All The Grocer articles in 11 August 2001 – Page 2

  • News

    Leading edge: So many choices, not enough information

    2001-08-11T00:00:00Z

    You have what looks like a great new job offer, but before you embark on the venture, it's essential to mug up on your prospective employer and its corporate culture. Sarah Dowding tells you what questions you should be asking and where to find the...

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    Issues of service, price, choice

    2001-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Sir; Your Opinion column really hit the mark last week when you said that most consumers will not buy goods simply because they are British. Pity some of the great and good do not realise that. I have been in this business for over 20 years, both...

  • News

    Inside Soap surfs the celeb scene

    2001-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Attic Futura is pulling out all the stops to raise the profile of its Inside Soap magazine. The title is hosting a celebrity party to toast the winners of the Inside Soap Awards 2001 and, to make the most of media coverage, has hired a public...

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    Cash and carry: Landmark chooses Scotland as launchpad for v

    2001-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Landmark Direct, the van sales operation developed by Landmark Cash and Carry, will be launched next week. The buying group revealed at its annual conference in June that it had been trialling the service at two locations (The Grocer, June 9, p5)....

  • News

    Cash and carry: Dhamecha opens fourth C&C in Croydon

    2001-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Today's largest member Dhamecha has opened a cash and carry depot for south London traders. The company's fourth cash and carry, which cost £10m to establish, is based in Croydon and already has 1,000 customers registered, although chief executive...

  • News

    Opinion: We need calm, not frenzy

    2001-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Welcome to the Silly Season. Enter, stage left, Tony Blair's new "advisory rural recovery co-ordinator" in the shape of one of grocery's most colourful characters the ubiquitous Lord Haskins, non executive chairman of Northern Foods, and rich...

  • News

    Food safety: One in five shoppers switch to local butcher fo

    2001-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Nearly a fifth of shoppers are so wary about the meat on supermarket shelves that they've switched to their local butcher instead. According to research by the magazine Good Housekeeping, people are also eating less meat, with 55% claiming to have...

  • News

    Clicks not bricks: a gateway in c-space

    2001-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Ed Bedington reports on how the computerised kiosk could liberate a c-store and provide it with a range to compete with the multiples Finding space has always been something of an inconvenience for the average convenience store. Offering any...

  • News

    Brandwatch profile: toilet tissue, kitchen towels

    2001-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Top toilet tissue and kitchen towels by media £k Jul 00 - Jun 01 Total Press Radio Outdoor TV Direct Mail Total ...

  • Category Report

    Brandwatch Mintel category report: Cat food: room for specia

    2001-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Over the last 15 years, cat ownership in the UK has risen, and dog ownership fallen. While it appears that this trend has now slowed, these changes do indicate a move towards cats as a pet choice, and in 1997, for the first time, the number of...

  • News

    A hot dog's life for boys

    2001-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Kraft is getting ready for the back-to-school lunchbox rush by introducing Dairylea Lunchables Hot Dogs. These stretch the boundaries of Kraft's Lunchables ready-to-eat cheese range which covers crackers as well as meat and Dairylea cheese slices. ...

  • News

    MONSTER TURNS TONGUES BLUE

    2001-08-11T00:00:00Z

    The trend for brightly coloured food has reached savoury snacks, with the arrival of New Monster Munch Pickled Onion ­ which turns tongues blue. The new flavour, which was launched in the United States last year, contains dye which turns blue when...

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    This FT story really is a bit of a flop...

    2001-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Oh dear. You know the silly season has started in earnest when the Financial Times runs a story about how the popularity of flip-flops has led to a surge in the sale of plasters at Sainsbury. We kid you not. Such a story appeared in the pink 'un...

  • News

    First impressions: Bertolli Pasta Sauces

    2001-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Andy Scott, md of Vivid Brand Designs, Clerkenwell, cooked for Sam, aged 14 - a school Master Chef of the year - Hannah, 11, and Katie, 12 Do Unilever Bestfoods' new Bertolli pasta sauces and pestos do their Italian heritage justice? We usually...

  • News

    Consumer confidence: Food from Britain gets its battle fund

    2001-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Clive Beddall A recovery plan to restore consumer confidence in British food at home and abroad in the wake of foot and mouth was finally given the government green light on Thursday when Food from Britain received a promised £3m additional cash as...

  • News

    Babies stand up for Pampers

    2001-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Procter & Gamble is adding Easy Up pants ­ a nappy designed so that 10 to 24-month-old babies can be changed standing up ­ to its revamped Pampers nappies range. New Pampers, which replace the Pampers premiums line-up, is based on the three stages...

  • News

    Tasting panel: ARCHERS AQUA

    2001-08-11T00:00:00Z

    From Guinness UDV, this recently launched premium packaged spirit has been so successful that supply is on an allocation-only basis. Abv: 5.5% Price: £1.39 per 275ml bottle TARGET CONSUMER Nicole Parker, 21, is a PA from Brighton. With its...

  • News

    Apples: Jazz debut at Marks

    2001-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Marks and Spencer is promoting the latest New Zealand apple variety called Jazz for the first time this season. The bicoloured fruit is a Braeburn/Royal Gala cross and is harvested later than either. Because of its tolerance to storage it can be...

  • News

    Soft fruit: KG links to Alconeras

    2001-08-11T00:00:00Z

    KG has formed a strategic alliance with a Spanish counterpart, Alconeras, initially to develop joint category management to multiples. Alconeras has seven fruit farms covering 250 hectares owned by the Garrido family. It grows 10,000 tonnes of...

  • News

    Government: Haskins blames press for distorting agri-food v

    2001-08-11T00:00:00Z

    A robust defence was mounted this week by Northern Foods non-executive chairman, Lord Haskins, in the face of press criticism after his appointment as Rural Recovery Co-ordinator. Speaking to The Grocer from his French holiday villa, Haskins said...