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Thai curries favour as UK snubs Chinese food

2009-11-14T00:00:00Z

British consumers are increasingly snubbing Chinese food in favour of other Asian dishes, latest sales figures reveal. Sales of Chinese chilled ready meals have fallen 10.8% in volume and 11.1% in value [TNS 52w/e 6 September 2009]. Thai...

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Shoppers trade up to branded pastas despite downturn

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

The recession has failed to stop shoppers from ditching supermarket own-label pasta for pricier branded alternatives, new data from IRI has revealed. Total pasta sales are up 16.1% in value and 5.0% in volume with dry pasta driving the...

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Tesco Bank to hire 1,000 in Newcastle

2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

Tesco’s banking division is to create 1,000 jobs in Northern Rock’s heartland of Newcastle.