All The Grocer articles in 1 May 2004

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    Sainsbury non food plans

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury has struck deals with three leading designers to create an exclusive new range of lifestyle products called ‘by’.Cookware designed by Terence Conran, cut flowers and planted arrangements from Orlando Hamilton and home accessories...

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    Fyffes acquires Swedish company

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Fyffes has struck a deal to acquire the Everfresh group of companies, a leading distributor of fresh produce in Sweden.Fyffes will acquire an initial 60% stake in Everfresh for €28.7m, with the balance of 40% to be acquired in...

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    Scotland Waves Goodbye To Kwik Save

    2004-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Somerfield has announced plans to ditch the Kwik Save brand in Scotland.The multiple said it aimed to close 22 Scottish Kwik Save stores altogether because they were in poor locations and were not sufficiently profitable.The...

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    Northern Foods Sells Emile Tissot

    2004-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Northern Foods subsidiary Cavaghan & Gray Group has sold its Emile Tissot foodservice business to Dawn Fresh Foods for £3.5mDawn Fresh Foods is part of the Queally Group in Ireland.Emile Tissot produces frozen ready meals for the...

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    Glisten appoint former M&S boss

    2004-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Chocolate and sugar-based confectionery maker Glisten has appointed Guy McCracken as a non-executive director.McCracken is a former joint managing director of Marks and Spencer. He is currently chairman of food company Duchy Originals and a...

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    Smartertrader is smarter still

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Smartertrader has pumped £750,000 into a new suite of products it claims will revolutionise the wholesale market.The company was set up in 2002 by Landmark executives Mike McGee and Ron Colley to manage Landmark’s IT systems on an outsourced...

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    revert to the traditional

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    from John Spencer, Spencers of Wells, Tucker Street, WellsSir; re: The Grocer’s quarterly online shopping survey (Easter online shop slips, April 17, pp4-5). I run a grocery store in Wells and thought I should let you know that all of...

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    Safeway protest

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association has urged the Northern Irish environment minister Angela Smith to turn down a proposed Safeway out-of-town superstore development in Antrim. The Planning Appeals Commission has recommended...

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    The returnof Nisperos

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Spanish Nisperos are back on the UK market for the second year running.Growers are hoping to build on the success of last season, which saw the unusual fruit introduced to UK consumers. Fruit quality is being described as excellent this...

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    Thumbs up for Musgrave

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Londis retailers have given Musgrave’s bid for their group an enormous endorsement in an exclusive telephone poll conducted for The Grocer.Only two Londis retailers out of 100 contacted said they would vote against the bid, with 65 in...

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    Pimm’s mixes an RTD

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Diageo is extending its summer stalwart Pimm’s into the premixed sector with a series of new launches.The gin-based spirit, which supermarkets already sell in cans mixed with lemonade, is making its debut in the RTD arena with a similar...

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    Show time for M&S

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Marks and Spencer’s fruit and vegetable growers will be taking to the stand this summer during the retailer’s £1m agricultural promotion campaign.Paul Willgoss, head of agriculture, said the seven agricultural shows throughout the UK would...

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    At Le Riche’s the price is still right

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons’ acquisition of Safeway has not yet had an impact on pricing in the Channel Islands, said the islands’ largest food retailer, Le Riche’s Stores. Safeway has one store in Jersey and one in Guernsey, and Morrisons has not yet cut...

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    Making a mint from own label

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has torn a further strip off Wrigley – by becoming the first brand to put breath-freshening strips into multipacks.The supermarket giant first caused a stir in the sector at the end of last year when The Grocer revealed its plans to take...

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    Nestlé sends love and kisses

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé is to unwrap a £28m three-year support programme for the autumn launch of premium newcomer Baci, its biggest confectionery activity this year.Sales communications manager Graham Walker boldly predicted that the Italian-inspired brand...

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    Singular indulgences

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Premium is dominated by individual pots as consumers demand their proper treatsThere’s a steady stream of newcomers to the yogurts and pot desserts fixture. It’s a sexy, healthy, indulgent category and one where consumers demand a...

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    Time to put the house in order

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Leading figures from Britain, the US and France debated the future of the world’s food and drinks industry at the American Food Revolution. Liz Hamson reportsAre consumers being duped into thinking they get good quality food when they...

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    Is home where work is?

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    I’m often asked how a regular columnist comes up with ideas (I’m often asked why, come to that) and the answer for this month’s column is startlingly easy: all I have to do is look around me because I’m writing this at home or, to be precise, in the...

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    Giants motor with RFID

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Wal-Mart has revealed it plans to start rolling out RFID technology in its European operations from 2006.Wal-Mart manager of RFID strategy Simon Langford told a conference in London this week it would have rolled out the radio barcoding...

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    Getting tough on RTDs

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Asda and Somerfield are following in Sainsbury’s footsteps by revamping their RTD ranges. Less than a month after Sainsbury cut back on the number of lines it stocks (The Grocer, April 3, p68), rivals are also preparing to unveil plans to simplify...