Archives for January 29, 2003

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Confectionery challenge for private label

Private labels are yet to make much of an inroad into the confectionery segment, but new analysis from Euromonitor suggests that the premium chocolate market could provide a rich vein of growth for private label in the future.

Dr Pepper gets in on the milk drink act

Dr Pepper, the Cadbury subsidiary which claims to be the biggest non-cola soft drink producer in the US, is the latest company to see the potential of milk, launching a range of flavoured milk drinks under the Raging Cow brand and targeted at core...

CLA impact on diabetes control

Supplementing the diet with the fatty acid conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) may lead to better weight control and disease management in diabetics, suggest results from a small US study.

Safeway battle will be decided at local level - analysis

The local impact on competition, rather than the national market share of each retailer, is likely to be the best way of assessing the rival bids for Safeway, claims new research. But it also means that a carve up of the Safeway business is the most...

McDonalds going organic: enough to change the image?

US fast food group McDonald's, reporting huge losses for the last quarter of 2002, is the latest multinational to jump onto the organic bandwagon in the UK. The international fast food chain announced earlier this month that it is to start selling...