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Britvic’s Freekee makes a Strange move
Britvic is bringing its six-month old kids’ milk and juice drink Freekee Soda under the Tango banner, in advance of a legal challenge.The company would not name its challenger but the Patents Office confirmed that the only other product...
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Lunchable falls in line
Kraft has signalled its devotion to the Dairylea Lunchables range despite recent adverse publicity over salt and fat content.The company last month made a global vow to improve the makeup of its key lines.And it said that new Pitta...
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Britvic’s Freekee goes Strange
Britvic is bringing its six-month old kids’ milk and juice drink Freekee Soda under the Tango banner, in advance of a legal challenge.The company would not name its challenger but the Patents Office confirmed that the only other product...
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Cadbury’s ad for real
Cadbury has been cleared of “misleading” advertising in a poster campaign for its Dairy Milk chocolate brand.The poster pictured a young man and woman kissing, with a bar of chocolate at their side, with the strap-line ‘Real tasty, Real...
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Kraft adds new Lunchables to range
Kraft is expanding its lunchbox offerings with the launch of its Dairylea Lunchables Pitta Pouches in time for the new school term in September. Trade relations manager at Kraft, Easton Millar, said the snacks will have a 20% salt...
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Yazoo shakes its tastes
Campina is set to stretch its kids’ flavoured milk brand Yazoo in two new directions next month with the arrival of two products.It is launching Yazoo Chill milkshakes into chiller cabinets and bringing out the brand’s first yogurt...
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Staplemead set to grow its portfolio
Milk Link, the Bristol-based dairy farmers’ co-operative, is on the acquisitions trail, chief executive Barry Nicholls has revealed.This will enable it to increase its own product portfolio and that of the joint venture company Staplemead...
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Glanbia, Sligo in milk pledge
Glanbia, the largest milk supplier in the Irish Republic, and Sligo Dairies have undertaken in the High Court in Dublin not to enter into any price-fixing agreement on the retail price of milk.The undertakings were given in settlement of an...
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Huge just got bigger
Cheese suppliers Harvey & Brockless and the Huge Cheese Company London have merged to form H&B Food Provisions.The companies, which supply independent delicatessens and foodservice, have a combined annual turnover of £30m. MD of...
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Confectionery’s troubleshooter
When Nestlé launched its Double Cream missile right at the heartland of Cadbury’s block chocolate business last year, Cadbury responded with a volley of 50%-extra-frees on Dairy Milk.All’s fair in love and war and all that, but the exchange...
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Competition Commission invites comments on Arla/Express deal
The Competition Commission has invited comments by August 15 on the proposed £155m merger between Danish dairy group Arla and Express Dairies.The deal would create Arla Foods and reduce the number of milk suppliers from four to three. The...
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Kerry Foods adds milk
Kerry Foods Direct to Store has expanded into milk distribution in a deal with ACC Milk.The agreement enables the service to deliver 500ml whole and semi-skimmed milk cartons of ACC Milk’s Dairygate brand to more than 17,500 independent...
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n less cheddar
Latest government figures show cheese production was still in decline during April. So far in the first four months of this year UK cheese manufacture has dropped by about 9%, or by 12,000 tonnes, compared with the 137,000 tonnes produced during...
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Ranked in order of cheapest full basket Asda Cramlington, Tyne & Wear £39.09 Date of shopping trip: 11.07.03 Time of trip: 09.47 Time ...
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n less cheddar
Latest government figures show cheese production was still in decline during April. So far in the first four months of this year UK cheese manufacture has dropped by about 9%, or by 12,000 tonnes, compared with the 137,000 tonnes produced...
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CTB lavishes £8m on new Dairy Milk
Cadbury Trebor Bassett has unveiled relaunch plans for its flagship brand Dairy Milk and they include an £8.2m marketing budget, the company’s biggest yet.Other developments include revamped packaging, new products and range...
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Goats cheese Caerphilly proves hit
An idea to try something new with goat's milk has led to a top award for a struggling small cheese maker. Somerset based John Longman took the top prize in Tesco's inaugural Cheese Challenge with his goats cheese Caerphilly. The win means his...
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Glanbia sells UK pork operations
Irish dairy giant Glanbia has sold its UK fresh pork operations, Glanbia Fresh Meats with two facilities at Tipton and West Bromwich to Flagship Foods, for an undisclosed sum.The move is part of Glanbia’s strategy to focus on cheese,...
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Milk Link gets Tesco man
Robert Hirst, category manager for dairy at Tesco, has left to join farmers' co-operative Milk Link in the newly created role of trading director. He will be responsible for more than £220m worth of milk and ingredients sales. He will manage a...