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Mars appoints Dunning as grocery sales director
Mars Chocolate UK has appointed former Cadbury man Jamie Dunning as its new sales director for grocery.Dunning has joined Mars from Kraft, where he was impulse sales director for Cadbury products. He replaces David Bell, who was poached...
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Sainsbury’s stocks meals from Scratch
A meal concept that allows consumers to cook healthy food quickly from scratch has landed listings with 50 Sainsbury's stores. Alex Neves and Phil Pinnell first launched Scratch meals designed to be cooked at home in just 15 minutes at...
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Sacla’ launches line of single-serve sauce
Pesto specialist Sacla' is to launch its first range of cooking sauces designed to serve one person. The Per Uno range consists of two ambient sauces (rsp: £1.99) Bolognese with Minced Beef and Smoked Bacon with Italian Tomato which are...
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Focus On Oils: Innovations
The Kritsa co-operative produces olive oil in one of Greece's oldest olive groves, cold-pressing the olives within three hours of harvesting.
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Covent Garden scraps super-premium range
New Covent Garden Soup Co has abandoned its plans to roll-out a range of super-premium soups this year. The Dining Room range, which had been on trial in about 100 Sainsbury's stores since mid-January, was priced £2.99 for a 600g pot and...
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Focus On Oils: Extending the olive branch
Despite pricing volatility and a fall in promotional activity, shoppers continue to flock to the oil fixture – particularly for olive oil. It’s all down to NPD and added value, finds John Porter
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Focus On Oils: Algal oil not just a novelty food
Algae may not be particularly pretty, but it can produce up to 300 times more oil per acre than the likes of rapeseed and soybeans, several times a year, and it could be heading this way.
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‘Cutting-edge’ chilled lines from John West
John West is about to massively bolster its presence in the chilled fish category with the launch of two first-to-market ranges one of which was inspired by Heston Blumenthal.
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Hovis fights back after sales slump
Sales of Hovis have plummeted in the past year, The Grocer can reveal. The brand's pre-packed bread dropped 9% to £406m in the year to 19 February, with volumes down 3.3%, according to SymphonyIRI.
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Princes lifts ethical cred with pole-and-line tuna
It came bottom in Greenpeace's 2011 tuna league table, but now Princes is looking to improve its sustainability credentials by becoming the first major brand to offer a 100% pole-and-line-caught range of tinned tuna.The six-strong range...
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The big grocery money in the Rich List ranks
Galen and George Weston, whose family interests include ABF the Kingsmill to Primark conglomerate as well as stakes in Selfridges and Fortnum & Mason, were once again the highest ranking food and drink figures in The Sunday Times Rich List,...
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Blue Dragon in barbecue sector debut
Blue Dragon is eyeing the barbecue market with a new range of sticky sauces. The four-strong range, available now, comprises Chinese BBQ, Char Sui, Peking and Teriyaki (rsp: £1.49 for 300g).
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Focus On Bakery: Bakery falls flat
Over-promotion has left the bakery sector flat and white bread is still losing favour. But suppliers remain stoic, looking to innovation to grab market share. Nick Hughes reports
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Focus On Bakery: Innovations
Kingsmill is following rival Warburtons into the sandwich alternatives sector with a range of flatbread products. Developed to meet growing consumer needs for lunchtime products that offer variety, the range includes 50/50 Wraps, 50/50 Pockets, Pockets and Deli Softs.
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Soda bagels for Genesis Crafty bakery
A bakery is bringing a modern twist to traditional Irish soda bread by moving it into the bagel market.Genesis Crafty's Soda Bagel (rsp: £1.39) is being rolled out to 400 Tescos following test marketing. The Northern Ireland-based bakery...
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Greggs goes healthy with salads and pasta pots
Greggs will debut a new line of healthy food options for shoppers by June to appeal to a wider audience. The new range, which has yet to be named, will comprise salad with French dressing, a tropical fruit mix, pasta and yoghurt pots alongside its current product portfolio.
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Are the fmcg giants making the grade?
Fmcg manufacturing shares outperformed the stock market last year. But the picture was mixed…
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A healthy future for fruit and veg
Increased consumption of fruit and vegetables and sustainable opportunities for increasing domestic production of fresh produce…
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Focus On Jams, Preserves & Honey: It’s orange, but it’s not marmalade
Marmalade sales have been declining for some time and have continued to do so over the past year with volume sales down 2.8%…
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