All The Grocer articles in 1 December 2007
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Shop Profile - David Sands
Store numbers: 24Staff: 530Turnover: £25mStart date: 1807Sales growth year-on-year: 25%Type of operation: c-store with extra services You won't hear David Sands muttering about the tough trading environment for the...
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Reader survey - Competition Commission inquiry
“Laughable”, “no grasp of reality” and “disastrous”. That is the opinion of Top 50 independents on the provisional findings of the Competition Commission's groceries inquiry. The commission provisionally found there was no evidence c-store...
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Former Safeway boss to help M&S in China
Marks & Spencer has enlisted the services of former Safeway chief executive Carlos Criado-Perez for its ambitious expansion plans for the Far East.The Times reports that the Argentinian has drawn up research notes on Taiwan for the high...
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Supermarkets admit milk price fix
Asda, Sainsbury's and several leading dairy suppliers will be fined a total of £116m after admitting to price-fixing charges made by the Office of Fair Trading.As the two supermarkets, The Cheese Company and Robert Wiseman Dairies admitted...
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Race to find new London Marathon sponsor is on
Flora is to end its 14-year sponsorship of the London Marathon in 2009, brand-owner Unilever announced yesterday. The company says it has decided to look for new ways in which to challenge public perceptions about heart health.“This...
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Sovio wine ban upheld
An independent assessor has backed the Food Standards Agency's refusal to allow the sale of Sovio wine.The 8% abv wine, which is produced by DB Wines, uses an unauthorised technique for the removal of alcohol called 'spinning cone'. It was...
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OFT clears Tesco's acquisition of five Somerfield stores
The OFT has cleared the acquisition by Tesco of five former Somerfield stores.The competition watchdog said it had decided not to refer the merger to the Competition Commission based on the information currently available to it.The...
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Bird flu blamed for goose fat shortage
Bird Flu has been blamed for a shortage of goose fat this Christmas.One third of Europe’s goose population was destroyed this year because of the virus, and now stores are struggling to find supplies of the luxury product, which was made...
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Tesco opens Fresh & Easy factory
Tesco has built an 80,000 sq ft ready meals factory in Los Angeles to supply its new Fresh & Easy stores, according to The Financial Times.It is the first time the retailer has manufactured the food it sells.Forty per cent of the...
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Renewable power plants recommended
Retailers and manufacturers should invest in renewable power plants to minimise the impact of forthcoming legislation that will penalise energy use, legal expert Eversheds has warned.Businesses with an energy spend of £500,000 or more...
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Night Nurse's winter relief
GlaxoSmithKline has joined the winter battleground for cold relief with a £1.4m push for its Night Nurse brand. The campaign includes a new TV ad called 'Rainswept', breaking this week. It features a cold sufferer on a journey home late...
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Tomlinson in top Musgrave marketing job
Musgrave Retail Partners GB has appointed Jemima Tomlinson as its new marketing director.Tomlinson joins Musgrave Retail Partners, formerly Musgrave Budgens Londis, on 14 January and will be responsible for managing and developing the...
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Strike over pay set to hit Warburtons
Warburtons is facing disruption to production in the run-up to Christmas after workers agreed to a 48-hour strike later this month.The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union, which has 1,200 members among Warburtons' 3,000 employees,...
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Localchoice must get more local says Tesco
Localchoice milk has to become even more local if it is to hit performance targets, Tesco has told The Grocer.The retailer admitted it had "work to do" on the regional milk brand after receiving several complaints from the public about...
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A new front opens up in the price war
It's been a long time coming. But after years trying to differentiate their offer from the big box multiples on the basis of superior "localness" and service credentials, the independents are finally waking up to the need to compete more...
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Morrisons under fire over sourcing switch
Morrisons has been criticised by British fruit and veg growers for switching its fresh produce business to a broker instead of dealing directly with suppliers.Growers have accused the retailer of taking a step back and questioned its...
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Waitrose property finders' incentive
Waitrose is upping the ante in its attempt to double the size of its business within 10 years by offering agents £75,000 to find new sites.
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Killer jellyfish threaten Scottish salmon farms
Smoked salmon could be off the menu this Christmas if a plague of killer jellyfish reaches the Scottish coast.The mauve stingers have already destroyed Northern Ireland's only salmon farm at Glenarm Bay, Co Antrim, killing more than...
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Election rout of the NMA rebels
An audacious bid to gain places on Nisa-Today's board by the rebels who brought down last year's proposed merger with Costcutter was left in tatters this week as members voted firmly in favour of candidates loyal to the executive.Leading...
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Unilever ups spend on deodorant in revamp
Unilever plans to shake up the deodorants category next year with a raft of new sub-brands backed by a £65m ad spend - 50% higher than last year.The launches for women include sensitive variant Sure Skin Care, teen brand Sure Girl, Dove...