All The Grocer articles in 23 October 2010 – Page 2
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Start-up offers fruit and veg snacks for toddlers
A new children's food company is aiming to fight "early onset junk food eating" with a range of 'spill-proof' fruit, veg and grain-based snacks for toddlers. Benjoy products include crunchy strawberry slices, crunchy grape slices, and...
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Weather forecaster to give indies time in sun
Independent retailers can now harness the power of the weather to boost sales in the same way as the big box multiples do thanks to the launch of a new forecasting tool. Weather website Netweather has launched a forecasting tool aimed...
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Focus On Soup: Twice the price, but twice as nice
You’d expect chilled soup to be out in the cold given the fragile state of the economy. But it's actually the fastest growing sub-category – despite the price tag. Peter Cripps finds out why
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Focus On Soup: Four to watch
Yorkshire Provender has added three new flavours - savoy cabbage with puy lentils & ham, butternut squash with ginger & orange and mushroom with juniper & tarragon - to its winter range, boosting the line-up to eight variants.
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Focus On Winter Remedies: Four to watch
Lemsip's latest cold and flu remedy allows consumers to choose how they want to take their medicine as a tablet or dissolved in water as a hot drink.
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Sweet purple potato first for Tesco Finest
Not to be outdone by Sainsbury's which launched Purple Majesty spuds from Albert Bartlett last week Tesco is introducing a purple potato of its own. Purple Mountain, which is being sold in Tesco's Finest range, is a sweet potato with a...
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Extra funding given to fight tax evasion
The FWD has welcomed an announcement in the Comprehensive Spending Review that HMRC will receive a £900m cash injection to help it fight tax evasion, including alcohol duty fraud. By giving HMRC more funding the government said it hoped…
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Comment & Opinion
Tales of Titania: Ungrateful Gramias and East End puke
We Puff & Fluff minions were banned from going to the Gramias this year. A victim of this week's consumer spending review? Er, no.
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Tesco signs up star of Dragons’ Den and her recipe website
Tesco has signed an exclusive partnership deal with recent Dragons' Den star Carol Savage and her recipe website MyDish.co.uk. The supermarket has linked its online shopping site to the MyDish site so the latter's users can click a new...
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Is innovative NPD at Sial set to define the future of food?
An increase in entrants for Sial’s innovations section shows a worldwide focus on NPD, from microwaveable toast to “ultra” foods, says Anna-Marie Julyan
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Gü targets grown-ups with in-store cookies
Gü is bringing some upmarket chocoholic flair to in-store bakery fixtures with its debut in cookies. The chocolate dessert specialist introduced Gü Cookies (rsp: £1.09 per two-pack) to Asda stores this week to add some adult appeal to a...
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Comment & Opinion
Editor's Comment: No-one can predict the effect of Osborne's measures
Until this week, the acronym CSR was synonymous with the fluffy, caring-sharing side of business
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Manflu drink gives comfort to ill males
Start-up company Manflu has claimed a market first with the launch of a male comfort drink to help soothe men with the sniffles. Manflu (rsp: £1.99), which is being positioned as "comfort and sympathy" in a bottle, is a natural...
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FDF’s Hunt takes up GB communications role with Coca-Cola
Julian Hunt is leaving his role as communications director of industry body the Food and Drink Federation after more than four years to join Coca-Cola Enterprises. Hunt, a former editor of The Grocer, will leave his post in early February...
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Hovis: clearer packaging will distinguish thickness of loaves
Hovis is decking out its loaves in colour-coded packaging to highlight the different slice thicknesses and reignite sales. In a revamp that will encompass the brand's Soft White, Best of Both, Wholemeal and Granary ranges from later this...
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Comment & Opinion
Critical Eye... on sous chefs and disrespectful virgins
There's only so many food and drink "documentaries" and "reality TV" shows I can take and, needing a laugh, I decided to try some food and drink-related comedies.
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Which way forward for the stalling discount chains?
Netto has thrown in the towel, leaving Aldi and Lidl as the UK’s only true limited assortment discounters. What’s the future for them, asks Peter Cripps
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Cathedral City offers seasonal packaging
Dairy Crest is giving packs of Cathedral City a seasonal facelift to ensure the brand stands out from its rivals in this year's pre-Christmas cheese-buying frenzy. The seasonal packaging will roll out across all retailers from 1...
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Careers File: So you want a superstar, but what type exactly?
We are a growing company and I am anxious to take the next steps to becoming a larger, more profitable food manufacturer...
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Costa Rica pineapple workers call for talks
Costa Rican trade unions have called for talks involving all stakeholders to address problems in the pineapple industry, following claims in the British press of alleged environmental and ethical problems. Central Social Juanito Mora...
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