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Top stories on just-food this week
GM waded back into view this week with a report from the UK's Food Standards Agency detailing consumers' current wishes on the issue. Formal appointments were made for the European Commission, including a new agriculture chief, while Waitrose boss Mark Price was named as a contender for the top job at Morrisons. And Bakkavor and Greencore, two key players in private label, issued their latest numbers and claimed the market was seeing a recovery in convenience food. These were the top ten stories on just-food this week.

Quote, unquote: just-food's week in words
With just a month left of 2009, our thoughts are turning to what shape the food industry landscape will take as we enter a new decade. This week, HJ Heinz, meat giant Tyson Foods and Russian dairy business Wimm-Bill-Dann all issues their prognosis for the economy and consumer confidence. Woolworths Ltd, Australia's largest retailer, claimed the country was in better shape than other economies around the world, while in an exclusive interview with just-food, Greencore boss Patrick Coveney detailed how the private-label group had navigated the downturn.

This week's Wispas on Cadbury
As speculation over Cadbury's future mounted this week, UK union officials held what they described as "constructive" talks with Kraft Foods this week, despite leaving without concrete assurances on UK production. Meanwhile, shares in the Dairy Milk maker jumped on reports that Nestle might be considering a bid and, while rumours mounted of a potential move from Hershey, the UK confectionery giant insisted that the value of any bid - rather than the identity of the bidder - would be its prime consideration.

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