All Booths articles – Page 32
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Yoghurt brand Twekkelo eyes up wider UK listings
A leading Dutch maker of 'farmhouse' yoghurts is looking to take on the likes of Yeo Valley and Rachel's Organic in the big pot category by extending its 'yoghurt in a bucket' concept and securing new listings in the multiples. Twekkelo...
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New Booths store to feature double ‘first’
Booths will be able to boast two 'firsts' when it opens its 26th store, in Hesketh Bank near Preston, next week. The store, which opens on Thursday, will feature the chain's first ice cream parlour and a new pizza concept. The ice cream...
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NewsBig four listing in UK for Mash Direct veg
Prepared veg supplier Mash Direct has won its first national listing with a big four retailer on the UK mainland. The Northern Irish mashed veg specialist currently supplies Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's in Northern and the Republic of...
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Profiles and QandAs
Spotlight: Interview with Eazy Cuizine founcer, James Cook
Frozen has struggled to shake its ‘cheap as chips’ tag, but Eazy Cuizine is winning sales by pushing posh frozen ready meals to c-stores. Rob Brown speaks to its founder, James Cook. It's never been easy in frozen food. Heavily discounted and hidden away at the back of stores, the ...
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NewsBooths boosts its own label with value lines
Posh northern supermarket chain Booths is launching a new value range to strengthen its own-label offering and to show customers it's not just a high-end retailer. More than 100 lines in the Booths Everyday range have launched into...
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NewsAcid Test: Steam Cooked Mackerel Fillets
John West is hoping its new fillets will encourage young and lapsed shoppers to reappraise canned mackerel by providing a credible alternative to chilled offerings.
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Picture This... Finding Freedom on Sainsbury’s shelves
Here's Dragons' Den star Peter Jones shopping for £60,000 worth of ice cream. He invested the sum in frozen dessert brand Worthenshaws Freedom, invented by single mum Kirsty Henshaw who made a plea for backing on the BBC show after creating the...
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NewsAcid Test: Hovis Hearty Oats
With a bullish first year sales target of £30m, Premier billed this oat-laden loaf as the fmcg launch of 2010
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Birds Eye adds herbs to Field Fresh frozen range
Birds Eye is expanding its Field Fresh range of frozen vegetables with the launch of frozen herbs.Field Fresh Herbs (rsp: £1.69 per pack) will be available in six variants garlic, parsley, coriander, basil, chilli and Italian mixed and...
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Forty Booths jobs attract 400 hopefuls
Booths is wading through more than 400 job applications for 40 roles at its newest store. The upmarket chain said it had been inundated by applicants after advertising for general assistants for its store in Hesketh Bank, Lancashire,...
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NewsTales of Titania: Grannies, granola and Peter's Sunday puff
How much granola can the UK stand? I only ask because we had yet another double-barrelled girl in here last week with an absolutely super (dahling!) recipe, which she wants to launch on the oat-soaked public. She was going to call it Gran-tastic...
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The Rhythm & Booze Gospel
He heads up the largest chain of independent off-licences in the UK... from an HQ set up in a church. Sue Scott meets Martin Swaine, Barnsley’s maverick bargain booze retailer
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Huntapac launches its first vegetable brand
Carrot packer Huntapac is looking to do for carrots what Rooster has done for potatoes with the launch of Roots, its first-ever consumer-facing vegetable brand. The company, which supplies root vegetables and salad crops to Tesco, Marks...
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Acid Test: Nivea Protect & Bronze
This sunscreen stood up well to the test of a week's holiday in the south of France, during which my pale skin was well-protected both in and out of the sea.
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Asda adds Facebook photos to its album
Asda has become the first UK retailer to sell printed photos taken directly from the Facebook accounts of its customers.In a three month exclusive deal with Fuji and PNI Digital Media, booths at its 187 photo centres will sell collage...
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NewsAcid Test: Frank’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer
"When I think of ginger beer, it usually summons up mixed emotions involving summertime, limited pocket money and Enid Blyton."
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Saturday Essay: British farming is central to our food security
Rural prosperity sounds twee but is central to the wellbeing of the whole nation and the economy, says Mark Price
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NewsGreat Scot! Boyd Tunnock's big ambitions
Glasgow-based Tunnock’s is 120 years old and has been churning out the much-loved Caramel Wafer since 1952. But it is still ahead of its time in many ways, finds Rob Brown
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Local heroes
Mary Portas, Queen of Shops, swears by it. Symbol groups are clamouring to fill their shelves with it. Indies across the country are arming themselves with it. What is it? Local produce....
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NewsAcid Test: England’s Pride
The timing of delivery was impeccable. With hot weather and England versus Mexico on the TV, it was just the ticket.