Retail round up
Belgian retail group Colruyt this week reported better-than-expected results for the 2003/04 financial year after a predicted price war failed to materialise.
Archives for July 1, 2004
Alcohol for bone health
Moderate alcohol consumption could help protect women against osteoporosis, say researchers from a British hospital.
Salt content slashed in soups
In the wake of a row that broke out earlier this month over the most common food ingredient in the world, manufacturers in the UK have laid out further plans to cut salt in food products.
New factory to meet growing needs of emulsifier firm
Danish firm Palsgaard has ramped up production of its food emulsifiers for chocolate makers as demand has risen on the back of global approval and a growing interest from the chocolate industry to cut costs, writes Lindsey Partos.
Children's food market worth billions
Confirmation that food marketers will continue to roll out food products targeted at children is evident in a new study that reports British kids aged between 7 to 14 years old receive a massive £1.5 billion in pocket money and financial handouts.
Non-food gaining in popularity in UK
British supermarket chains have traditionally focused primarily on food products, spurning the hypermarket-style mix of food and non-food items managed so successfully by their French counterparts. But all this has changed in recent years, and a new...
Food makers to take dwindling share of pocket money market
British children aged 7-14 receive a massive £1.5 billion in pocket money each year, spending a large share of this on food and drink. But with manufacturers scaling down their marketing efforts amid accusations of contributing to the rise in...
ADM and Burcon push out vegetable protein
Burcon and Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) have completed the technical phase of the commercialization of Puratein and Supertein, canola proteins, expected to have a wide range of applications in the food and nutraceutical industries, reports Philippa...
Fish eaters at lower risk of lymph, blood cancers
People who eat fish regularly several times a week are significantly less likely to get cancers of the lymph and hematopoietic system, which include leukaemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and myeloma, suggests a recent study.
Virgin opens premium front in US cola war
The US cola wars have traditionally been fought on just two fronts - Coca-Cola holding one and PepsiCo the other. But now a new player is about to join the fray, and Britain's Virgin Cola is hoping that its decision to focus on the premium end of the...