Getting into a supermarket takes time, a lot of perseverance and more than a dash of anal attention to detail. It can take months to even get hold of the person you need to speak to, let alone convince them they want your product. But when you do make that all important breakthrough, you need [...]
Lossie Seafoods on the short-list for two prestigious awards Lossie Seafoods has been short-listed for two prestigious awards in recognition of the quality of its premium Scottish smoked salmon. The Buckie based company is a finalist in the in the Highlands & Islands Food & Drink Awards in the ‘Development of Export Markets’ category, and [...]
Foster Refrigerator’s outstanding new EcoPro G2 refrigerator range was awarded the prize for the Refrigeration Innovation of the Year (System or Standalone) at last night’s RAC Cooling Industry Awards, held at the London Hilton, Park Lane. At a celebration awards dinner attended by 620 professionals in the refrigeration and cooling sector, Foster was delighted to [...]
By Laura Elliott. The UK’s largest retail chain, Tesco, is set to launch a new advertising campaign in conjunction with The Sun newspaper, in order to publicise its Llama’s snacks range. The partnership will begin this weekend, and will see the chain offering a free pack of Llama’s snacks to every reader of the newspaper [...]
By Laura Elliott. UK retailer Morrisons has signed a six-figure contract with Channel 5’s ‘Big Brother’ programme to become its official shopping partner. Under the new deal, housemates on the show will be able to buy groceries from Morrisons in their weekly shop. In this series of the show as well as in the ‘Celebrity’ [...]
By Laura Elliott. Executives at the UK’s largest retailer, Tesco, have been left embarrassed after an Italian student, Giulia Maracrida, who is studying in England, pointed out that there were numerous offensive phrases pictured on the packaging of their Italian spaghetti bolognaise. The student told The Sun newspaper that multiple signs featured on the packaging [...]
By Laura Elliott. UK retailer Sainsbury’s has released the names of the regional winners of the Great Beer Hunt 2012. The announcement follows five heats throughout which the chain’s shoppers, alongside beer experts, judged over 100 beers from across the UK. In the annual competition, breweries across the nation submitted their new beers to compete [...]
By Laura Elliott. The UK’s largest retailer, Tesco, is looking to widen the scope of its Florence and Fred fashion label. The chain is seeking to open a number of standalone F&F ‘pop-up’ stores in the UK, depending on whether or not the London trial, which was launched this week, is a success. The company [...]
By Laura Elliott. Upmarket UK retailer Waitrose has unveiled a new recipe for one of the chain’s “exclusive” dishes, created for The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Picnic. The recipe card for the Strawberry Crumble Crunch which has been included in the picnics, are available at all branches of Waitrose across the country now. They also feature [...]
After its much-criticised £2 chicken, now Walmart-owned retailer Asda has attracted new criticism from food campaigners, by offering their shoppers a £2 whole Wild Alaskan salmon. The supermarket giant already has a reputation for shockingly low prices, but it has now introduced an 840g frozen salmon for a base price of £2. The salmon has [...]
By Laura Elliott. Which? has criticised retailers including Tesco, Aldi, Caffe Nero and Greggs for failing to print ‘traffic light’ labelling on the front of popular sandwich packs. The researches at Which? claim that portion sizes and nutritional content vary so much that consumers could be eating up to three times more fat and double [...]
By Laura Elliott. UK retailer Sainsbury’s has this week introduced its new mobile grocery website. The supermarket giant will now offer mobile grocery transactions for the first time – around a year after the chain first began to offer a transactional general merchandise mobile site. The new site will feature over 20,000 products, boasting the [...]
By Laura Elliott. UK retailer Morrisons has lent a new spark to the supermarket fuel war, by slashing another 2p off the price of a litre, as retailers battle for customers and the global financial crisis begins to push the cost of crude oil down. Morrisons will reportedly be cutting the cost of its fuel [...]
By Laura Elliott. UK retailer Morrisons is re-launching its own-label ice cream and frozen desserts ranges this week. The new range will feature improvements to its existing lines alongside a selection of brand new products. The new Mor range of ice creams is made up of nineteen flavours, eight of which are new. There are [...]
By Laura Elliott. An investigation by the Daily Telegraph has uncovered a startling new practice in China: the Chinese are registering UK High Street brand names as their own in the world’s fastest growing economy. According to the findings, stalwarts of retail including Sainsbury’s and John Lewis have had their names registered in China, which [...]
Spain increases its presence at WorldFood Moscow
Elim Shoppers Now Spoilt for Choice
WORKING TODAY, PROTECTING TOMORROW: A WAY OF LIFE FOR FOSTER REFRIGERATOR, AS NEW CSR REPORT PROVES
Need assistance to manage high blood pressure?
Morrisons to launch online food operation
Sainsbury’s Say ‘Yes Cheese’ to local Own Brand Cheddar
