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NewsPlastic fantastic for Sainsbury’s peanut butter
Sainsbury’s has switched its peanut butter jars from glass to plastic, in a move the retailer said would reduce carbon emissions by more than 150 tonnes a year. Packaging has been cut by 83% - or 882,000 kilos – as a result of the change, meaning the lighter jars require less fuel to transport.
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NewsCan Fairtrade help UK farmers bag a fairer retail deal?
Within weeks of Tesco escalating the milk wars by rolling out its Creamfields brand to whole and semi-skimmed, the Fairtrade Foundation is working on a groundbreaking initiative with British farmers to see whether elements of the Fairtrade model...
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NewsLurpak foils to ‘honour’ Christmas
Arla is looking to keep Lurpak at the forefront of consumers' minds this Christmas with two seasonally-inspired inner-foil designs. Part of Lurpak's current Good Food Deserves marketing campaign, the designs would encourage shoppers to be...
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NewsCollier’s turns Celtic with Mature Cheddar launch
Fayrefield Foods has extended its overarching Collier's brand beyond Collier's Powerful Welsh Cheddar for the first time by quietly launching a new variant, Collier's Mature Celtic Cheddar. Until now, the dairy giant only sold Collier's...
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NewsFrijj flaunts freshness with blue bottle caps
Dairy Crest is adding a light blue cap to bottles of Frijj to emphasise the milk shake's freshness, part of a wider redesign to boost the brand's on-shelf impact. Bottles bearing the new caps which replace white ones will be in-store...
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NewsA new look and taste for Benecol yoghurts
McNeil Nutritionals has overhauled its cholesterol-lowering brand Benecol with a new look and new products. The company has added more prominent food photography to packs and softened their teal colouring to improve stand-out on shelf and...
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Yog extends frozen yoghurt to Waitrose
Frozen yoghurt retailer Yog is making its products available for the first time outside its own stores with an exclusive rollout in Waitrose next month.Yog operates six café-style stores across the UK, including sites in London, Brighton...
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Rachel’s makes its TV ad debut
Organic yoghurt brand Rachel's is making its TV debut with a national campaign urging consumers to take time out and find their 'Rachel's moment'. The company, which was acquired by Lactalis last year, screened its first ad on ITV1 on 5...
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Weak sterling to hit Swiss cheese prices
Swiss cheese suppliers have warned that the price of cheeses such as Gruyère and Emmental will have to go up because of an increasingly unfavourable exchange rate with sterling.The Swiss franc has been exceptionally strong recently, with...
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Fonterra and First Milk to put EU whey ahead
Fonterra has hailed its new partnership with First Milk as the "first step" towards changing its European business model from importing New Zealand dairy products to supplying European-produced dairy ingredients. The New Zealand co-op...
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New Müller Rice lets consumers ‘indulge’
Müller Dairy is launching a new 'indulgent' sub-brand for its Müller Rice range. Müller Rice Indulge (rsp: 69p for a 125g pot) is made with whipping cream and comes in three variants raspberry with a hint of white chocolate, smooth...
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Danone goes Greek with new Activia line
Danone is extending its bestselling Activia brand into Greek-style yoghurt, with the launch of three new variants this week.Activia Greek Style (rsp: £2.19 for a pack of four) is a thick and creamy yoghurt, positioned by Danone as a...
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NewsThe Dairymen Cottage Cheese Makeover: the exclusive Springetts designs in full
Unbranded, uninspiring and unloved... we felt cottage cheese was in need of a makeover. So we set leading brand consultancy Springetts the challenge of coming up with a new cottage cheese brand.
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NewsFarmers urged to pay for milk moustaches
The Milk Marketing Forum is calling on dairy farmers to financially support the Make Mine Milk ‘milk moustache’ campaign for the first time when EU funding for the campaign runs out next year. The campaign launched in April last year …
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NewsMilk Link considers its new Cheddar options
Milk Link is eyeing a new mature or vintage branded Cheddar to complement its Tickler extra-mature brand, The Grocer can exclusively reveal. The co-operative has registered two trademarks with the Intellectual Property Office a mature...
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NewsMüller brings back retro Corner flavours
Müller has launched its own retro revival, bringing back Müller Corner flavours from its back catalogue. The limited-edition six-pack which features two each of the Mississippi Mud Pie, Strawberry Crumble and Lemon Cheesecake variants …
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Comment & Opinion
Batten down the hatches
In our current issue, we reveal how Tesco is ratcheting up the pressure in the supermarket milk wars by switching its Creamfields discount brand to semi-skimmed and whole milk for the first time.
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NewsTesco chops milk prices to counter discounters
Tesco has responded to the resurgence of the discounters by switching its Creamfields discount brand to semi-skimmed milk and whole milk for the first time. Following the move, four pints of semi-skimmed and whole milk will be available...
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NewsBranded Cheddar hit by own label upsurge
Sales of branded Cheddar have taken a serious hit as cash-strapped shoppers increasingly look to own-label products to manage price inflation. Over the past year, volume sales of branded Cheddar have declined 3.2%, to 100,425 tonnes,...
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NewsAdams: ‘Kerrygold Softer still available’
Adams Foods has shrugged off claims made last week by Sainsbury's that its Kerrygold Softer Butter line has been discontinued. Last week, a shopper asked Sainsbury's via its Facebook page whether it intended to sell the "excellent...