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Caprabo, the Catalan retailer, has become the leading supermarket group in Navarra following the opening of 22 Caprabo-branded stores there this week. The stores were all converted from the Super Mabo fascia in just three days.
A scheme designed to promote ethical labour practices in the Cape wine industry has been praised by wine retailers in the UK, which have also pledged substantial financial support.
Cranberry sales for US co-operative Ocean Spray Cranberries may be booming in Europe but news this week that its CEO of three years, Robert Hawthorne, has resigned led US ratings agency Moody's to review a possible downgrade for the company.
Are organic foods better for us? This is the question on the lips of many a consumer, food manufacturer and scientist. For what, exactly, is the consumer paying a higher price? The US Institute of Food Technologists took a refreshing, no-nonsense...
Researchers in France report that heavy wine drinkers are just as likely to be affected by cirrhosis as heavy drinkers of other beverages.
Year-to-date sales at French soft drinks group Teisseire declined by 3 per cent, but this is only to be expected as it reorganises itself as a producer of innovative juice drinks and revamps its traditional cordial business.
We reported yesterday that voters in the US state of Oregon had voiced a resounding 'no' to Measure 27, an initiative that would have required labels on food containing genetically engineered material. Clearly a sensitive issue, the report provoked a...