All The Grocer articles in 10 November 2007 – Page 3
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blinded by ambition
It's hard not to be impressed by the grocery retailers' high-profile efforts to reduce packaging waste in the next five years. But there's a problem with the plethora of bold strategies - they are all different. And it's making life increasingly...
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Ambient lines take the lead in pasta sales
Ambient pasta and pasta sauces are bucking the general trend by growing faster than their counterparts in chilled, new figures show. TNS Worldpanel figures produced exclusively for The Grocer show the dried pasta sector grew 4% in value...
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Profiles and QandAs
My Alternative CV - Tal Thomas, founder, Exotic Planet juice drinks
What's your nickname? Twin Cam Who was your first teenage crush and why? Mavis Evans, daughter of the headmaster. Taught me all I know about women - the daughter that is, not the headmaster.
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Needs aren't met by supermarkets alone
Needs aren't met by supermarkets alone Jerry Marwood Managing director, Spar UK and chairman of the Association of Convenience Stores Sir; The Competition Commission has...
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"CEO Justin King will be rallying the troops this week. But store managers will miss the plasma TVs they almost owned"
Simple journalist that I am I've never quite understood why the Qataris were prepared to pay a 36% premium to the share price for Sainsbury's, and a 32 times multiple on the supermarket's improving but still modest profits of £380m after...
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Bold approach to cleaning up in the household aisles
Bold took first place in the household category last weekend with 29% of total recorded activity, 11 points ahead of the year's overall category leader Persil, which was pushed down into third. Bold was on offer in Morrisons and Tesco...
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Retailers look to rivals after Wealmoor blaze
The owner of the warehouse destroyed by a blaze that also tragically killed four firefighters has moved to reassure customers and suppliers. Family-owned Wealmoor said it had managed to divert business from its Atherstone packhouse in...
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Guinness pours cash into costliest ad ever
Diageo has launched a £10m campaign for Guinness including a new TV ad that is the most expensive for the brand to date. Shot in a remote Argentinian village with a cast of 400 locals, the advert is the latest in the Good Things Come To...
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Profile Revisited - There is something to smile about
The writing has been on the wall for the traditional CTN for some time, according to the doom mongers: convenience is where it's at. So where does this leave the humble newsagent? For those who can adapt to the changing environment by embracing...
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Tyrrells' £5m windfall will fast-track move into vodka
Crisps maker Tyrrells Potato Chips is to invest a £5m prize in advertising and a factory that will make vodka from potatoes and apples. The company scooped the investment, in the form of an interest-free loan, when it won the Midlands...
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Letter of the week - Get with the 21st century, Freeman!
Peter Freeman's Competition Commission has reported on aspects of the UK grocery market no fewer than four times since 1999 and it seems its boredom with the issue is starting to show - this really is a report for the 1990s ('The beginning of the...
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Rising raw material costs set to add £2 to beer multipack
Brewers are warning of price hikes of up to 70p on a four-pack of beer and £2 on larger multipack formats next year in the wake of increases in the cost of raw materials. Scottish & Newcastle, Coors Brewers, SABMiller and Anheuser-Busch...
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Processors claim £16m in damages after FMD
British meat processors have put in a £16m legal claim for compensation after the foot and mouth outbreaks this summer. The British Meat Processors' Association has instructed solicitors to build a case against the government, which owns...
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Manufacturers urge FSA to scrap 100g model and think serving sizes instead
Manufacturers have called on the Food Standards Agency to develop an approach to nutrient profiling that takes into account how foods are consumed and recognises the industry's efforts to reformulate products. In its response to the FSA's...
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our man from drip Don Pumsey - 10th November 2007
Well, mercantile marauders, it seems on closer reading of Sir Peter's Epistle to the Simians that you are exonerated, lambasted or something in between, depending on which particular set of drivel you choose to peruse from the epicentre of moronity...
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What the papers said - 10th November 2007
? Tesco caught the world's media off guard by quietly opening its first Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market store in the US last week, according to the Financial Times. After years of speculation and planning, the store opened a week earlier than...
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Asda farm scheme to cut emissions by 10%
Asda is asking its dairy farmers to sign up to a major carbon reduction programme in an effort to make its milk more environmentally friendly. In what is thought to be the first such scheme for farmers, the multiple has drawn up targets...
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Reader survey - 10th December 2007
All the independent retailers interviewed by The Grocer say they are feeling the bite of rising commodity costs. This year, major food and drink suppliers, including United Biscuits, Kellogg's and Premier Foods, have come forward to admit they have...
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Price Survey - 10th November 2007
There's no change at the top with Asda achieving its sixth consecutive victory as cheapest retailer with a £47.38 basket, but Morrisons has let its grip on second position slip. It is testament to the consistency of Asda's low-pricing strategy that...
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