All The Grocer articles in 2 September 2000

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    United States: Wal-Mart puts pressure on US...

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Wall Street brokers have been busy downgrading US supermarket shares as Albertson's, the latest American food retailer to suffer from the Wal-Mart effect, issued a profits warning. The Idaho based chain warned competition from Wal-Mart, high labour...

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    JESTER IMPRESSES MARKS AND SPENCER

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    A new tomato variety called Jester grown by English Village Salads ­ which also controls the seed ­ has impressed Marks and Spencer so much that it has contracted for supplies well into the next decade. Several other types have been on display at…

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    Suppliers: Heinz to launch organic versions

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Heinz has pledged to make the organic market more mainstream with the launch of organic versions of its Tomato Ketchup, Baked Beans and Spaghetti. They will hit shelves by the beginning of October and will retain the identifiable Heinz packaging...

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    Müller gets into probiotics

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Branded yogurt market leader Müller is aiming for a foothold in the growing probiotic sector with this week's launch of Vitality ­ three flavours of premium single- serve low fat probiotic yogurt. The range comes in raspberry, apricot and pineapple...

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    The Grocer focus on Scotland: MEAT: too widely imitated

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    How much anti-supermarket sentiment lies behind a selling strategy focusing on identity and integrity asks Mike Ingham Shortening the marketing chain is suddenly fashionable as one suggested remedy for the ills of Scotland's meat industry. Let the...

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    The Grocer focus on Scotland: SMALL PRODUCERS: HELPING HAND

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Grampian Food Forum offers support and advice to small producers including exposure to buyers nationwide Passion and innovation win orders in today's highly competitive food sector. And, despite the odds being stacked against the small producer,...

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    The Grocer focus on OTC remedies

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    analysis by Peter Robinson While the millennium bug did not wreak its anticipated havoc at the turn of the year, cold and flu bugs boosted OTC winter remedies, contributing to an 18% increase in sales to £434m [Taylor Nelson Sofres Superpanel, year...

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    The Grocer focus on Scotland: RETAILERS: IS THERE A WORLD OF

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    How far do retailers have to go to adjust to Scottish tastes and sympathies? Or are the Scots coming into line with the preferences of the rest of mainland Britain asks Gillian Law Scotland's different, say retailers. People buy and eat very...

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    The Grocer focus on OTC remedies: questions of power

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Many people now consider that taking time off work for a cold is no longer an option. They want to get better faster and look to the new power, higher concentrate, brands for rapid relief. One retailer explains: "The stronger the claim on the pack...

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    The Grocer focus on Scotland:

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Food from Scotland Excellence Awards 2000 winners Supreme Award Shetland Seafood Soups Castle MacLellan Foods Category Winners Bakery and cereal Nairn's organic oatcakes Simmers of Edinburgh Confectionery and snacks Healthy eating...

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    The Grocer focus on Scotland: G is for gap in the market

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Scotland's bottled water brands are bubbling. Gleneagles Spring Water has just introduced a new glass bottling line at its Perthshire factory that will enable it to triple output for its UK and overseas customers. Earlier this year it launched its...

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    The Grocer focus on Scotland: Suppliers: ready for ready mea

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Sco-Fro and McIntosh of Dyce are pumping ingenuity into creative meal solutions Sco-Fro and McIntosh of Dyce, two of Scotland's leading food producers, are concentrating on ready meals and value added products as their route to growth and market...

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    The Grocer focus on Scotland:

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Bakery: hard selling the family tartan There's no resting on laurels for Walkers or Tunnocks as Karen Dempsey discovers The Scots are renowned for having a sweet tooth ­ and they are also getting cannier at encouraging the rest of the world to...

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    Internet trading exchanges WWRE: here's how we'll outsmart t

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Tesco and Ahold are already trialling procurement through the WorldWide Retail Exchange, its newly appointed chief executive Colin Dyer revealed this week. In his only interview with the UK trade press, he told The Grocer that buying and selling...

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    The Grocer focus on Scotland: THE NORTH: EYEING DISTANT HORI

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Highland & Island Enterprise helps firms in the far north flourish despite logistical problems. Sheila Eggleston reports Worth almost £1bn annually, the Highland & Islands' food and drink output, excluding whisky, is phenomenal. Yet it's still a...

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    PROMOTION: Wholesale the key to healthy diet

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Wholesalers attending their annual conference on October 21 at Western Manor near Oxford, under the umbrella of the Fresh Produce Consortium, will hear how promotional cash now available through several sources will be used to boost consumption...

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    Return of Lean Cuisine

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Slimmers’ stalwart Findus Lean Cuisine brand is making a mid September comeback with new ranges, new recipes and revamped packaging. The six strong Classic range comprises six 97% fat free versions of Findus favourites, including Chicken Curry and…

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    C-stores: NFRN c-store project will soon be fully fledged'

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    The National Federation of Retail Newsagents has overcome the mid-term hiccup it suffered when Londis pulled out of its fascia project, and the scheme is firmly back on track. Speaking exclusively to The Grocer, former Spar boss John Irish ­ ...

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    PIGMEAT: Herd contraction set to persist

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Production cycle might not bottom until late next year Accurate forecasts have become rare in the pig sector, but MAFF's latest census results show the MLC economists were right in predicting herd contraction would continue long after the onset of...

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    Pointing out just who were the pioneers in home dry cleaning

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Sir; I read with some interest the piece in your August 19 issue ­ Lever Bros frogleaps Dryel with Revive' (p8). In the article, it states that Lever Brothers will be first to bring a new home dry cleaning product to the UK market. Between the...