All The Grocer articles in 9 June 2001
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Veba doing well
Maxxium's efforts to carve a niche for itself in the cluttered PPS market are beginning to pay off. Veba a sweet and sour cherry flavoured product was launched in March through Sainsbury and Bass Leisure. Both are maintaining the listing and...
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TANGO SPOOF
Britvic has homed in on TV's Big Brother for a Tango backed 90 second radio spoof Big Bother on regional stations three time a day. It follows the antics of housemates' Tony (Blair), Dale (Winton), William (Hague), Robbie (Williams), Dot (Cotton),...
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Yorkshire potential
Cravens Stores in Bolton Road, Silsden, Keighley, West Yorkshire offers the opportunity to buy an established business with plenty of potential to increase profits along with a spacious four-bedroom home. Weekly sales average £7,000 a week...
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WRAFTON SOLD TO PERRIGO
Own label goods manufacturer McBride is still on the market nine months after it was put up for sale. But the detergents, toiletries and non-prescription medicine specialist this week managed to shed its Wrafton Laboratories business. It has sold...
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NEW RISPINOS TRIO
Uncle Ben's has doubled the number of variants in its Rispinos rice snacks range by adding a trio of savoury flavours. Barbecue, Cheese and Onion and Pizza all of which have less than 2% fat joined the three sweet versions last week. The...
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OTC medicines: A multiple pick-me-up
Lynn Driver reports on the likely changes in the OTC market now resale price maintenance has been abolished After the blaze of publicity surrounding resale price maintenance, multiple retailers have been selective on the prices they have chosen to...
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Republic of Ireland: Superquinn to be testbed
Irish supermarket group Superquinn has been chosen by global retail technology specialist NCR to become a Centre of Excellence for Europe. NCR will use the 18-store chain in the Republic as a testbed for the latest retail solutions, including its...
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The filling on the outside
Hovis that bastion of Britishness is undergoing the most radical revamp in its history, with funky new packaging and a £7m ad campaign which leaves its sepia tinted bread-boy-on-a-bike heritage far behind. The new packaging, on shelf from June...
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Marks and Spencer: Lunch to Go facility set up
M&S has reorganised its logistics arrangements for its rapidly growing Lunch to Go food delivery service. Lunch to Go delivers sandwiches, salads and microwave meals in vans direct to offices in London and other major cities in the UK, typically...
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The Grocer focus on ethnic food
Analysis by Sheila Eggleston Jamie Oliver going on about spicy rubs would by itself be enough to ignite a passion for ethnic food had none existed before. Spicy food is not just hot in the hands of a Naked Chef or an Ainsley Harriott. It is also...
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The Grocer focus on ethnic food
analysis by Sarah Hardcastle - ready meals saled rocketing - restaurants are the driving force - regionality coming to the fore - shift to healthier eating When chicken tikka masala was voted the nation's favourite meal earlier this year, it...
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The Grocer focus on ethnic food: European ethnic food show a
Europe's leading food and drink exhibition dedicated to the ethnic industry returns to Birmingham's NEC from June 17-19. As the UK continues to dominate the ethnic food market, this year's show aims to lead the way in bringing buyers and suppliers...
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The Grocer focus on ethnic food: New product monitor Ethni
ACNielsen MMS Total grocers (excl forecourts) Value sales (£k) ...
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ISRAEL: Ready to eat
Israeli growers are leaving mangoes on the tree longer so they can be offered to UK supermarkets as tree ripened. Fruit will incur extra expense as it will have to be airfreighted said summer fruit sales manager Yaron Yarchie. The UK is programmed...
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The Grocer focus on ethnic food: SEASONINGs are THE DRIVING
Herbs, spices and seasonings are booming because of the huge interest in ethnic food. Own label supplier British Pepper & Spice (BPS) anticipates that the market, currently worth £77m, will reach £83m by 2003 an 18.5% growth. Seasonings are the...
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Germany: German retailers furious at plans to recycle drink
German retailers have blasted government plans to impose stringent new recycling laws on drink cans and bottles from January 2001. Under a new law proposed by economics minister Werner Mueller and environment minister Jurgen Trittin, consumers...
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Domestos doubles up
Lever Fabergé is extending its Domestos range to include a new double-barrelled, two- layer, all-purpose household cleaner: Domestos Bi-Actif. And it is backing the new boy's launch with £3m. The top layer of Bi-Actif is aimed at removing stubborn...
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The Grocer focus on ethnic food: Trends & developments
Naan bread's elevation into the fast food arena shows how far it has come. People have discovered how versatile it is and are using it for sandwiches and pizza bases. Honeytop Speciality Foods claims the shift from accompaniment to snack is due to...
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Safeway: Top team shaken up as Ramsden decides to go
Safeway has made a number of changes to its senior management team shortly after store format director Roger Ramsden quit the food chain. However a spokeswoman insisted the two moves were not connected. Ramsden became famous last year when as...
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Express Dairies: Superfloat to the rescue
Express Dairies is to take action to reduce costs and increase productivity after a drop in profits this year from £52.7m to £43m. A new generation milk float, customised with modular storage compartments and capable of double the range and twice...