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TEA BREAK
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One of the greatest secrets of life is having both patience & wisdom...
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A Time For Giving
Delamere Dairy is doing their bit for the kids this Christmas. For the second year running they’ll be lending their support to the charity Kids for Kids, which runs sustainable projects in villages in Darfur, Sudan.
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2010 Forecast to be ‘The Year of Innovation’
2009 – The year of cost reduction
Analysis by The Oxford Research Agency shows that companies are becoming more innovative in their food & drink NPD.
With 2010 predicted to be the start of the end of the recession, new products are already in the pipeline for launch into the post recession world.
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FMCG NEWS UPDATE
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Treasure Island ... UK Food Inflation Double That Of Europe
UK food and energy prices are rising twice as fast as those in Europe, report finds
UK grocery bills gained 10.1% this year, energy costs rose by 24.2% compared with the same time last year. The news comes despite supermarket bosses suggesting in recent weeks that food inflation had peaked.
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Supermarkets Declare Price War
Tesco and Asda square up
A price war broke as the two biggest supermarkets made big cuts to tempt reluctant shoppers.
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Say Goodbye To Sugar—Sweet Freedom Has Arrived
Sweet Freedom has just launched in Whole Foods, High Street Kensington and Fresh & Wild stores.
Revolutionary new natural sweetener launches in Whole Foods, Fresh & Wild and independent health stores across the UK.
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Castle Chocolates Sign A Sweet Deal With Tesco
Tesco helps small businesses
Chocolate lovers are in for a treat as South Wales chocolatier, Castle Chocolates become available in Tesco stores.
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Twelve Million Households Bin Good Food Straight From The Freezer
Basic freezer management could help slash the UK’s £10bn food waste bill overnight
Over half of British households, more than 12 million of them, are throwing away good food simply because they are not using their freezer properly, new research has shown.
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Down The Aisle... Cost-Cutting Food Group Moves HQ To Liverpool
Real Good Food Company, Ikea, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Britvic, Yorkshire Crisps, Dairy Farmers of Britain, Budelpack
Real Good Food Company (RGFC) is moving its headquarters from London to Liverpool. The firm, which owns Liverpool bakery ingredients business Renshaw, is moving as part of a series of cost-cutting measures.
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Out To Launch... Charles Heidsieck Unveils Vintage 2000
Charles Heidsieck, Unilever, Ribena, Warburtons, BakeMark UK, Belazu, Taittinger’s cellars
Charles Heidsieck, the Remy Champagne currently distributed by Maxxium UK, has introduced a Vintage 2000 to its collection.
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Supermarket News... Asda May Buy Woolies
Asda's & Wooworths, Tesco sales figures, Carrefour, Sainsbury's and Morrisons book supply, Morrisons, Tesco
Asda's CEO Andy Bond, in an interview with Sky news said he was looking to expand the company but refused to be drawn on the subject of Woolworths.
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Beverage Bulletin... A.G. Barr Reports Strong Growth
A.G. Barr, Constellation Brands, Stella, France's Champagne house union, Scottish&Newcastle & Magners, Chinese company & Diageo, Cut-price booze
A.G. Barr, the soft drinks group, has announced that its revenue in the third-quarter to 25 October increased by 15.5% compared to the same period last year.
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RETAIL
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Green Room... Co-Op Opens Britain's First Hydro-Powered Store
The Co-op, Britvic
Leading soft drinks company Britvic has announced it has saved almost half a million road miles through streamlining the company’s internal logistics and developing delivery partnerships with suppliers and customers.
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Up The High Street... Christmas Looks Testing For M&S
M&S, Debenhams, Interest rates, Halfords, John Lewis, Chelsea, JJB Sports, Woolworths
Only 22 shopping days left until Christmas and Sir Stuart Rose is getting desperate. The silver-haired boss of Marks & Spencer, facing the worst festive sales trading period for donkey's years, should confirm that the High Street giant will hold further one-day 20% off sales promotions tomorrow and the following Thursday.
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Britain's Most Admired Companies
The UK's business Oscars are back
At a prestigious awards ceremony at Claridges the MT (Management Today)announced this year's winners of Britain's Most Admired Companies 2008 - the only awards that allow Britain's biggest public companies to assess their peers.
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MARKETING
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Movers & Groovers... Red Bull's Marketing Director Leaves
Red Bull, Drinkaware Trust, Tesco, Campbell Soup Company, Premier Foods, Marine Harvest
Red Bull marketing director Anoushka Feiler has left the company after one year in the top marketing role. It is not clear if she has a job to go to.
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Sales & Marketing... Sainsbury's ‘Spend and Save 26 Christmas’ Launched
Sainsbury's, Unilever, PG Tips, Heineken, Nestlé Confectionery, McCormick & Company, Dr Pepper, Stella Artois, Pernod Ricard, Smithfield Foods, Elizabeth Arden, Coca-Cola, Hellmann's
Sainsbury’s is producing a credit crunch campaign in a bid help customers through the festive season. The drive called ‘Spend and Save 26 Christmas’ is being delivered to homes around the country.
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Promote The Brand To The Right Demographic
Diageo boss brews up plan to stay ahead of the game
All around the world, hundreds of millions of people were watching Lewis Hamilton clinch the Formula One world championship in an incredibly thrilling finish to the season but Paul Walsh had eyes for just one thing — Hamilton’s visor.
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CLICK AWAY
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Online Grows, But In-More/Online Balance Is Key In Economic Downturn
79% of Britons are going to reduce their spending
Online shopping continues to grow every year, and so for retailers to understand their customers' use of in-store and online is critical to optimising their channels to the customer.
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Sainsbury's And Skype Vouchers
If you are going to sell on line vouchers it might be useful to be able to help your customer directly if they have problems
I am an enthusiastic user of the computer to computer phone system Skype and have been for the last three years. To my delight instead of other means of gaining credit for use of this system I saw on Skype's web site an offer to purchase Skype vouchers from Sainsbury's.
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Supermarketownbrandguide.co.uk- A Click Away
Helps Surfers Beat The Credit Crunch
This new web site has been created to help the consumer to have a better informed buy, with Delia’s recipes just a click away and Buyers Beware of supermarkets’ guideline prices.
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TRENDS
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Convenience Helps Drive Breakfast Market
Health and convenience are important propositions that play into the types of breakfast food choices consumers make
Breakfast food manufacturers that offer the convenience factor as well as health and wellness could see the most growth in a market that is increasingly competitive, according to a new report.
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