All The Grocer articles in 10 November 2007
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Retail surgery - loyalty schemes
Multiples may be able to tempt shoppers with free parking and lower prices but independents can use loyalty cards to highlight their biggest assets - community spirit and strong relationships Stefan MagnussonMD, The Light...
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Store visit - Allens
Established: 1830Speciality: Game birdsExtras: Condiments and saucesHaute couture may not seem to have much in common with meat. But to David House of Allens, the analogy is a natural one. His customers are the wealthy residents of...
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Operating profit down at Asda
Asda's third-quarter operating profit has reportedly fallen marginally below the levels of a year ago as the supermarket chain continued to push down prices.Like-for-like growth was in the low-single digits for the three months to 30...
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Premier Foods to meet expectations
Premier Foods has said it expects to meet market expectations for 2007 despite rising raw material and packaging costs. In a trading update released this morning, the food manufacturer, which owns brands including Branston, Hovis, Oxo and...
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spotlight - Wensledale
Wensleydale's last remaining cheesemaker is hoping a successful Protected Designation of Origin application will highlight the heritage of Wensleydale Creamery in Hawes and boost sales, according to MD David Hartley Our Hawes creamery produces...
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Morrisons refuses to stock fresh NZ lamb
Morrisons has ditched fresh New Zealand lamb and promised to stock only British product until at least 2009. Chief executive Marc Bolland made the pledge last week at a conference hosted by English Farming and Food Partnerships in London....
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shop profile Rippleglen key facts
The background Rippleglen was founded in 1979 by current chairman Harry Medcalf, who opened the first shop in Cotteridge, Birmingham. Within a decade Medcalf owned 52 stores, more than doubling his initial goal of opening 25 shops in the first 10...
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Shores leads Whole Foods expansion
Nina Shores has been appointed to head the UK expansion of US organic and natural food company Whole Foods Market. Shores has been property director at clothing chain Bank Fashion for two years and will take up the post of vice-president...
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Energizer wipes up the last Wet Ones
Energizer Personal Care has cleaned up on the global rights to Wet Ones personal wipes with the acquisition of the brand in the UK and Ireland from Jeyes Group. The deal means Energizer now owns the brand all over the world. Jeyes, which...
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Gleason pulls in more Dunnhumby expertise
Nectar loyalty card operator LMG has raided rival Dunnhumby's management cupboard to complete its new Insight & Communications team. Peter Gleason, who joined from Dunnhumby in the summer, has brought in two former colleagues from the...
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MD Hudson leaves Vimto Soft Drinks
Managing director of Vimto Soft Drinks Glenn Hudson has left the company. Hudson had been with Vimto's parent company Nichols for four years after joining from Scottish Courage, where he was customer marketing director. One of...
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Small producers and retailers dismissed
Bob Farrand National director, Guild of Fine Foods Sir; On reading all 270 pages of the Competition Commission's provisional findings, I have reached the sad conclusion there is little hope for Britain's independent food retailers, small...
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Tesco relies on direct mail to market Fresh & Easy stores
As Tesco opened the first six Fresh & Easy Neighbourhood Stores across California, it revealed that it would be relying on direct mailing to spread the word to consumers about its Stateside venture. There had been no traditional...
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THE ORGANIC DILEMMA
As far as good publicity for the organic industry goes, it doesn't get much better than a front page splash in a national paper saying 'Official: Organic really is better'. The claim was made on the back of EU-backed research suggesting...
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Recycling worries delay sausage range revamp
Debbie & Andrew's has been forced to delay plans for the first major relaunch of the family-run sausage brand over fears about packaging recycling. The pig-farming couple turned sausage makers were due to relaunch the range this autumn...
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It's a cracking yarn
At the height of the BSE crisis in the mid-90s The Observer predicted that by 2016 CJD caught from eating BSE-infected beef would be killing half a million Britons every year. National Euthanasia Clinics would be "struggling to help 500 people...
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King faces shaky comparisons
Unflattering comparatives revealed by The Grocer show that Sainsbury's has a tough task ahead to continue its recovery after the Delta Two débâcle, says Mark Choueke Doing nothing is no longer an option”. That was the warning Deutsche Bank...
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Grant's Whisky teams up with Classic fm
Grant's whisky is hoping to reach more than six million shoppers in a three-pronged Christmas campaign. Brand owner William Grant & Sons and UK distributor First Drinks Brands have signed a deal with Classic FM in which Grant's will...
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Mulled cider first for Tesco
Tesco and cider producer Aspall have joined forces to launch a mulled cider to tempt winter drinkers. The drink is a lower abv alternative to traditional mulled wine and offers cider drinkers a new take on the category, says the...
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I want food, not a chemical cocktail
The World Cancer Research Fund report must not be dismissed as alarmism. It should prompt more study into what goes into our food. Isaw Professor Sir Michael Marmot, chair of the World Cancer Research Fund's review into the causes of...