All The Grocer articles in 1 October 2011
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Grocer 33Waitrose, Cheadle Hulme
The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.
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News
World News: 01/10/2011
Australia: Australia’s competition watchdog has approved SABMiller’s A$10bn bid for Foster’s Group. “The proposed acquisition is not likely to result in a substantial lessening of competition for the supply of beer,” said…
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NewsTesco's 12% reduction in Price Drop
Unilever and Procter & Gamble head a long list of brand owners targeted in Tesco’s Big Price Drop.
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Category Report
OC&C Top 150 Suppliers 2011: How lack of bank lending froze M&A activity
Companies big and small turn to mergers and acquisitions to boost top-line growth, but last year corporate takeovers remained thin on the ground thanks to the ongoing dearth of bank lending.
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Rankings
OC&C Top 150 Suppliers 2011: Walking with giants
Following in the footsteps of giants is a risky business. But with a little bit of nous, smaller suppliers can learn to not just survive but thrive. Here’s OC&C Strategy Consultants’ guide to avoiding getting trampled.
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Category ReportOC&C Top 150 Suppliers: Land of the giants
The fight for survival rages on in food & drink. And this year’s OC&C Top 150 reveals that the UK’s biggest manufacturers are standing tall. By Catherine Wheatley.
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NewsBrewers tot it up: a drop to 2.8% abv means a swift halving in tax
A plethora of lower-alcohol beers is being rolled out as brewers take advantage of changes to duty rates. Duty changes announced in the last budget come into force from today (1 October), with beers below 2.8% abv charged at half the…
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NewsMilk Link has £20m in line for Lockerbie
Milk Link is to pump £20m into its Lockerbie Creamery, enabling it to produce an extra 12,000 tonnes of cheese a year. The investment will allow Milk Link to increase production to over 37,000 tonnes of cheese per year, with Lockerbie…
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NewsFlorette to splash out on big events in 2012
Florette is set to launch its biggest-ever marketing campaign next year a £5m push to promote its bagged salads around key sporting events and the Queen’s Jubilee. The campaign will feature national TV advertising, to be launched in…
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NewsArla relaunches House of Castello with new ads
Arla is to roll out a major new ad campaign to support the global relaunch of its House of Castello cheese brand and reposition it as the “New World wine” of the speciality cheese category. In the UK, House of Castello which was…
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NewsYeo! After rapping farmers comes the dairy boy band
Yeo Valley is following up on last year’s smash hit ‘rapping farmers’ ad campaign by launching a boy band called The Churned. Featuring Aiden, Zak, Bradley and Matt, the debut single ‘Forever’ goes live during the first ad break of…
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Comment & Opinion
It’s time to introduce an ‘agile’ supply chain
Multiples need to complement the lean supply chain model in order to save costs on the ‘last mile’.
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Paul Brown, sales director, Firfly
Paul Brown, sales director at Firefly Natural Drinks, on eating elephants, eating seeds and selling ice cream
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ProfilesThe Human Angle: Claire Henzell, The Feel Good Drinks Company
What’s it like to work for your company? It’s very fast-paced and it’s still a developing, dynamic brand, so you feel instrumental in the growth of the business.
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Analysis & FeaturesWill the Aylesbury megadairy be delivered on time by Arla?
After a two-year battle, Arla’s bold plan to build a new state-of-the-art dairy has been given the green light. But at what cost? Richard Ford reports
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NewsAsda puts No Fear’s energy drink on shelf
No Fear Extreme has secured its first supermarket listing and set out its stall as a major player in the energy drink category. From 10 October, it will be rolling out to 238 Asda stores in 485ml cans (rsp: £1.29) featuring a resealable…
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NewsAsda clears up labels on Uruguayan beef
Asda is introducing new labels to some packs of its Butcher’s Selection steaks to make it clearer when it comes from Uruguay not the UK. The move comes after the retailer was criticised by the NFU for using the name ‘Hereford’ on packs…
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Comment & Opinion
Ask yourself four questions and create a roadmap to help develop your career
There is always a need for planning in business. Good businesses are constantly operating in the cycle of planning, executing, evaluating and re planning. Whatever managerial role you find yourself in, there will always be an ongoing requirement to…
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NewsAunt Bessie’s gives roasties ‘special’ spin
Aunt Bessie’s has given its frozen range a premium festive twist with the launch of roast potatoes basted in duck fat.
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NewsHarris hits back over Ugo sales speculation
Ugo CEO Arthur Harris has insisted the performance of his discount supermarket chain is on the up despite continuing speculation that sales are as much as 50% down on Netto figures. Ugo was launched in January this year when Harris…