Channels news – Page 822
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NewsVicki Reay to join Costcutter as new trading director
Spar UK’s former commercial director is to join Costcutter as its new trading director…
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NewsMcCain launches £35m push featuring scented barkers
McCain Foods is launching a £35m marketing drive that will include the roll-out of shelf-barkers smelling of baked potatoes.
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NewsThe Co-op Group to make wine Truly Irresistible with new range
The Co-operative Group is taking premium own-label range Truly Irresistible into wine…
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NewsPippa effect in full swing for Waitrose Kitchen magazine
Panned for ditching Delia Smith and replacing her with Pippa Middleton, Waitrose appears to have had the last laugh…
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NewsTesco strawberry fine: bad luck or well deserved?
Tesco can consider itself “unlucky” to have been caught out running a misleading promotion on strawberries in 2011…
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NewsCo-op Group to go online with trials starting ‘this year’
The Co-operative Group is the latest retailer to join a new wave of supermarkets joining the online revolution.
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NewsCostcutter and Palmer & Harvey tie-up cleared by OFT
The Office of Fair Trading has cleared the tie-up between Costcutter and Palmer & Harvey.
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NewsAsda launches ‘Chosen by Kids’ food range
Asda is rolling out a 180-strong children’s food range – with products taste-tested by kids themselves.
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NewsOcado lists Gousto all-in-one dinner kits
Ocado has started selling Gousto dinner kits containing raw ingredients and recipe cards for cooking meals from scratch.
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NewsIceland ad banned for denigrating Irish food safety body
A press ad for Iceland that appeared at the height of the horsemeat scandal has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for denigrating Ireland’s food safety watchdog the FSAI.
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NewsM&S downplays teething problems at Castle Donington site
Marks & Spencer has insisted that customer service will not be affected by teething problems at its new non-food warehouse in Castle Donington.
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NewsTesco fined £300,000 over half-price strawberry offer
Tesco has been fined £300,000 for misleading consumers with a half-price offer on punnets of strawberries.
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NewsM&S recruits leading ladies for autumn campaign
Marks & Spencer has recruited leading British ladies including Tracey Emin and Helen Mirren to lead a new advertising campaign for its autumn/winter clothing collection.
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NewsTesco stays coy on tablet computer plans
Tesco is reportedly planning to release a tablet computer in time for Christmas.
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News‘Feel-good’ summer can’t mask squeeze in income, Asda reports
Household disposable income remains stable but has decreased compared with the same period last year, research commissioned by Asda has found.
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NewsItalian aperitif Aperol rising up the agenda of cocktail drinkers
Consumer interest in retro-style cocktails is helping to drive a boom in products including Italian aperitif Aperol…
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NewsWaitrose adds flavoured prawn skewers to Good to Go range
Waitrose is tapping into the street food trend with two flavoured king prawn skewers under its Good to Go range…
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NewsPatrick Allen, former marketing boss at The Co-op Group
Allen started his career working as an apprentice on his uncle’s fruit and veg stall in Bury…
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NewsManuka honey security tightened by retailers
Retailers are limiting the number of Manuka honey jars on shelf and resorting to alarms and security boxes…
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NewsFarmers' market duo to open Horsham shop for local producers
A pair of farmers’ market operators are launching a new concept bricks-and-mortar store offering only locally produced foo…