All The Grocer articles in 1 December 2001 – Page 2
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Brown ignores security, but brewers are pleased
Independent stores were dismayed the Chancellor of the Exchequer's pre-Budget statement made no reference to security tax relief for them. James Lowman, public affairs and communications manager for the Association of Convenience Stores, said it...
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BRC chief demands a minister for retailing
The government has been urged to appoint a minister with specific responsibility for the retail sector. Sir David Sieff, chairman of the British Retail Consortium, said the industry was fed up with the lack of joined-up thinking in government....
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Famous Grouse gets to the bottom of the matter in a party t
The Famous Grouse bird gets into the spirit of the office party in a new TV ad for the blended whisky. The latest addition to the campaign shows the bird taking part in a popular office party prank. The grouse is seen on top of the photocopier...
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Hazlewood switches bottling
Hazlewood Foods has transferred the bottling of sauces and dressings from the Meridian Foods business in Corwen to its more modern site at Selby, north Yorkshire. A spokesman said the bottling operation was a significant part of the business....
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Booker's warehouses to be trialled
as picking centres for independents Booker warehouses are to be used as delivered wholesale picking centres for both independent retailers and caterers, as well as depots for Iceland's home shopping service. The Iceland Group, which has changed...
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Co-ops' buying power boosted as United comes on board the CR
The food buying power of the entire co-operative movement is set to be concentrated in a single buying group. United Co-op, the second largest co-operative society in the UK, has announced that it has applied to join CRTG, the £4.5bn food buying...
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Sushi is a bit of a treat for me, a light expensive delicacy
However, from the outset I had two concerns one, the sushi was frozen and two, it contained no raw fish. As fresh, raw fish is the main ingredient of the genuine article, I was curious to see how it would turn out. Once defrosted (it takes about...
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n High brand penetration and benign pricing have been the ha
Napoleon might have uncharitably dubbed Jersey a pustule on Albion's backside', but when it comes to food retailing, the nation of shopkeepers could learn a thing or two from the grocers on the Channel Islands. Indeed, when Sainsbury was looking...
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Beechams goes for a repeat of Elton
GlaxoSmithKline is to hit the airwaves again as part of a £4.1m campaign for its cold and flu remedy Beechams. A 30-second TV commercial for the brand, titled I'm Still Standing', gets a second season following a successful debut last year....
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Big time for BBC/Disney
BBC Magazines will be working with Disney Publishing Worldwide on magazine projects that focus on the publication of Disney-branded titles for the pre-teen magazine market in the UK. BBC Magazines will assume the publication of Disney's Big Time ...
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Vulnerability of Asian stores showcased
The first episode in a new series of the controversial Channel 4 programme Sleepers revealed the vulnerability of Asian c-store operators to racially motivated abuse and attacks. Thursday's show followed undercover reporter Saira Khan who assumed...
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Lemsip's outdoor appeal
Popular cold and flu remedy Lemsip is among the brands in the money this winter, getting its own £5 million advertising campaign. The majority of the figure will be spent on TV advertising, although outdoor posters and ads in women's magazines will...
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Posh 'n' Becks in another Somerfield
Regular readers of this page will know that Posh and Becks are big fans of the Somerfield store in Alderley Edge, Cheshire. So a picture of them in one of the multiple's stores should not be too surprising. But wait a minute. This is the...
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Safeway sizes up to weight worriers with Smart alternatives
Safeway is to launch a 150-strong range of low fat products called Eat Smart in time for the New Year dieting panic. Consisting of meals, desserts, sandwiches, snacks and meal accompaniments, the range features low fat, low calorie versions of...
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n Sainsbury's customer segmentation work has allowed it to s
Shoppers have an uncanny knack of spotting when the head office suits are in a store and have no qualms about approaching and telling them exactly what they think about this or that. That's why we know the shoppers in Camberley and Crawley are...
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Bolton on a wet weekday afternoon is not the prettiest place
From his office window, the chairman of the Warburton family's eponymous 125-year-old bakery business can survey many of the company's landmarks, including the shop where his great grandfather, great uncle and great aunt started baking and selling...
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Two TV ads prescribed for Anadin as
big healthcare brands get winter push Simon Mowbray Consumers are to be bombarded with a multimillion pound round of advertising for major healthcare brands in the run-up to Christmas. Four key brands, all featured in these pages this week,...
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Waitrose contributes to probe into accentuating the positive
Waitrose employees are being invited to contribute to a research project designed to identify how people make positive life changes. The supermarket is just one organisation being canvassed by Graham Price, postgraduate student at Birkbeck College's...
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Freshbake boosts image after MBO with £4m tv campaign
Mary Carmichael Frozen pastry specialist Freshbake Foods is to make its TV ad debut next March with a £4m campaign. The move is part of a concerted bid to boost the profile of the Freshbake brand, which was relaunched earlier this year following a...
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Your Local no2 opens
Plymouth and South West Co-operative Society has unveiled its second store to be rebranded under the new Your Local Co-op' format in Torpoint, Plymouth. The society announced plans to axe its traditional Plymco fascia in favour of the new...
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