2 May 2009
The Grocer
View all stories from this issue.
Sort by: Newest first | Oldest first | A-Z | Z-A
-
Acid Test: Lipton Fruit and Herbal Infusions
02 May 2009
Our panel get fruity with a new brew from Lipton
-
Ad of the Week: Happy Egg Co does You've Been Farmed
02 May 2009
Before PlayStations, crack cocaine and Wispa's return, Britain was a simpler place. Folk were easily amused, getting hours of fun from grainy clips of squirrels on miniature surfboards or dogs in comedy sunglasses smoking a fag.
-
'Agile' Holland & Barrett wants 500 new products by year end
02 May 2009
Health food store giant Holland & Barrett is aiming to add at least 500 listings by the end of the year.
-
Aldi sets out its 99p stall with TV ad for 140 lines
02 May 2009
Aldi is trumpeting its value credentials to consumers by advertising 140 lines at just 99p. The discounter has compared its 99p lines with similar products offered by Tesco and Asda and claims that buying 100 of them could save the consumer up to...
-
Around the Papers 5/5/09
05 May 2009
Tesco to save on construction costs; retailers' rents fall; farmers' subsidies buoyed by pound slump
-
Anheuser boosts margins in strong first-quarter
07 May 2009
Anheuser-Busch InBev has achieved a better than expected rise in first-quarter profits but warned that margins later this year would not see the same increase.
-
Asda says complaint charge was too high
02 May 2009
Asda has reduced the amount it charges suppliers when a customer complains from £70 to £20 after claims that it was a disproportionate charge. "Hands up, we got it wrong," said Asda corporate affairs director Paul Kelly. The charge had been...
-
As Dawson News flounders, newstrade 'duopoly' grows Subscription
02 May 2009
Dawson News has lost contracts to Smiths News and Menzies Distribution, sparking fears of a duopoly. Beth Phillips asks what it means for the industry
-
Artist creates animated ads for Twinings
02 May 2009
More than 50kg of tea has been used to create new TV ads for Twinings Speciality Teas to reflect "the experience and mood" associated with the range.
-
Asda's Harrison gets beverages and sugar role
02 May 2009
Asda has named Matt Harrison its new buyer for beverages and sugar.
-
Asda kids go cock-a-hoop
02 May 2009
After Tesco treated shoppers to some unexpected X-rated fun in one store's entertainment section recently, news of top-shelf antics at arch-rival Asda. Last month it was reported that the supermarket had been forced to move its misleadingly...
-
Around the Papers 6/5/09
06 May 2009
Poundland booms; US loves mac & cheese; women, the elderly like a drink
-
Around the Papers 7/5/09
07 May 2009
Considering the Co-op; FT goes fmcg crazy; mushrooms fight flu
-
Around the Papers 8/5/09
08 May 2009
Energy drinks controversy; yoghurt boost; Unilever has a cunning plan
-
Boost to retailers as Britain is tipped for 'barbecue summer'
02 May 2009
Retailers and suppliers have welcomed Met Office predictions that the UK is "odds-on for a barbecue summer"."After two wet summers, the signs are much more promising this year," said chief meteorologist Ewen McCallum. "We can expect times...
-
Campaign Trail: A man walks into a bar...
02 May 2009
Cobra Beer just got funnier, with a new digital application featuring jokes. The free iBanter 'app' works on Apple iPod Touch and iPhone gadgets and features 200 jokes. Close-up video footage of the comedians' mouth allows users to steal the lips...
-
'British' label would boost cereal profits
02 May 2009
Cereal producers are missing a huge opportunity by failing to capitalise on their British provenance, a new report has claimed.The cereals sector generally had not marketed its provenance as well as the meat, fresh produce and dairy sectors,...
-
BRC: ‘worst may be over’ on food price inflation
06 May 2009
The British Retail Consortium has claimed “the worst of food price inflation may be over” after new figures showed shop price inflation fell last month for the first time since the December’s VAT.
-
Builder’s Breakfast wins Walkers new flavour contest
07 May 2009
Voters have crowned Builder’s Breakfast as the winner of Walkers’ brand-building ‘Do us a Flavour’ campaign.
-
Britvic goes head over heels with new Tango design
08 May 2009
Britvic is turning the labels on Tango cans upside down in a bizarre move to boost sales of the fizzy drink.
