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Business: Prepare For Postal Strikes
04 October 2007 NewsThe Communications Workers Union (CWU) has announced further strike action with two 48-hour strikes planned, starting today. -
Awards: Cream Of The Crop
02 October 2007 NewsThe British Cheese Awards, the annual celebration of the best of the British Cheese industry, has announced the winners of this year’s competition. -
Retail: Uk Food Campaign At Co-op
02 October 2007 NewsThe Co-operative is the latest supermarket chain to be playing the local card in a bid to answer customers' new found taste for anything reared or grown in the UK. -
Retail: Plea To Go Green
01 October 2007 NewsBlake Lee-Harwood, a leading environmental consultant and former campaigns director at Greenpeace has urged the independent sector to embrace green strategies and follow the lead taken by the multiples. -
Retail: Minimum Wage Effects
28 September 2007 NewsRetailers are calling for more certainty about the National Minimum Wage (NMW) as new figures show the size and knock-on effects of last year’s increase cost retailers £1.7 billion, 13% more than expected. -
Trends: A Taste For Tradition
28 September 2007 NewsDespite people comdemning the Sunday Roast as passé, recent research confirms that Brits still love classic dishes. -
Retail: Increase Your Lemon Sales!
26 September 2007 NewsRunning throughout October, Lemonfest features a whole range of producers and the aim is to increase sales and awareness of products such as preserved lemons, lemon marmalade, baked goods with lemon, drink, etc. -
Awards: National Foody Winners Revealed
26 September 2007 NewsThe Telegraph Media Group has announced the winners of Taste of Britain 2007, a competition celebrating the very best of British food and drink. -
Retail: Action Against Shop Violence
25 September 2007 NewsA new survey has revealed a 50% rise in violence against shop staff. -
Farming: The Fear Of Bluetongue
24 September 2007 NewsWhile the farming community is still living in the fear of recent reports of Foot and Mouth, a new pest comes knocking at the door with the first UK case of Bluetongue disease. -
Business: Milk Price Fixing Pressure
20 September 2007 NewsThe Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has called on the Competition Commission to make sure that its current inquiry into the grocery sector finally delivers a fair market for all retailers and suppliers. -
No More Mr Nasty
18 September 2007 NewsIncreasing food knowledge could spell the end of additives and preservatives in food
