All articles by Rob Brown – Page 23
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Comment & OpinionC4's Fried Chicken Shop is a slice of multicultural life
Is fried chicken the food of love? The goings on at The Fried Chicken Shop (Channel 4, Monday, 9pm), suggest it could be…
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NewsCadbury defends Dairy Milk bar shape shift: ‘It tastes even better’
Mondelez marketing director Matthew Williams has rubbished reports the company is facing a revolt over the ‘new’ Cadbury Dairy Milk it introduced a year ago.
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NewsHeinz Ketchup in decline as shoppers lay off the sauce
Brown sauce and tomato ketchup are failing to cut the mustard with consumers, according to figures seen by The Grocer…
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NewsDuracell sales fall 18.7% after cut in promotions
Sales of Duracell batteries have crashed after a cut in promotions and a rise in average prices…
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Comment & OpinionGreat British Bake Off is vomit-inducing viewing
Salt of the earth contestant brings new meaning to Great British Bake Off’s vomit-inducing viewing…
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NewsSmirnoff Gold and chocolate Baileys to spice up Christmas offer
Diageo is launching a new chocolate Baileys and rolling out Smirnoff Gold across the trade…
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NewsKellogg's enters porridge market with Special K Multigrain
Kellogg’s Special K has been knocked off the number two spot in cereals by Oat So Simple porridge…
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Comment & OpinionGregg Wallace and John Torode kiss up for Celebrity Masterchef
Jo Wood has just had a tattoo of ex-husband Ronnie’s face removed from her derrière, apparently…
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NewsAsda to launch adult Halloween range
Growing numbers of adults are celebrating Halloween without their children, prompting retailers to revamp their seasonal l…
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NewsButter booms but total spreads sector slides
Sales of butter are booming following intense promotional activity and savvy marketing by the sector’s biggest brands…
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Category ReportBeer & cider: a case of brewer's droop
A cut in ‘unsustainable’ deals has hit beer sales hard. Even cider is starting to flag. Will efforts to restore value help…
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NewsStella Artois set to lose top lager spot to Foster's
Stella could lose its crown as the UK’s leading lager brand to Foster’s in October…
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NewsRelentless a 'victim' of own label and Monster
Coca-Cola Enterprises’ Relentless Energy brand has haemorrhaged £10.5m in sales over the past year…
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NewsCarling Fruit Cooler 2% abv beer rolls into Asda
Molson Coors has soft-launched a new low-ABV, fruit-flavoured range of Carling lagers, nine months after it axed a range with striking similarities aimed specifically at women.
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Category ReportFocus on healthcare and supplements
It’s a healthy picture for cost-conscious vitamin fans: specialists have lost chunks of market share to the discounters and multiples…
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Comment & Opinion
Who's "sick and tired" of Alan Sugar?
Yet again Alan Sugar declared he was “sick and tired” of the trio that sat before him bickering…
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NewsMalaysian 'sustainable' palm oil suppliers exasperated
The Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil is facing internal dissent after Malaysian palm growers threatened to quit…
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NewsRelaunched Tamdhu whisky heads to Waitrose
Whisky from a distillery that shut three years ago as the economy flattened Scotch sales rolls into Waitrose under new ownership this week.
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NewsCut-price rivals (and rain) hit soft drinks at independents
Independent retailers have borne the brunt of a flattening soft drinks market – with sales plummeting by double digits ove…