All Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) articles – Page 45

  • Reducing the Strength logo
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    Local bans on high-strength, cheap booze safe from CMA

    2014-04-26T11:11:00Z

    The new competition authority does not plan to outlaw local authority and police schemes barring high-strength booze…

  • Minimum Pricing
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    C-stores call for OFT to act on high-strength booze bans

    2014-02-15T08:00:00Z

    C-stores have joined alcohol companies to call for local minimum pricing and super-strength bans to be declared illegal…

  • Treasury veteran Maxwell handed OFT reins
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    Treasury veteran Maxwell handed OFT reins

    2012-06-14T11:56:00Z

    Whitehall veteran Clive Maxwell has been named as the new chief executive of the Office of Fair Trading.

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    Food from Britain will be a sad loss

    2008-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Food from Britain will be a sad loss Clive Beddall West Sussex Sir; The news that Food from Britain will disband its UK operations next year when its funding runs out is indeed a major...

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    Innovation in own-label market

    2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

    The World of Private Label exhibition, organised by the Private Label Manufacturers Association, is the largest annual event for this industry, and is playing host to 3,100 exhibitors from 70 countries this year.

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    Rebel without a pause

    2003-08-09T00:00:00Z

    Welsh food has carved itself a place at the top table, largely through the efforts of the WDA’s Wynfford JamesNot all the credit should go to the WDA, however, he emphasises. The Welsh National Assembly has also played a critical...

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    Opinion

    2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

    The grocery industry may not be the most obvious hunting ground for John Major when he goes in search of economic miracles to colour his election manifesto. Yet the PM and his party advisors might find inspiration among the pages of the annual...

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    Opinion

    2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Britain's role within the EU is highlighted on two fronts this weekend as the Referendum Party stages its first ­ and probably last ­ conference in Brighton, and the food industry sends another eager expeditionary force to France. As one-time...

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    German apples

    2002-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Bodensee region aims to build on progress made in niche markets Growers eye UK as they develop new varieties German apple growers along the shores of Lake Constance are looking to the UK as they develop new apple varieties to increase...

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    showcase of

    2002-03-09T00:00:00Z

    international excellence Jamaica is taking part for the first time with a bid to make its cuisine the next food sensation in the UK; but many other countries are also showing off compelling products Expo is becoming a major international event...

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    Food & Drink Expo 2002 ­ Ideas to dine foR Schedule

    2002-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Sunday 17th Monday 18th Tuesday 19th Wednesday 20th 10am Interview with Richard Opening address by Interview with Malcolm Interview with Catherine ...

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    EXPO 2002: you can't afford to miss it

    2002-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Under the new management of William Reed, Expo is this year striving to present a clearer, sharper and more exciting focus on developments Food & Drink Expo 2002 is this year's largest and most important food and drink industry event in the UK....

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    First off

    2002-01-12T00:00:00Z

    the mark n German meat processor Reinert provided some of the first salamis in the UK and is now driving their growth in the multiples. Progressive attitudes are its key to success German meat processor Reinert was responsible for some of the...

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    German producers snap up space for Expo opportunity

    2001-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Visitors at Food & Drink Expo will be able to sample more than 100 German cheeses new to the UK market during the March 2002 event at the NEC in Birmingham. Small and medium-scale specialist cheesemakers are exhibiting their wares in an...

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    Organics: Suppliers' dual pricing is a dangerous strategy'

    2001-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Organic food and drink manufacturers who operate dual pricing policies with independents and multiples are indulging in an "unfair, dangerous strategy" according to a leading organics retailer. Bryan Meehan, chief executive of six-store London...

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    Show preview: Natural Products Europe 2001

    2001-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Going back to a natural habitat A show that taps into the growing quest for natural' food opens in Olympia With food safety once again back in the headlines, products with a natural and organic claim are going through a surge in demand ...

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    IFE 2001 preview: Innovation Zone programme

    2001-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Programme may be subject to alteration * all sessions are free to visitors, with the exception of the Business Breakfast which must be booked in advance SUNDAY 11.00 World of cheese Staff training to increase deli counter sales UK Cheese...

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    IFE 2001 Preview: A-Z of companies and their stands

    2001-03-17T00:00:00Z

    ALCOHOLIC & SOFT DRINKS American Beverage Marketers 6215 Birra Peroni Industriale 6224 Bomba Energia Getranke-vertriebs 6202 Brasserie De Saint Omer 6322 ...

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    IFE 2001 preview: Germany weighs in with more than 1,000 lin

    2001-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Forty five German suppliers will be exhibiting in the pavilion organised by the Central Marketing Organisation of the German Agricultural Industries (CMA). Visitors will see over 1,000 product lines under 150 brand names of which many, says the...

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    Profile: Kurt Bettin, CMA ­ Central Marketing Organisation o

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Accidental exile Kurt Bettin has spent 32 years masterminding the CMA's progress but now, as he tells Helen Gregory, Germany beckons A resident of this country for 32 years, German-born Kurt Bettin declares a fondness for Cheddar, bacon and...