All The Grocer articles in 31 January 2009

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  • News

    P&G set to renew focus on consumer business

    2009-02-06T11:31:59.163Z

    Proctor & Gamble is set to focus on its consumer products business as the US giant eyes the sale of its pharmaceuticals arm.

  • News

    M&S losing customers to big four

    2009-02-03T12:17:24.063Z

    Marks & Spencer will continue to struggle against the big four over the next year, a report from research group Bernstein warns.

  • News

    Ramsay faces viewer backlash

    2009-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is under mounting pressure to take action against Gordon Ramsay following his use of expletives during Gordon’s Great British Nightmare, The Daily Mail reports…

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    News

    Steady inflation pushes up food prices 1.7% in January

    2009-02-02T00:00:00Z

    The supermarket price wars failed to keep a lid on inflation this month as prices rose 1.7% on last month. The Grocer Price Index, our inflation-tracking index of grocery staples weighted to typical consumer shops, indicated annual food price inflation was holding steady at 15.1%, defying expectations of falling prices…

  • News

    Kellogg's is turning up the pleasure in muesli

    2009-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Kellogg’s aims to rejuvenate the “dusty and tasteless” muesli market with Nature’s Pleasure – its first muesli cereal available on shelf since the 70s. The cereals giant already makes a muesli product called Country Store – but this is...

  • News

    JJ launches 'unique' live ordering system

    2009-01-31T00:00:00Z

    JJ Food Service has launched a new live ordering system on its website, which it claimed is unique in the foodservice industry.

    The website is linked to its stock control system and allows customers to see which products are in stock or will…

  • Comment and Opinion

    Third Party: To update packaging, renovate to innovate

    2009-01-31T00:00:00Z

    If you want to win over shoppers, get rid of fancy and quirky packaging and go back to the basics, says Gillian Wight

  • News

    Potato industry 'must pull in young people'

    2009-01-31T00:00:00Z

    The potato industry faces long term decline unless it does more to win over younger consumers, warns a new Potato Council report, seen exclusively by The Grocer. Although the short term prospects for the industry were good (see Fresh Produce...

  • News

    FWD lines up potential successor for Murphy

    2009-01-31T00:00:00Z

    The Federation of Wholesale Distributors has expanded its senior management team as it gears up to “better represent” the needs of delivered wholesale and foodservice members.The organisation has appointed journalist James Bielby to the new...

  • News

    Jamie loses Fresh Retail Ventures MD

    2009-01-31T00:00:00Z

    While Jamie Oliver has been out saving the British pig industry, there has been major upheaval at Fresh Retail Ventures, the company behind his range of branded food and non-food products. The Grocer has learned that MD David Page has made an...

  • News

    Heinz to feel the Reggae Reggae heat

    2009-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Levi Roots is taking on Heinz with the first Reggae Reggae squeezy sauce.Reggae Reggae Squeezy Tomato Ketchup contains spice and red Scotch bonnet chillies and will arrive in Sainsbury's next month and Tesco in...

  • Comment and Opinion

    Our man from DRIP

    2009-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing

  • LIZ-HAMSON
    News

    Critical Eye... on Huge Furry and Saint Jamie

    2009-01-31T00:00:00Z

    This week we were 'treated' to a Great British Food Fight double bill as Huge Furry Wittering-balls and Saint Jamie entered the ring to whip up public outrage over the evils of cheap chicken and bacon. I felt a sense of déjà vu as I watched...

  • News

    Second Opinion: Intensive farming courts disease

    2009-01-31T00:00:00Z

    The latest case of ISA in Scotland's salmon farms comes as no surprise, says Joanna Blythman

  • News

    Tesco hires Microlise to cut transport costs

    2009-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Tesco hopes to slash costs worldwide by enlisting the help of a technology company to improve the efficiency of truck deliveries. A trial in Slovakia would begin in March and if successful would be rolled out to all Tesco's international...

  • News

    Stans Superstore to consider second site as multiples move in

    2009-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Shropshire-based independent supermarket Stans Superstore is considering opening a second store to battle ever-increasing competition in its area.Four multiples were moving into the Oswestry area in the next two years and a second store...

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    News

    Commodities: Dairy prices stay on a level despite wholesale volatility

    2009-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Retail prices for dairy products remained virtually unchanged this month but the picture at wholesale level was very different says James Ball

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    Analysis and Features

    Promo Dynamic: Frozen ready meals climb the rankings

    2009-01-31T00:00:00Z

    The total number of featured space promotions has remained high this week, though it fell back slightly to 1,655 as Christmas trading faded to a distant memory

  • News

    Wholesalers forced to chase payments from independents

    2009-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Independent retailers are proving much less recession proof than their supermarket rivals, The Grocer can reveal.While the multiples have announced thousands of new jobs since the start of the year, wholesalers are increasingly being forced...

  • News

    Tesco urged to share its dairy centre discoveries

    2009-01-31T00:00:00Z

    The dairy industry has called for Tesco to share research findings from its new National Dairy Centre with the community at large. The centre, officially opened last week, is based at the University of Liverpool and will be funded through an...