All The Grocer articles in 6 June 2009
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World News: 6/6/09
RUSSIA: X5 Retail Group has reported a first-quarter loss due to a drop in the value of the ruble. Russia's biggest retailer reported a loss of $82.1m (£49.4m) compared with a $83.3m (£50.1m) profit for the same period last year.
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Other Movers 6/6/09
Group financial controller Mark Bottomley has been promoted to group finance director of Cranswick. Bottomley has been group financial controller since January 2008 and has several years' experience in the food production sector. He replaces John...
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£10m investment pot hit by fundraising problems
A £10m investment fund designed to support up-and-coming fmcg businesses has been hit by delays in securing investment.The Spayne Lindsay Consumer Brand fund was launched in January with the intention of offering smaller businesses...
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NewsGrocer 33: Top spot for immaculate Morrisons
Morrisons' branch in Livingston clinched our top store award this week thanks to a full basket, a short queue and polite staff.
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NewsNestlé and Cadbury act to secure future cocoa supply
Leading confectionery manufacturers are working to secure their supply of cocoa amid widespread disruption and price volatility. Both Nestlé and Cadbury are taking action to tackle the supply issues that have caused the price of cocoa to...
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Hovis targets bread roll shoppers with follow-up to epic ad
It's bread rolls at dawn as Hovis takes on market leader Warburtons with its latest sepia-tinted advert - featuring a lass rather than a lad.
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New Heinz advert has nostalgic twist
Heinz is playing on shoppers' nostalgia in a £2m TV campaign that claims its tomato ketchup is 'irreplaceable'.
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Unilever puts offers on ice after supply setback
Britain's biggest ice cream manufacturer admitted this week it would have to slash the number of special offers on its brands such as Cornetto, Magnum and Carte D'Or - during the crucial summer season.Unilever blamed manufacturing problems...
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on naked ambition and missing vomitariums
For some, the phrase 'all-you-can-eat' is not a sales pitch but a challenge. It's as if the proprietors are taunting them, daring the unwary to rupture an intestine through cut-price gluttony. Sometimes, however, the pledge of unlimited nosh...
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Any OFT referral 'will be too late' warns Dawson
Any intervention by the OFT to refer the newspaper and magazine distribution market to the Competition Commission for investigation will come too late to save Dawson News, the company has admitted.The stricken newstrade wholesaler has been...
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OFF's intensive orchards boost organic apple crop
Organic Farm Foods has launched a new planting project that it claims will slash the cost of English organic apples.The shelf price of OFF's organic apples is set to fall 20% to £1.99 a bag as a result of the project, making them much more...
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Müller puts low fat at heart of revamp of Healthy Balance
Müller has given its Healthy Balance brand a £2m revamp and asked retailers to stock it next to other low-fat products, rather than with the rest of the Corner range.The revamp, which includes a new recipe and pack design as well as an extra...
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Beef industry questions Greenpeace findings
The UK beef industry has hit back at Greenpeace claims that the use of beef from companies illegally deforesting the Amazon is widespread.
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Halliwell named as new Bernard Matthews MD
Bernard Matthews Farms has named Jeff Halliwell as the company's new UK managing director. He joins from dairy co-operative First Milk, where he was managing director of First Milk Cheese Company, the UK's largest cheese manufacturing...
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James switches stores from Budgens to Spar
One of Budgens' most well-known retailers, Jonathan James, has switched two of his five stores to the Spar fascia. James changed the stores in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, from Budgens to Spar after Musgrave opened a new store in the small...
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Profiles
Careers File: One negative trait can colour how your contacts see you
Networking. These days, it's a popular way to build up business contacts and establish relationships with potential...
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Editor's Comment: Tesco is halfway down the online track but Morrisons can catch up
Morrisons needs to get with the programme online - but it can from rivals' mistakes, says Liz Hamson
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Girls-only Gorgeous lacks pulling power, says Chicago Town
Chicago Town's "women-only" pizza brand Gorgeous has struggled to attract consumers since its debut five months ago, the company has revealed.The range, launched in February, had achieved just under £600k in sales due to a "lack of consumer...
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Ecover turns up the power to clean like petrochemical rivals
Ecover has relaunched its eco-friendly surface cleaning range with a more powerful natural ingredient that it claims will make it as effective as petrochemical-based brands such as Cillit Bang and Mr Muscle.The ecological cleaning brand said...