All articles by Julia Glotz – Page 74
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Team Milk ready to sign up retailers and farmers
The organisers behind the Make Mine Milk campaign are gearing up to extend their activities beyond dairy processors for the first time, with plans to involve retailers and farmers. The three-year generic campaign, which this month...
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NewsHas the outlook soured for long-term dairy contracts?
Has the “innovative” Milk&More contract failed to stand the test of time thanks to high levels of cost inflation? Richard Ford and Julia Glotz report
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Poultry to overhaul pork as king of cheap protein
Poultry is set to overtake pork as the single-biggest meat sector worldwide by 2030 as emerging markets look for greater amounts of cheap protein to feed booming populations.Rabobank, the leading agricultural lender, is forecasting that...
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Chilled fish sales crash as Brits take frozen option
Sales of chilled fish have fallen off a cliff as cash-strapped Brits opt for cheaper frozen fare. Over the past 12 months, volume sales across the chilled category have fallen nearly 5%, while frozen has increased 1.4%.
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Arla in UK brand debut with squeezy yoghurt
Arla Foods is making its long-awaited UK debut as a consumer brand in its own right with the launch of an innovative new yoghurt product targeted specifically at teenagers.
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NewsEggs for Soldiers hatches plan to help the wounded heroes
Noble Foods has come up with a cracking new egg brand to help British soldiers that have been wounded in action. The owner of the Happy Egg Co range has launched the aptly named Eggs for Soldiers in partnership with Help for Heroes...
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Online shoppers show taste for fruit and veg
Online shoppers are developing more of a taste for fresh foods, with fruit and veg emerging as key growth drivers in online grocery retail.Seven of the 10 fastest-growing online categories in 2010 were accounted for by fresh foods,...
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Kids coaxed into eating more fruit and veg with toys
A carrot is about to be dangled in front of kids alongside a host of other cuddly toy fruit and veg characters to show them ‘the friendly side of fruit and veg’ and encourage them to eat their five-a-day. The Goodness Gang, an…
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Morrisons pledges at least 50 produce deals
Morrisons has committed itself to a minimum of 50 promotions on fresh fruit & veg a week in a bid to make fresh produce more affordable and enable more consumers to reach the recommended five-a-day.
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NewsOnline grocer accomplishes fruity ambition with launch of orange-avocado hybrid
Ocado, the online supermarket, has struck gold after stumbling on a new hybrid fruit that fits in perfectly with its corporate branding. The o-cado (£3.49 for a pack of two) is a cross between a Navel orange and a Hass avocado, combining the orange's rugged skin, with a luscious, fleshy ...
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NewsFruit and veg now ‘too costly’ for the hard up
High fruit and vegetable prices have started to take their toll on some of the most vulnerable groups in society, with those in low-income groups as well as young people under 25 saying they are increasingly having to cut back on fruit and veg...
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NewsKerrygold’s honey butter to start fridge revolution
Kerrygold is setting out to “revolutionise” Brits’ consumption of butter and honey with the launch of the UK’s first honey-flavoured butter. The market for flavoured butters has been growing steadily recently, and is now worth £2.7m, up…
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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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Analysis & FeaturesFarmers take global gamble with plans for powder plant
Is Farmers for Action’s plan to abandon supermarket milk and play the global commodities markets a smart move, ask Richard Ford and Julia Glotz
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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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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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NewsAll the fun of the fair with Jamie Oliver's plans for London food festival
Jamie Oliver is launching a three-day food and music festival, to be held in London this summer. The Big Feastival will take place on Clapham Common, South London, from 1 July to 3 July.
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Unilever, Kraft and Dr Oetker fined millions by cartel watchdog
Unilever, Kraft Foods and Dr Oetker have been fined €38m (£33m) by German competition regulators over allegations they illicitly shared commercially sensitive information.
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NewsCall to back UK meat as EU/Mercosur deal looms
Retailers and consumers are being urged to show their support for British beef and poultry as a new trade deal threatens to bring in floods of cheap imports from South America. The NFU this week said it was important that consumers were...
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NewsPressure builds for spuds in the fight for five-a-day
The potato industry is stepping up pressure on the Department of Health to recognise fresh spuds under the five-a-day scheme after research revealed most consumers already believe the vegetable to be eligible. Current government advice...