All The Grocer articles in 24 March 2001

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  • News

    Magazines: Odyssey welcomes six new travellers

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Odyssey Publisher Services has been appointed distributor for six publishers. Managing director of Odyssey, Kelvin Taverner, said: "We are delighted to welcome these new publishing partners to our portfolio." Odyssey says that its growth is the...

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    Liability: There is many a slip, trip or try-on twixt you an

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    The customer is always right. Right? Arguably no. Not when they pinch from you, for example, or when the fat lady can't see her feet and trips over your baskets shouting, "I'll sue" as she goes down. One of the American trends to become more...

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    Instant win for kids

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Hall and Woodhouse is running an on-pack promotion on Panda Pops from March to August, to win one of 50 Playstation 2 game consoles The instant win promotion runs across all eight variants in the range. It aims to harness kids' love of collecting,...

  • News

    Online news: Grocer Today is live on Monday

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Grocer Today, the ground-breaking on-line information service from The Grocer goes live on Monday. Available free to subscribers to The Grocer, the service provides retail and fmcg news, updated three times a day, access to Grocer Directories so...

  • News

    Multiples: going local

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Little and large The multiples have much work to do to in selling their shelves to small suppliers who can give them the local' input they need. Ed Bedington reports The big supermarket chains are keen to show how they have become best buddies...

  • News

    Nestlé Go! malfunctions

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé has written off millions of pounds as it withdraws its flagship LC1 Go! probiotic milk drink from the UK and France. The company invested heavily in print and TV marketing of the fermented dairy drink which was introduced in the UK in 1998....

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    Swedes take Plymouth gin on to the global stage

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    The continuing renaissance of Plymouth gin took another major step forward this week when it became part of the Maxxium portfolio. The move is a direct result of Swedish company Vin and Sprit's decision to buy 25% of Maxxium and move its premium...

  • News

    Garden's path

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Andrew Garden is to become vice president of Procter & Gamble's customer development in the UK, Eire and Nordic countries. He will take over from John Millen, who retires at the end of this month after more than 37 years with P&G. Garden has...

  • News

    The Food Weighhouse: Targeting prime sites

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Budget loose food retailer The Food Weighhouse is to target prime retail space with a new store format. It is investing £50,000 in a flagship store on a high street site in Stockton on Tees. The store, which opens in April, is twice the size of a...

  • News

    Multiples: Jeff and George line up for fashion spat

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury chief executive Sir Peter Davis said the new clothing range developed for the retailer by Jeff Banks would take "supermarket fashion to a new level, rivalling the current High Street retailers". Speaking at the launch of the new Jeff &...

  • News

    New World wines take a tilt at edlp

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Rising costs for New World wine producers have prompted some of them to push through price increases. Some multiples have accepted the increases but they have not gone down well with those with edlp policies. Asda is currently in discussion with...

  • News

    Pig industry: Gilt edged sword?

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Dutch livestock census re-sults showing a contraction in the national pig herd are probably not a reliable indicator of future bacon and pork supplies to the UK. Although, year on year the number of maiden gilts was sharply lower in December,...

  • News

    EU farm policy: Pressure grows for early EU talks on radical

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Julian Hunt Uppsala, Sweden Europe's farm ministers will face renewed pressure to start thinking about a radical reform of the EU common agricultural policy when they hold their informal meeting in Sweden next month. A report detailing the nature...

  • News

    McVitie's gives Hutchison dual international role

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    United Biscuits has promoted Colin Hutchison to McVitie's deputy managing director, biscuits, UK and export. Hutchison, who became sales director in 1996, will lead McVitie's UK sales and marketing, and head UB export, UB Ireland and UB North...

  • News

    Marks & Spencer: European exit plans denied

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Marks & Spencer has emphasised that a "wide ranging review of its business operations at home and abroad" should not be seen as "a precursor to moving out of [continental] Europe". The revival of persistent rumours that the struggling retailer is...

  • News

    Dairy: Foot and mouth crisis fails to staunch flow of UK mil

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    There are no signs yet that UK milk deliveries to dairy processors are being significantly affected by the foot and mouth crisis. Weekly figures published by the Intervention Board show that deliveries have been remarkably stable during each of...

  • News

    Lichine extends the family credentials

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    One of the best known names in the French wine industry is being lent to a range of new wines specifically designed for the UK market. Sacha Lichine has created five dual varietal wines from the south of France and called them after his daughter...

  • News

    Dutch meats: Dumeco takeover creates one giant processor

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    News of fmd confirmed in the Netherlands on Wednesday overshadowed the announcement of dramatic consolidation in the Dutch meat industry. The takeover of Meat-point's fresh meat activities by Dumeco creates a processing giant with turnover of more...

  • News

    MAFF: Trade contingency plans

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Minister of Agriculture Nick Brown exonerated super-markets from blame over the foot and mouth epidemic at a parliamentary Select Commit-tee meeting. He underlined the statement made during an exclusive interview with The Grocer last week that the...

  • News

    Station convenience stores: Connex turns to French for new

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Connex has spurned Spar and Costcutter as it launches a new convenience chain at its stations in the south east of England. The French rail operator plans to develop 40 sites in the next three years after successful trials in Leatherhead with Spar...