All The Grocer articles in 09 January 2016
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Feature SynopsisDigital Feature on Snacking: 27th January
The latest in our 10 Things You Need To Know About… series of digital features explores the snacking market
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NewsProudfoot Supermarkets reports 88.5% rise in pre-tax profits
Focus on shrinkage pays off for Proudfoots
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NewsBonds Confectionery tops off 'bumper' year with two hires
Malcolm Bamsey has been made national accounts manager, Steven Threlfall is national sales manager
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NewsGrowth at grocers picks up in the run up to Christmas – CBI
Grocery retailers have recorded solid growth in the run-up to Christmas, according to the CBI’s latest monthly distributive trades survey.
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NewsThe Collective adds limited morello cherry and kirsch line
The limited-edition yoghurt was inspired by the Black Forest gateau
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NewsThai Union reels in Rügen Fisch to strengthen European position
John West owner Thai Union has netted a majority stake in German canned seafood processor Rügen Fisch to strengthen its European position.
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NewsTesco defends New Zealand lamb procurement at Efra Committee
The retailer claimed it couldn’t get enough British lamb of the right quality throughout the year
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NewsAB InBev purchases Camden Town Brewery
Move comes less than three weeks after AB InBev announced that rival London craft brewery Meantime would be put up for sale
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Analysis & FeaturesBear shows the value of good assets in a sellers' market
Christmas came early for Bear founders Hayley and Andrew Gait-Golding and their partner Giles Brook as the trio sold the business to Lotus for more than £70m.
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NewsDo you want sexist muffins? Tell us about it (and more) in The Grocer’s 2015 Packaging Survey
Talk to us about your take on all the crucial trends in fmcg packaging at the moment
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NewsCity snapshot: UK consumer confidence stays positive for whole of 2015
After falling for the past three months, consumer confidence was back on the rise again in December to finish the year on +2, the latest GfK index has revealed.
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NewsMedia Bites 22 Dec: Camden Town Brewery, Mondelez, Cadbury's Milk Tray
AB InBev’s shock takeover of independent craft brew Camden Town Brewery garners plenty of headlines this morning - not all positive.
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NewsFood retail distress levels rise in run up to Christmas
Food retailers are among those hit hardest, with an 11% increase in ‘significant’ financial distress
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NewsBread and baked goods set for further decline, says Mintel
Falling sales are largely down to a drop in demand for packaged sliced bread
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NewsHeineken picks up Red Stripe with Desnoes & Geddes deal
The acquisition of Red Stripe maker Desnoes & Geddes also includes Dragon Stout
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NewsGlen's Vodka and High Commissioner get price-marked bottles
Both brands have been in decline across the off-trade
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NewsR&R Ice Cream completes £25m update at Leeming Bar factory
The supplier said the upgrate would boost the site’s production capacity by more than a fifth
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NewsJessops opens concession at Sainsbury's Emersons Green
Jessops 50th store is its eleventh tie-up with Sainsbury’s
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NewsConvenience store investment levels make slight recovery
C-store investment bounces back despite Living Wage fears
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NewsProduce Investments buys daffodil grower Andrew Farming
The deal includes the acquisition of more than 40 new commercial daffodil bulb varieties and 90 smaller seedling varieties