Helen Gregory

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    Shop Profile Proudfoot Group

    2007-08-13T00:00:00

    Store Numbers: four Staff: 200 Turnover: £18.9m Type of operation: supermarket chain As the deadline for the Competition Commission's findings on the grocery market comes ever closer, Mark Proudfoot, joint MD of the Proudfoot Group, will be leading...

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    Deep discounting

    2007-08-13T00:00:00

    The Proudfoot Group has cried foul play over Tesco's use of deep discounting to push its Withernsea store out of business, and claims it is not alone. In January Harry Tuffins claimed the retailer was trying to sabotage the opening of its Ludlow...

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    How to be green and clean but on a budget

    2007-03-31T00:00:00

    Budget-conscious consumers are being urged to ditch the chemicals and use environmentally friendly products to scrub and polish. Biocare has spring-cleaned its pack designs and formulas and reduced price tags as it believes the premiums...

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    Premium offer proves Absinthe's popularity

    2007-01-13T00:00:00

    Absinthe, the notororious spirit nicknamed 'the green fairy', is becoming more popular and a new premium absinthe hopes to capitalise on this. Apsinthion Grand De Luxe is the latest hand-made product from Toorank Distilleries in Poland...

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    New ready meal range targets busy parents

    2007-01-08T00:00:00

    Busy mums struggling to feed fussy offspring are the target of a new range of healthy chilled ready meals for children. Eat Fussy is the brainchild of Annabel Karmel, food consultant, chef and author of children's food and nutrition...

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    Industry alert as hundreds of gangmasters miss deadline

    2006-09-23T00:00:00

    Manufacturers and retailers have been urged to check they and their suppliers are using only legitimate gangmasters after it emerged hundreds may have missed a deadline to apply for a compulsory licence. The Gangmasters Licensing...

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    Wholesale guns blazing

    2006-09-23T00:00:00

    The Competition Commission's investigation into the grocery market is building momentum - and a string of critics of the big supermarkets is leaving the inquiry team in no doubt about the problems facing smaller retailers. Earlier this...

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    Friendly bacteria gives ActiMint healthy start

    2006-06-03T00:00:00

    Consumers looking for a simple way of topping up their healthy bacteria don't need to reach for the fridge for a probiotic yoghurt drink any longer - all they have to do is take a mint.  Ecobrands reckons that just two of its...