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Food retail

Working for a number of clients in this sector, our expertise ranges from locating and dealing with the selection of a new premises as an owner, or multiple sites for franchisees, through to complex M&A work with cross-border implications.
We have all of the bases covered and will be able to help with all aspects of your business, both large and small.

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Richard Phillips
020 7842 3335
richard.phillips@mablaw.com

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Reggae Reggae Sauce not developed in breach of contract – Anthony Bailey & Sylvester Williams v Keith Graham, Levi Roots’ Reggae Reggae Foods Ltd & Levi Roots’ Reggae Reggae Sauce Ltd, High Court

6 December 2011 | Simon Weinberg | 1 comment

Bailey and Williams issued proceedings against Graham (of Dragons’ Den fame under the pseudonym “Levi Roots”) in relation to his creation and marketing of “Reggae Reggae Jerk/BBQ Sauce” for breach...

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IPO gives Cadbury sweet victory by allowing it to register purple mark

14 November 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has allowed Cadbury, the chocolate manufacturer, to register a specific shade of purple as a UK trade mark for chocolate-based products. Cadbury’s application had...

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Eastern Promise for the UK’s Food Manufacturers?

9 September 2011 | Mark Archer

The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) is encouraging UK food and drink manufacturers to develop export links with China by supporting the British presence at its leading 2011 exhibition, FHC China, which...

Food labelling regulation adopted

31 July 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The European Commission has adopted a new Regulation for food labelling which will consolidate existing European Union law. Certain new requirements are set out in the Regulation, such as: mandatory...

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It’s all gravy – ASA upholds Bisto complaint against Knorr comparative advertising

22 June 2011 | Mark Weston

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that Knorr breached the CAP Code (which regulates non-broadcast advertising) in its adverts comparing its own gravy granules with those produced by Bisto. The...

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Does it do what it says on the tin? Only if the Euro MEPs say so.

4 May 2011 | Mark Archer | 2 comments

At a time when the UK coalition government is looking to cut bureaucracy and reduce the level of compliance costs on UK companies, the EU comes back and says "Non" - we are the supreme legislators and...

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IPO receives complaint about Tesco yogurt trade mark application

15 April 2011 | Simon Weinberg | 1 comment

Eckes-Granni, the German food manufacturer, has filed its opposition with the UK’s Intellectual Property Office to Tesco’s registered trade mark application for its new ‘Yoo’ range of yogurts. The...

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Grocery Retailers Beware – the Supermarket Ombudsman is on his way!

12 April 2011 | Mark Archer

Ed Davey, the Junior Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills announced in a debate in Parliament last week that the Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill will be laid before Parliament as soon as possible....

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Government launches ‘Red Tape Challenge’ in order to reduce unnecessary regulation

7 April 2011 | Michael Oberwarth

The Government has launched today (7 April) its “Red Tape Challenge”, a website-based project aimed at identifying - and scrapping - unnecessary regulations. The Government is calling on interested...

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Sausages!

18 March 2011 | Shimon Shaw

Those of you who remember That's Life will know how the title to this blog post is supposed to be pronounced. Everyone else look here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IMOSN0WYvg (at about 1.40 but the...

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