will...
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Glasgow clout
Landmark has re-established itself in Glasgow following the decision of United Wholesale Grocers to join as a member. United previously a member of Today's is Glasgow's largest cash & carry operation with depots in Springburn and...
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the return of UNION clout
Trade unions are poised to reemerge as a force to be reckoned with from next spring, and employment lawyers are urging employers to be vigilant. Ray Silverstein, head of employment law (London) at solicitors Browne Jacobson, says: "Employers who...
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TARGET CONSUMER
Oonagh Wade, 33, is senior commissioning editor at an educational publishing company in Oxford. The 1920s kitsch oriental image on the bottle looks a bit tacky and the Dame of Shanghai sounds like the name of a prostitute. However, the wine...
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Nick Palmer, 46, a management accountant from Sonning Common in Berkshire I thought the Cream was smooth, light, a little thin on fruit, but a typical good cream sherry. It did not taste as strong as the 18% alcohol on the label, which itself...
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Damian Dowdican, 23, networking consultant, Crawley, West Sussex I'm not usually one to drink alcopops but when I had the opportunity to try this drink after all the exposure it has had recently, I thought I'd give it a go. I got the...
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The Grocer's marketing editor Karen Dempsey tackles this cherry-ish offering I am a big fan of red wine and fizz but not normally in the same glass. So it was with some trepidation that I approached this lambrusco-esque concoction. What I...
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Zoe Holmes, 27, a history teacher living in Brighton, West Sussex I was dubious about tasting wine from Cyprus as it is not a well known wine region. However, I was hoping to be pleasantly surprised, but the appearance of the bottles was not...
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Suzy Holden, 37, GP, Petersfield, Hants The packaging is well presented and stylish and conveys the message of a small, family-run business. The bottle has an appealing design and label and is easy to open. The hourglass neck ...