All The Grocer articles in 14 February 2015
Previous issues.
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News
Real Good Food profit warning sours share price as group mulls Napier Brown sale
Shares in Whitworths owner Real Good Food have fallen off a cliff this morning after the listed group issued a profit warning
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Analysis and Features
The Grocer Says: 3G Capital’s rumoured SABMiller bid is a new take on an old story
Shares in global brewer SABMiller (SAB) were up by more than 2.5% this morning on weekend reports that Brazilian investment giant 3G Capital was eying up a swoop for the UK-listed firm.
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Media Bites 16 February: Tesco, SABMiller, CBI
What the papers are saying about the industry this morning
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City Snapshot: 3G linked with potential $75bn takeover of SABMiller
SABMiller share price climbs as rumours emerge of a potential $75bn bid by 3G Capital. Plus a new candidate to become Tesco chairman enters the race and Ashbury Chocolates jobs saved in administration rescue deal.
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New UK guidance on illegal fishing is launched
Three organisations have launched guidance on how to keep illegal fish out of the supply chain…
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Joe Delucci's introduces gelato in see-through tubs to the UK
Frozen dessert brand Joe Delucci’s is hoping to bring a US trend to the UK gelato market…
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Whitworths sees sales rocket following Equistone acquisition
Health food specialist Whitworths has reported booming sales in its first year under new private-equity control…
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Comment and Opinion
Small businesses truly going the extra mile
As I write I am looking out at an idyllic snow-covered landscape in the Pennines…
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News
Half of shoppers search online but shop in store
Half of the visitors to online grocery sites are only researching, going on to buy in store…
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Comment and Opinion
Work: take a look around and consider doing what you love
Work. It’s such a terrible word. It’s got negative written all over it and should maybe be called ‘do something I really d…
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Analysis and Features
Why is Poundland cosying up with neighbouring 99p Stores?
99p Stores has been touted for sale since 2011. So it wasn’t entirely unexpected when Poundland announced…
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News
NI's longest-serving Costcutter retailer switches to Nisa
Walter and Gillian Millar, the longest-serving Costcutter retailers in Northern Ireland, have become the latest…
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Analysis and Features
Beef cheap in Europe, but Brazilian price on the up
The deadweight price of beef is still falling in France, with low milk prices leading to increased dairy cow culling…
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News
JBPs 'read like prenups' says Meijer: 30% will be annulled
Morrisons to slash number of joint business plans by 30% to free up buyer time…
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Ali-A teams up with Mattessons for 'gaming gear' ad campaign
Kerry Foods is looking to boost sales of its teen-orientated Mattessons Fridge Raiders with a £4m multichannel campaign…
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Red Tractor sets out to fix beef standards 'Achilles heel'
Red Tractor Assurance (RTA) has defended plans to introduce tougher assurance standards for beef…
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Comment and Opinion
There's light at the end of the grocery tunnel
After about four years of perpetual gloom and doom for the British superstore scene…
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News
Booker leapfrogs P&H to take top spot on Big 30 rankings
The Grocer’s ranking of the UK’s 30 biggest grocery wholesalers has a new number one…
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News
Warburg Pincus nets £142m from Poundland shares sale
The majority shareholder of Poundland has netted £142m from the sale of almost half its remaining stake…
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Analysis and Features
Green Giant Express Sweetcorn: acid test
Brand owner General Mills has promised to deliver “the same crisp flavour of Green Giant canned sweetcorn”…