All The Grocer articles in 1 December 2001
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Spirit of the times
n Plans for a duty paid mark now only apply to spirits. And Customssay they are winning the war on smuggling. Simon Mowbray and Tim Palmer report The dispute over whether Britain should get a Duty Paid mark on alcohol advanced this week as Customs...
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Spitfire's tactical retreat
Shepherd Neame has toned down the controversial nature of its posters in a new round of ads for Spitfire Ale. The Kent brewer recently came under fire for the potentially xenophobic nature of its Bottle of Britain ads which had a World War Two...
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RECALL FOR
RED SQUARE Halewood International has recalled part of its production of one litre bottles of Red Square vodka following the discovery of glass particles in some bottles. A spokesman said this was isolated to a small number of bottles which were...
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Santa with a rosey nosey
Batemans has introduced a bit of fun to the Christmas beer fixture by adding a Santa Claus hat to its seasonal Rosey Nosey Ale. The ale comes in a gift pack complete with a deck of cards and retails at £2.49. Sainsbury, Safeway, Booths, Unwins and...
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Sauces from Latin start up
Newly formed ethnic foods company Latina Brands is bringing Cuban and South American flavours to the forefront with the launch of five cooking sauces its first product range. The company, headed by former Sharwood's md Elaine Underwood, aims to...
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New look Kwik Save
Shoppers in Sale, south Manchester, are the first in the country to get a taste of how Kwik Save could look by 2004. Sale High Street has been chosen as the site of the first concept store to be developed as part of a strategy of "changing the ...
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Hazlewood in faster growing sectors
Almost a year after purchasing Hazlewood Foods, Greencore said it had made "substantial progress" in restructuring its business and repositioning itself as a major player in Europeanconvenience foods and ingredients. Despite problems in the ambient...
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Nisa rolls out e-procurement
Nisa is rolling out its e-procurement activities across all of its trading divisions using the reverse auction technology platform from Barclays b2b. The Barclays b2b team has spent several months working with Nisa to incorporate the auction...
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This'll learn 'em
Trade and industry secretary Patricia Hewitt remember her, she's the lady who sent Ben Gill purple with rage by sitting on the code of practice is promising us a "more businesslike" DTI. Not before time. Of course, cynics, with past experiences...
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Unusual flavours dominate the international scene this month
Even more unusual flavours were seen in Japan where Mihon Hammu Group has launched the Aya Rich Collection, an ice cream with red beans grown in the Hokkaido region. The ice cream is packaged in 120ml carton tubs. Still in Japan, Morinaga has...
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Simply Food makes its railway debut
Marks & Spencer has opened the first of four trial Simply Food c-stores at railway sites. The store opened on Thursday at Liverpool Street station in London, and will be followed by stores at Victoria station due to open this Thursday, and one at...
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Name: David Goodwin
Position: Senior buyer Company: Bells Stores The job: Senior buyer Goodwin takes overall responsibility for buying for the 48 stores in Bells' estate, focusing particularly on alcohol and tobacco. He heads up a team of four buyers, three...
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Heather Cream tries the screen
Inver House has added a TV advertising campaign to its marketing support for Scottish cream liqueur Heather Cream. The ad will run on Scottish TV in the run-up to Christmas and features an encounter between a man and a woman in a bar. Heather...
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Two covers for the Stones
Uncut magazine is to pay tribute to the Rolling Stones with its special collectors' issue. The music and film magazine is dedicating its January issue to the band, with two different commemorative covers in celebration of the group's 40th...
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Hewitt rejects Gill's pleas for more consultation over code
Exclusive Clive Beddall NFU pleas for more consultation on the "flawed and ambiguous" code of trading practice for the top four multiples and their suppliers have been turned down flat by secretary of state for trade and industry Patricia Hewitt....
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Interbrew circles over SAB
Interbrew's determination to be one of the key players in the global beer market was revealed this week when it admitted looking into the potential of taking over South African Breweries. But the City is sceptical it would be able to pull the...
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C-stores' delight as multiples decide to close for Christmas
Independent retailers will have the grocery retail market almost to themselves on Christmas Day following the multiples' decision to close on December 25. The only stores trading in the multiple arena will be a handful of Somerfield stores in...
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CHARIS-MATIC innovation
An innovation centre for the Scottish food and drink industry will be officially launched in April. Dubbed Charis, the centre has been formed by the Hannah Research Institute and the Scottish Agricultural College which have pooled their resources...
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Christmas: happy buying at home
Mintel's latest Christmas spending research shows that clothing, footwear and jewellery are the clear favourites for gift purchasing intentions this year. It can be assumed that clothing takes up the lion's share of the 80% response rate as it is...
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Marks and Spencer has sold its US clothing subsidiary Brooks
Ahold's operating profit rose 21.7% to 667.2m euros on sales up 12.6% to 15.5bn euros for the 12 weeks to October 7. The Weston family, through its Wittington Investments arm, has taken full control of Fortnum & Mason after buying out the...