All The Grocer articles in 10 March 2001
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clicks not bricks: B2B net exchanges
Keeping e-faith High expectation has led to disillusion with B2B net collaborations. But three giants have signalled go. Belinda Gannaway reports They are not easy to get a handle on, at up to £200m they don't come cheap, and most worryingly for...
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News special foot & mouth crisis week 3: the food chain reac
Gill: certain groups' efforts to blame fmd on intensive farming are wrong Pressure groups and political lobbyists who are trying to hijack an official probe into UK food production methods, were slammed by NFU president Ben Gill this week. The...
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Profile: AC Nielsen's Mario Leeser
Global operator AC Nielsen's Mario Leeser is uniquely qualified to transcend international barriers. Kit Davies met him Mario Leeser was brought up in Peru, but educated in the United States, he has three passports Peru, Germany, and Argentina ...
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Lister all set to unlock the potential of Coors in the UK
Coors has recruited its new European marketing director Jamie Lister from the agency side. Lister, who joins from Claydon Heeley Jones Mason marketing agency, will be responsible for establishing the Coors Light brand in the UK and building on its...
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Wholesale Confectionery and Tobacco Alliance: Sector must p
The wholesale sector must work closer together if all partners are to profit in the future, according to the head of the Wholesale Confectionery and Tobacco Alliance. Speaking at the alliance's annual dinner, John Bowden said: "Diversification is...
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Bulmers places Strongbow at centre of ambitious strategy for
Bulmers is planning an ambitious programme of organic growth, innovation and acquisition in order to double its turnover and become a leading alcoholic drinks supplier. At the heart of this is a growth target of 136% for its leading cider brand...
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Multiples: Another state probe looms as Blair awakens Rip-of
Clive Beddall The multiples face the prospect of another searching investigation into their trading powers just months after being cleared by the Competition Commission of excessive profiteering. That became clear as The Grocer went to press...
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APPLES: Tempting
English growers are getting good results from a little known dessert apple variety called Tentation a French registered name. As with many new varieties, sale of its rootstock is regulated, allowing a close check on plantings. The...
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Logistics: Jobs axed as Salvesen seeks synergies
Christian Salvesen has radically restructured its UK food manufacturing business but insists it has no plans to sell off the division. As part of the restructuring, the company has closed its Dundee and Peterborough factories leading to between...
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Prima Baby moves monthly
Prima Baby is moving from alternate-month publication to monthly from its April issue. The magazine for mums and mums-to-be is launching into the monthly market with even more advice and news on pregnancy and motherhood. The April issue includes...
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Coke walks breezily into the battlefield
Coca-Cola Enterprises loves to talk about how big it is in the UK drinks market. But it is also at great pains to point out how good it is at using local knowledge to tailor activity on a local level right down to running promotions on an ...
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Cyprus battles to improve UK sales
Cyprus has been redeveloping its wine business to make it more competitive with the aggressive New World winemakers. But it has a range of problems to overcome. In particular it has a poor reputation for inconsistent wine at uncompetitive prices....
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Somerfield: New generation is the best yet'
Somerfield has unveiled the first of its new generation stores and bright new staff uniforms in a bid to update the chain's image. The 14,000 sq ft shop in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, is heralded as "light years" ahead of the previous...
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Coca-Cola dismisses C&C sector's new product launches boycot
Coca-Cola Enterprises claims its programme of new launches has been unaffected by the cash and carry sector's boycott of the products. The boycott stems from a bitter row with CCE following its decision to withdraw promotional support and over...
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OTC: Co-op introduces Braille to own label
Exclusive Anne Bruce The Co-operative Group has become the first retailer in the country to put Braille descriptions on packs of own label medicines and vitamins. The society has taken two years to crack the technology for embossing cardboard...
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Brandwatch profile: Frozen ready meals
Top 15 brands advertised (by media) £k Jan '00 - Dec '00 Total Press Radio Outdoor TV Total ...
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Brandwatch Mintel category report: Sanpro
Promotions drive volume Modern women's need for sanitary protection varies and therefore wide ranges of sanitary protection products are essential to their comfort and performance. The key driver of demand for sanitary protection products is, of...
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Multiples: Waitrose: We're catching our breath'
Sales at Waitrose stores jumped 13% last year to £2.1bn, but extra costs look likely to make profits at the chain less impressive. Waitrose announced its preliminary estimate of annual results with like-for-like sales up 3% a trend which...
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Diet Coke's diary includes a date with Bridget Jones
A tie up between Diet Coke and Bridget Jones is the highlight of Coca-Cola Enterprises' £37m support package for its brands this year. Coke, Diet Coke, Fanta and Dr Pepper take the lion's share of the spend. The £16.6m on Coke includes support for...
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Sheerness: Capespan builds major prepack facility
Capespan is building a massive £1.5m packhouse in the heart of Sheerness Docks as part of its distribution and short-term storage complex. Although only the steelwork is in place, marketing director Martin Dunnett says the 22,000 sq ft facility...