All The Grocer articles in 1 November 2008 – Page 3
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Home is where the art is
Home Bargains operations director Joe Morris talks to Beth Phillips about the chain's ambitious expansion plans
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Herb business inspires Arran to get cooking
Arran Fine Foods has extended its range of preserves and mustards with five new recipes.Produced in partnership with local suppliers on the Scottish island, the products include Cask Matured Apple & Arran Ale Chutney, Vintage Marmalade with...
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Iceland runs missing people photo appeal
Frozen food chain Iceland has launched an appeal with the Missing People charity and will print photographs of vulnerable missing people on the side of its milk bottles. The pictures will appear on four-pint packs, with each person being...
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Cadbury's Olympic deal slips past the anti-obesity police
A confectionery company sponsoring the Olympics? Surely that would be met with a chorus of disapproval. Joanne Grew and Nick Hughes ask why the silence has been so deafening
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Agribusiness gets its own Dragons' Den
Top agricultural students are about to have their mettle tested in a competition described as a cross between The Apprentice and Dragons' Den.Teams from some of the UK's top universities and agricultural colleges will compete in the first...
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Brakes set for Irish expansion after buying stake in O'Kane
Brakes has strengthened its position in the Irish market by buying a majority stake in distributor O'Kane Food Service.The companies have worked together for more than 10 years, with O'Kane selling and delivering Brakes' goods as well as its...
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Sites affected by Somerfield deal identified
Details have emerged of the location of some of the 126 stores The Co-operative Group has to sell in order to complete its £1.57bn acquisition of Somerfield.Seventeen are in Scotland, including one in Wick, which has a Co-op store and a...
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Advertising: Home-grown values from The Co-op
We've read a lot about the competition between Lidl and Aldi but as far as advertising is concerned, it's a three-way fight in the smaller retailer sector. The Co-operative Group's investment in advertising this year isn't far behind that of its...
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Saturday Essay: We must address the 'obesity time bomb'
The food and drinks industry is crucial to the Government's pledge to make Britain's kids healthier, argues Dawn Primarolo
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Comment and Opinion
Ad of the Week: When hippy met weightlifter
It can't be easy devising a marketing campaign for Holland & Barrett that appeals to both ends of its demographic spectrum -tofu-chugging ex-hippies called Moonbeam and vein-popping Schwarzenegger wannabes intent on putting the 'cretin' in...
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Camelot TV ad bid to boost Lotto sales
National Lottery operator Camelot has launched a £10m TV ad campaign in a bid to boost falling sales in its main Lotto draw.The ad, which launched today, features feel-good situations designed to capture the excitement of playing the...
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Double act to front Holland & Barrett ads
A comedy double act set to irritate the nation as much as the 118 characters hit TV screens this week.Invented by the same people behind the directory inquiries service characters, Mr Holland and Mr Barrett urge consumers to 'Come for the...
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Acid Test: Powershots
Our panel experience the awesome power - or otherwise - of the latest competitor for Red Bull's crown
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Credit crunch prompts 99p Stores sales boom
The credit crunch has helped 99p Stores record half-year like-for-like sales growth of 7.5%.Shoppers had turned to the value retailer in the past six months as the economic downturn worsened, said 99p Stores commercial director Hussein...
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Sun shines for ciders as summer festivals push sales to £596m
Despite the economic crisis, soaring food prices and relentless rain, the cider category continued to shine this summer, posting a 12.9% rise in volume and an 18.6% rise in value to £596m (Nielsen MAT to 6 September). Star performers...
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NewsGrocer 33: Morrisons takes Asda's pricing crown
Asda lost its cheapest retailer title to Morrisons this week and had to make do with sharing joint second place with Sainsbury's. It was bad news for Tesco, too, which fell two places to fourth. Morrisons, which undercut its nearest rivals by...
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda gets it done in just 30 minutes
With three stores boasting 100% availability this week, competition was tough, but Asda in Dalgety Bay pipped its rivals to the post to win the top store award by providing a flawless shopping experience. An easy-to-navigate layout combined with...
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Aldi and Lidl sales in Ireland increase 15%
Shoppers in the Irish Republic are flocking to Aldi and Lidl as they struggle to cope with the deepening recession, new data has revealed. Figures from TNS show that 69% of Irish households have shopped at the two discounters in the past...
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Other Movers 1/11/08
Former Thresher chief executive Roger Whiteside has been named managing director of pub company Punch Taverns' leased estate, taking over from Deborah Kemp on Monday. Whiteside was most recently a non-executive director of baker Greggs and has...
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World News 1/11/08
AHOLD, NETHERLANDS: Ahold has posted a 3.9% rise in third-quarter sales, putting the increase down to competitive pricing. Ahold owns the Netherlands' biggest supermarket chain, Albert Heijn, and said sales increased to €5.8bn (£4.6bn) from...
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