All The Grocer articles in 10 March 2001 – Page 3

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    Cyprus battles to improve UK sales

    2001-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Cyprus has been redeveloping its wine business to make it more competitive with the aggressive New World winemakers. But it has a range of problems to overcome. In particular it has a poor reputation for inconsistent wine at uncompetitive prices....

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    Coke walks breezily into the battlefield

    2001-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Coca-Cola Enterprises loves to talk about how big it is in the UK drinks market. But it is also at great pains to point out how good it is at using local knowledge to tailor activity on a local level ­ right down to running promotions on an ...

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    Prima Baby moves monthly

    2001-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Prima Baby is moving from alternate-month publication to monthly from its April issue. The magazine for mums and mums-to-be is launching into the monthly market with even more advice and news on pregnancy and motherhood. The April issue includes...

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    Logistics: Jobs axed as Salvesen seeks synergies

    2001-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Christian Salvesen has radically restructured its UK food manufacturing business ­ but insists it has no plans to sell off the division. As part of the restructuring, the company has closed its Dundee and Peterborough factories leading to between...

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    APPLES: Tempting

    2001-03-10T00:00:00Z

    English growers are getting good results from a little known dessert apple variety called Tentation ­ a French registered name. As with many new varieties, sale of its rootstock is regulated, allowing a close check on plantings. The...

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    Multiples: Another state probe looms as Blair awakens Rip-of

    2001-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Clive Beddall The multiples face the prospect of another searching investigation into their trading powers ­ just months after being cleared by the Competition Commission of excessive profiteering. That became clear as The Grocer went to press...

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    Bulmers places Strongbow at centre of ambitious strategy for

    2001-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Bulmers is planning an ambitious programme of organic growth, innovation and acquisition in order to double its turnover and become a leading alcoholic drinks supplier. At the heart of this is a growth target of 136% for its leading cider brand...

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    Wholesale Confectionery and Tobacco Alliance: Sector must p

    2001-03-10T00:00:00Z

    The wholesale sector must work closer together if all partners are to profit in the future, according to the head of the Wholesale Confectionery and Tobacco Alliance. Speaking at the alliance's annual dinner, John Bowden said: "Diversification is...

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    Lister all set to unlock the potential of Coors in the UK

    2001-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Coors has recruited its new European marketing director Jamie Lister from the agency side. Lister, who joins from Claydon Heeley Jones Mason marketing agency, will be responsible for establishing the Coors Light brand in the UK and building on its...

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    Profile: AC Nielsen's Mario Leeser

    2001-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Global operator AC Nielsen's Mario Leeser is uniquely qualified to transcend international barriers. Kit Davies met him Mario Leeser was brought up in Peru, but educated in the United States, he has three passports ­ Peru, Germany, and Argentina ­...

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    News special foot & mouth crisis week 3: the food chain reac

    2001-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Gill: certain groups' efforts to blame fmd on intensive farming are wrong Pressure groups and political lobbyists who are trying to hijack an official probe into UK food production methods, were slammed by NFU president Ben Gill this week. The...

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    clicks not bricks: B2B net exchanges

    2001-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Keeping e-faith High expectation has led to disillusion with B2B net collaborations. But three giants have signalled go. Belinda Gannaway reports They are not easy to get a handle on, at up to £200m they don't come cheap, and most worryingly for...