All The Grocer articles in 10 January 2009 – Page 2
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Asda offers to check out shoppers' blood
An Asda store in the Midlands is offering customers blood tests with their shopping.Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust has installed a senior hospital phlebotomist one day a week at the superstore at Great Bridge, West Bromwich, to...
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Aunt Bessie's moves into cooking sauces
Aunt Bessie's is launching a range of traditional British casserole cooking sauces this winter.The six-strong ambient line-up will be made under licence by Greencore Grocery. It was developed following consumer research suggesting cooking...
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Banana prices set to be driven even higher
The price of bananas has increased by more than a third over the past year – and further price rises look likely to be on the way as the impact of the weak pound hits home. A kilo of bananas has risen from an average 70p at the big ...
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Beer duty fraudsters hit cash & carry sales
Cash & carries have revealed that sales of leading beer brands were down by up to 90% in the run up to Christmas - because of duty fraud.Carling and Foster's were the brands most affected by retailers buying cheap beer from duty fraudsters,...
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Bell's turns up premium value of blended Scotch
Diageo is relaunching its premium Bell’s whisky, Bell’s Special Reserve, in a bid to encourage drinkers of blended Scotch to trade up. The blended Scotch category is perceived as cheaper and more old-fashioned than the booming malt whisky...
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B&H Gold and Silver get new look
Gallaher is tweaking the design of its B&H Gold and Silver following a mixed performance last year when B&H Kingsize Gold fell 6.9% to £632.5m and Kingsize Silver grew 8.6% to £327.5m.From next month, both products will feature a modernised...
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De Bortoli gives wine a bit of sparkle
Aussie wine producer De Bortoli is expanding its portfolio with a new sparkling wine to cash in on the growing popularity of the drink in the UK.Rococo is the company’s first sparkling wine from the Yarra Valley to be released in the UK....
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Booker launches new Scots range
Booker is stepping up its activity north of the border with the launch of a 30-strong range of Scottish lines to meet growing customer demand.
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Co-op switches pork to Hampshire breed
The Co-operative has switched supply of its Truly Irresistible pork range to meat from Hampshire-breed pigs raised on higher-welfare farms.All fresh pork, bacon and sausages in the retailer's premium own-brand range is now sourced from...
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Careers File: Don't dismiss networking
Don't dismiss networking - some of that winner's magic could rub off on you, says Sue Mountstevens
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Plum enters chillers with fromage frais
Plum is moving out of the baby aisle for the first time and into the chiller cabinet with a new fromage frais.Developed for babies from four months, the dessert pots contain “baby botanicals” such as sweet fennel, rosehip and chamomile....
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The last FreshXpress store closes its doors
The last store in the FreshXpress chain that emerged out of the collapse of Kwik Save will be sold to a major multiple in the next couple of weeks. Three stores have closed since November, leaving just the store in St Helens still open.This...
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Collapse in sterling fuels fresh hike in food price inflation
The price of food in the big four supermarkets rose sharply in December – flying in the face of retailer claims that inflation had peaked.
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Retail & Commodity Prices: Recession is good news for frozen food manufacturers
The average price of frozen food may be up 12.3% year-on-year but the sector is still set to pass the £5bn barrier this year. Michael Barker reports
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Growers hail concession over seasonal workers
The Government has increased the number of foreign workers that growers are allowed to employ so there is no repeat of last year’s “nightmare” of unpicked crops left to rot in fields.
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Constellation promotes Mills to European level
Constellation Europe has reshuffled its management team in a drive to streamline the business.Gaymer Cider Company MD John Mills moves to the new role of senior vice president for European sales, where he will take responsibility for wine...
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NewsCritical Eye... on the pointlessness of dotox
January detoxes are so 2008. Who can be bothered? Especially when Wetherspoon has cut the prices of a pint of Greene King IPA and a bottle of San Miguel lager to 99p. But if rubbing shoulders with the local alchies isn't your pint of beer,...
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Discounters in frame for high street grave dance
In the week Woolworths closed its doors for the last time, the discounters have been tipped to be the main beneficiaries of empty property and land in 2009, according to analysts from property consultants King Sturge.High-street retail space...
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Own Online stays defiantly local down in Devon
Dave Stickland and Keith Rawlinson are West Country patriots determined to prove it is possible to source a complete grocery range locally. Chloe Smith reports
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Rising demand for oat products prompts revamp at Mornflake
Mornflake is to launch new packaging, new products and a new marketing campaign at the end of the month following a root and branch review of its oat-based cereal portfolio.The move, which came as Mornflake celebrated its 333rd anniversary,...
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