All The Grocer articles in 1 August 2009 – Page 2
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News
Join Us For The Final Push
A message to the Chancellor: make the most of your summer holidays because we'll be waiting on your return. Five weeks ago, we launched our campaign calling on Alistair Darling to push back the VAT increase, freeze alcohol duty and extend...
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NewsJoin us for the final push
The Grocer's campaign has won support from suppliers, retailers, industry bodies, MPs, consumers - even the national press. But we're not done yet. We need to keep up the pressure so when the Chancellor comes back from holiday he has no choice but to Push Back The Tax! Nick Hughes reports
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News
JJ’s puts an electric truck on the road
JJ Food Service has boosted its green credentials by converting a diesel lorry to electric.The wholesaler installed an electric engine and gearbox into a diesel wagon that had reached the end of its working life. The new truck has been...
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News
In Season: the easy peel orange
The 'easy peel' orange is returning this year to take advantage of the rise in home-prepared lunches. The oranges, which made their UK debut last year, are on sale in Sainsbury's and M&S from now until the end of August. They are grown in...
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Comment and Opinion
Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure & Pricing
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Comment and Opinion
Our Man From Drip Don Pumsey
Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind, and thus it is with heavy heart that I say: King Justin, it's high time you got yourself a new therapist. Ask whichever lackey who is reading this to you to sort it out quickly before the ol' megalomania...
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Somerfield financial director Robson to move to Thorntons
Mark Robson has become the latest director to leave Somerfield following its acquisition by The Co-operative Group in March. Robson, who is finance director, will leave in the autumn to join confectionery retailer Thorntons as finance director....
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Who stands to gain most from Waitrose Duchy deal?
There is no reason the sight of Prince Charles and Mark Price deep in conversation at a recent event should have aroused suspicion. After all, it was only in June that Price kicked off a speech on sustainable fishing at the CIES World Food Business...
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NewsWho stands to gain most from Waitrose-Duchy deal?
Waitrose is in talks to rescue the struggling Duchy Originals brand. But there are pitfalls to a multiple owning a supplier, finds Nick Hughes
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Comment and OpinionCritical Eye... on giant sharks, skinny women and junkie priests
The internet is abuzz over the imminent (straight to DVD) release of Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus, a no-budget monster epic that's either a cunning parody of other no-budget monster epics or the most cack-handed stab at serious movie-making in...
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News
Industry doubts worth of inquiry into DFB collapse
The dairy industry has questioned the value of a newly launched inquiry into the collapse of Dairy Farmers of Britain. Leading industry figures claim the inquiry by the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee, announced last week,...
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Industry doubts worth of inquiry into DFB collapse
The dairy industry has questioned the value of a newly launched inquiry into the collapse of Dairy Farmers of Britain.Leading industry figures claim the inquiry by the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee, announced last...
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News
Fruittella turns into a Chupa Chup
Perfetti van Melle has created a Fruittella centred Chupa Chups lolly to capture the strong growth of each brand. Chupa Chups Fruittella (rsp: £1.29 for bag of 10) rolls out to retail later this month in strawberry. With Chupa Chups and...
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News
Saturday Essay: Government must delay Christmas VAT rise
Sainsbury's boss Justin King spells out why he is backing The Grocer's Push Back The Tax campaign
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News
Morrisons stocking home-grown chillies
Morrisons has begun stocking a new range of locally grown chillies in 20 of its East of England stores.The chillies are being supplied by From My Farm, which sourced them from Bedfordshire grower Edible Ornamentals. Varieties currently...
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Profiles and QandAs
Challinor to head up retail strategy at NI
News International, publisher of The Times and The Sun, has appointed Katharine Challinor as head of retail strategy. The appointment follows the publisher and distributor's decision in May this year to launch a direct-to-retail service in...
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News
Inflation more than halves as key category prices drop
Food inflation crashed to a halt in July. After months of fluctuating prices, caused by the fall of sterling and supply shortages, deflation has finally hit supermarket shelves. July's Grocer Price Index reveals a solid if unspectacular 1.4%...
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Retail Prices: Inflation more than halves as key category prices drop
Down down down... inflation has slowed by more than half compared to last year and fruit and veg prices plummeted 7.9% in July. James Ball reports
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Knife sales sting catches out one in five shop staff
Two of the UK's biggest supermarket chains have pledged to improve staff training on knife sales after more than a fifth of cashiers failed to ask for ID in a sting operation. The pass rate for supermarkets (78%) was higher than that for...
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Knife sales sting catches out one in five shop staff
Two of the UK's biggest supermarket chains have pledged to improve staff training on knife sales after more than a fifth of cashiers failed to ask for ID in a sting operation.The pass rate for supermarkets (78%) was higher than that for...