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Comment & OpinionAd of the Week: Cravendale changes tack with cats’ new rule of thumb
They say you can tell how crazy a woman is by how many cats she keeps. It's usually one for each time she was jilted at the altar. There's something rather sinister about these purring barometers of post-menopausal desperation, which...
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NewsRustlers kicks off NPD with Hot Wraps
Kepak Convenience Foods has added wraps to its Rustlers portfolio in a bid to double sales to £140m. The Rustlers Hot Wraps duo, rolling out now, consists of a Chicken Salsa with Cheese and a BBQ Chicken with Cheese variant (rsp:...
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NewsUnilever: ‘expecting great things’ from its chilled cooking oil
Unilever is hoping to inject a bit of cool into the cooking oil category with Flora Cuisine, the UK's first major chilled oil launch. The oil, which is rolling out now, is made from a blend of linseed, rapeseed and sunflower oils and...
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NewsCheap Cheddar on the way out as prices rise
Shoppers may soon need to get used to seeing far fewer promotions on Cheddar as soaring cheese prices threaten to make aggressive pricing strategies unviable. Cut-throat promotions have seen standard 400g packs of mature Cheddar...
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NewsRange review swells Waitrose cheese offer
Waitrose has completely revamped its pre-pack cheese fixture, adding 80 new lines as well as an entirely new 'better plus' tier of high-quality artisan cheeses. The chain is also expanding its own-label Essential range by a further 15...
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NewsTesco turns patriotic with UK-sourced Yoo yoghurts
Tesco has thrown down the gauntlet to yoghurt giants Danone and Müller with the launch of a new 'patriotic' tertiary yoghurt brand that promises to be 100% British and 20% cheaper than "foreign" yoghurts.
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NewsLake District Cheese gets new formats
First Milk is extending The Lake District Cheese Co brand of Cheddar into convenience formats with the launch of grated cheese and portion-size packs. Lake District Grated (£1.99 for a 200g pack) and Lake District Bites (£1.49 for six 20g...
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NewsBallyrashane plans anaerobic digester
Ballyrashane is set to become the first dairy in Northern Ireland to build an anaerobic digester. Ballyrashane a dairy co-operative that supplies all of M&S’s liquid milk requirement in Northern and the Republic of Ireland hopes…
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NewsRobert Wiseman squeezes out Dairy Crest in milk deal with The Co-op
The Co-operative Group has handed a two-year deal to supply all its own-label milk to Robert Wiseman Dairies. The mutual had previously sourced 25% of its own-label milk from Dairy Crest, with Wiseman providing the remaining 75%.
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Britain's 100 Biggest Brands 2011: Pepsi to Lurpak
The delisting of Pepsi Raw was no surprise with sales of less than £1m. It was the only blot on an otherwise bright landscape for Pepsi. Convenience and...
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Britain's 100 Biggest Brands 2011: Activia to Galaxy
Danone Activia has overtaken Müller Corner as the bestselling yoghurt brand, thanks to a 10.1% increase in value sales that saw it jump three...
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Britain's 100 Biggest Brands 2011: Schweppes to Müller Light
Schweppes fell one place this year, with growth dropping from the 6.5% recorded last year to 3.1%, and volume dipping by 0.3%. There was a strong...
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Britain's 100 Biggest Brands 2011: Surf to Anchor
Surf’s up – in value terms – though volume sales have remained static. In September, the brand rolled out its Small & Mighty liquids in larger packs, and last month relaunched the core range with improved fragrances and a new pack design.
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Britain's 100 Biggest Brands 2011: Irn-Bru to Clover
Sales of Irn-Bru have continued to grow – which is to be expected given a record £15m marketing spend by owner AG Barr, which last year announced it would be commencing a new push for the brand south of the Scottish border.
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NewsPlum launches new yoghurts for babies
Plum is hoping to challenge Danone and Nestlé in the yoghurt aisle with a new line-up under its organic babyfood brand. The Fruity Yogurt range, available now from Tesco, Waitrose and Ocado, contains a higher percentage of fruit than its...
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NewsFarmers in switch from milk protest to milk powder
A new front in the milk price wars has been opened, with farmers threatening to take their milk off British supermarket shelves and sell it on the world market instead. Farmers for Action, which has staged a series of high-profile...
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Saturday Essay: Farmers finally get some tender loving care
Milk price is a hot topic but Dairy Crest is showing how a little focus can yield great returns for all, says Mark Taylor
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Milk dispensing is a hit on Continent
Sir, I read your article 'Milk dispensers may see bottles binned for good' (11 February) with great interest, as the notion of reducing packaging associated with a commodity most of us consume daily, ie milk, is one that merits serious...
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NewsUB hits back at Fox’s with indulgent range
United Biscuits has unveiled its latest weapon in the premium biscuit battle an indulgent bite-sized McVitie's range. McVitie's Temptations will be available from next month in Belgian Milk Chocolate & Hazelnut, Belgian White...
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NewsMajor players unite to create dairy roadmap
Key players from the UK dairy industry are working with Asda and Defra on a £125,000 project to create a new roadmap for the industry. Dairy 2020 will build on the work of the Dairy Supply Chain Forum's Milk Roadmap the industry's...