All The Grocer articles in 31 January 2009
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Other Movers 31/1/09
Rob Gater has been appointed senior national account manager of Merchant Gourmet. He joins from independent coffee roaster Matthew Algie & Co, where he looked after clients including Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Prêt A Manger.
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World News 31/1/09
FRANCE: Carrefour is testing a new convenience store format called Carrefour City in six French cities. The stores will combine groceries, frozen foods, beverages and household products alongside a large range of ready meals. The first pilot store…
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Backhauling scheme to cut 1.3 million miles
Budgens and Londis owner Musgrave Retail Partners GB is planning to save millions of road miles this year by dramatically expanding its backhauling operations.Instead of returning empty to the depot after delivering products to Budgens and...
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The top 10 packaging innovations of the past 100 years
It's easy to have a pop at packaging. But where would we be without it? It has extended product life, cut down on food preparation time and reduced waste. In fact it is high time it was celebrated rather than censured, which is why The Grocer has asked three industry ...
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda basket £2.21 cheaper than Tesco
Asda put clear air between itself and its rivals for the fourth week running, thanks to five promotions and 24 of the cheapest or joint-cheapest items in its £44.19 trolley
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NewsGrocer 33: Corstorphine Tesco delivers on all counts
Tesco in Corstorphine, Edinburgh won this week’s top store award thanks to a clean branch with strong availability, smiling staff and an efficient checkout assistant
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Food brands confused by Channel 4 position
Food companies were left bemused after Channel 4 held an event seeking food advertising on the same day as screening a Dispatches documentary attacking cheap food.
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Does Change4Life offer a way to escape legislation?
The Change4Life campaign unites Government and industry against obesity. But what will be the impact on the industry if it's a failure, asks Noli Dinkovski
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Acid Test: Walkers' Do Us A Flavour
The panel get their laughing gear round Walkers' six new consumer-inspired flavours
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NewsAd of the Week: Gorilla tactics leave Cadbury's new glass half-empty
Consider the law of diminishing returns in cinema, where sequels that improve on the original are famously limited to The Godfather Part II, Aliens and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. For Cadbury, topping the impact of its already-iconic...
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New GSK lines offer advanced oral care
GSK is adding a raft of new products under its Macleans, Aquafresh and Sensodyne banners, including the first major brand mouth spray, it claimed.The new Macleans Confidence range includes a toothpaste made with iso-active technology, which...
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NewsAdvertising: Hoy takes Bran Flakes up a gear
After so many of our sporting stars returned from Beijing with gold, brands seeking athletic endorsements from Team GB heroes had plenty to choose from
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Ailing Superquinn is losing expertise and share to discounters
Superquinn, the embattled Irish chain currently shedding 400 jobs and closing one of its stores, has been hit by a triple whammy – the defection of a key staff member, slippage in market share and a corresponding sales surge at...
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No Drain tuna aims to offer tinned fish without the hassle
John West claims the tuna market will be revolutionised by the introduction of No Drain, Less Mess Tuna – which cuts out the hassle of draining oil or brine from the can.The company has spent 18 months developing a new production process...
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Co-operative bans chemicals as it aims to save British bees
The Co-operative Group has launched a major campaign this week to understand – and reverse – the devastating decline in the British honeybee colony. Under its new 10-point Plan Bee, The Co-operative Group will make a donation of £150,000...
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Comment & Opinion
Saturday Essay: CSR obligations must not take a back seat
Instead of choosing between ethics and cost-cutting, it's vital we find ways to combine the two, says Nick Vermont
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Tesco promises to clarify labelling on bacon packs
Tesco has caved in to industry pressure by stating it will change the country-of-origin labelling across its standard own-label bacon and gammon lines. Tesco confirmed its decision this week in a letter to The Grocer, which referred to an...
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Beef biltong can be big business
Emory St Marcus introduced South African dried meat snacks into the UK in the 80s. Now he is looking to the sports market for further growth. Joanne Grew reports
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Retail beer sales hold up despite Christmas fears
Surplus supermarket stocks of beer at the end of 2008’s wet summer – and not the worsening economy and duty hikes – were to blame for the dramatic slump in new orders from brewers in the last three months of 2008, according to data supplier...
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Profiles
Careers File: Do your sums before resorting to unnecessary redundancies
Startling job loss figures are not as bad as they first appear, argues Sian Harrington