Archives for February 23, 2004

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New formats, flavours to drive ice cream growth

Ice cream manufacturers are capitalising upon a growing consumer desire for high quality, indulgent foods, which has helped to fuel increasing sales. For details of how to order your copy of this Euromonitor report, click here.

Spar happy with digital trial

A trial by UK convenience store operator Spar of a new digital network allowing targeted information about promotions to be disseminated throughout its stores has been highly successful, the company announced last week.

OFT plans further supermarket probe

The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) last week fell short of confirming what food producers, farmers and lobby groups have been saying for the last year – that the Supermarket Code of Practice is failing to curb the power of the four leading food...

GM battle rages on in EU

Early last week the German government passed a bill codifying European Union legislation for the cultivation and export of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into national law. Following suit, the UK government seems set to give the green light to...

Mercadona planning expansion after good 2003

Mercadona, the biggest Spanish supermarket group, is to increase its investments by more than 50 per cent this year as it seeks to spread its portfolio of stores across the country and build on its excellent performance in 2003.

Food market awash with illegal red dye

The roll call of food products contaminated by the harmful illegal red dye Sudan I continues with the UK's food watchdog finding the potential carcinogen in two product lines on sale in the country.

Poles prefer small stores

The majority of Polish shoppers still prefer to stock up on groceries at their local store rather than at western-style supermarkets or hypermarkets - although urban shoppers are increasingly turning to the larger store formats.