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Sainsbury’s Switch & Save Campaign Massacres Brands
The Oxford Research Agency Launches New Logo And Positioning

FMCG NEWS UPDATE
United Biscuits Eyes Mr Kipling- Premier Foods Pays £5m To Delay Test To Its Banking Covenants
Unilever Drops Plans To Use Slimming Extract
Sainsbury's, Wal-Mart, Inject Positive Tone - For Some
How ASDA Takes Sting Out Of The Crunch
Is Tesco's American Dream Still In Sight?
Inflation: Fastest Fall In 16 years
Down The Aisle... Pepsi Chops 3000 Jobs Worldwide
Out To Launch... Caribbean Delicacies Prove A Hit With ASDA Shoppers
Supermarket News... Aldi To Open In Edinburgh
Beverage News... Vijay Mallya's United Breweries Group In Talks With Diageo

RETAIL
Up The High Street... Debenhams Starts High Street Price War
Green Room... Confectioners On Track For Environmentally Friendly Christmas

MARKETING
Sales & Marketing... Johnson & Johnson Withdraw From Olympic Sponsorship
Movers & Groovers... New Appointment AT Visa Europe
Marketers Aim To Tout Value Without Diminishing Image
Wallets Are Tight, So U.K. Retailers Try the 'Credit Crunch' Sell

TRENDS
Yoghurt Drink Makers Wary Of Soft Drink Challenge
Brits Make Dramatic Change To The Way They Shop

Favourite New Food Products Of 2008

Annual unscientific picks for the best new products of the past year.


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TEA BREAK

Chinese Food Song and God bless Paddy

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The Bright Side: Funny-Looking Veg Is Back On The Menu

It appears that the recession, if such a word even suffices now, will be deeper and longer than expected, unless of course you expected it to be deeper and longer than expected, in which case things are proceeding roughly in line with your expectations.

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Energy-Dense Foods May Raise Diabetes Risk

A diet packed with energy-dense foods, those containing more calories per volume, may increase a person's risk of developing diabetes, new research suggests.

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Issue 67   June 12, 2011

 
Down The Aisle... Pepsi Chops 3000 Jobs Worldwide
Pepsi Bottling Group, Devro, Glanbia, Rivermill Foods, Twinings and Newby, GM crops, UK food and drink exports, Tesco, UK's Food Standards Agency, Energy and sports drinks

Pepsi Bottling Group Inc., which bottles Pepsi beverages, has cut its 2008 profit outlook and announced a restructuring plan that will affect more than 3,000 jobs worldwide. The bottler said it will refine its selling and service organization, lower its general and administrative expenses, make its supply chain more efficient and modify its defined benefit pension plans in the U.S. and Canada. The company said about 750 jobs will be affected, and four facilities in the U.S. will be closed. In Europe, Pepsi Bottling said it will "streamline its organization," which will affect about 200 jobs.

Devro, the sausage skin maker, yesterday revealed that its sales were continuing to grow despite a turbulent world economy, as the world eats more meat products. Finance director Peter Williams said trading was being boosted by demand in eastern European and Asia, while rising gut prices were driving business to Devro's synthetic products.

Irish dairy products group Glanbia has confirmed that 2008 full year results are forecast to be in line with market expectations and said it is undertaking a rationalisation programme to tackle the challenging conditions. The group said the Irish division is trading satisfactorily for the second half of the year and is forecast to deliver a good full year performance. "The market environment remains challenging with consumers becoming increasingly value conscious. Ongoing cost improvements and cost recovery in key market segments have improved margins and operating profit," it said.

Rivermill Foods has revealed plans to expand it's offering of WeightWatchers bread products in a move that it believes will add value to the healthy bakery category.

British food companies are shipping tea to foreign countries in record volumes with even China buying English tea brands, reports the Daily Telegraph. Quintessentially British companies such as Twinings and Newby have managed to pull off the equivalent of selling coals to Newcastle by selling tea to China.

Ministers are drawing up plans for genetically-modified crops to be grown in secret and more secure locations to prevent trials being wrecked by saboteurs, writes The Independent. They may ask the police to target opponents of GM crops in the way that they have cracked down on animal rights protesters.

UK food and drink exports are up this year, with annual exports expected to exceed £13bn  for the "first time in history", according to new figures out

UK's Food Standards Agency has announced that British retailer Tesco has withdrawn some spotted dick sponge puddings because jam sponge puddings, containing egg, have been packed in the spotted dick packaging and egg is not mentioned on the label. This product is therefore a possible risk for people who are allergic or intolerant to egg, the agency said. The products being withdrawn are: Two Spotted Dick Sponge Puddings with a best before date of September 2009. Tesco has withdrawn the affected batch from sale and none of the retailer's other products are known to be affected.

UK's Food Standards Agency has announced that Dairy Crest has recalled some Country Life Spreadable butter products because they may contain pieces of white rubber. The affected products are: Country Life Spreadable in pack sizes of 250 grams and 500 grams. These products have a use by date of December 20, 2008 and December 21, 2008, respectively. According to the agency, Dairy Crest has recalled the affected products and no other Country Life products or other products made by Dairy Crest are affected.


Energy and sports drinks sales are booming as people turn to them to bust stress and lift spirits in the credit crunch. Sales have shot up 15% to £683.2m over the past year, making it one of the best-performing categories in food & drink, according to Nielsen data seen exclusively by The Grocer. There has also been a market increase in volume sales, which were up 16% over the same period [52w/e 4 October 2008]. The products perfectly met the demand of today's hectic lifestyles, said Peter Hindmarsh, trading controller, Nisa-Today's.


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