All The Grocer articles in 11 November 2000 – Page 2

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    United States: Quaker rejects PepsiCo: will Coke enter the f

    2000-11-11T00:00:00Z

    The value of Quaker Oats stock surged this week amid rumours Coke, Nestlé and Danone have the cereal and Gatorade sports drink firm at the top of their shopping lists. Earlier in the week, Quaker rejected a $13.7bn paper offer from PepsiCo. But...

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    Pigmeat: Malton to close Middlesbrough plant

    2000-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Just days before the Uniq interims to be announced on Monday, Malton Bacon Factory chief executive Max Hilliard announced the closure of the Middlesbrough plant in February with the loss of 450 jobs. Uniq conceded in September that Malton is...

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    Jameson shows whisky a clean pair of heels

    2000-11-11T00:00:00Z

    PR Brands is putting £1.5m behind a new TV campaign for its leading Irish whiskey Jameson. Pernod Ricard's UK subsidiary is launching a six week campaign which begins on Monday in the Central TV region, Channel 4 and Sky. This is part of a three...

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    Hungary: Carrefour pulls out but Tesco digs in

    2000-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Carrefour has pulled the plug on its Hungarian operations and turned its attention towards Romania and China. Describing the trading environment in Hungary as “incredibly tough”, the head of Carrefour’s Hungarian subsidiary Alain Bonnefin said the…

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    First impressions: Cadbury's ice cream

    2000-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Martin Dawe of Martin Dawe Brand Design tried the new range of Cadbury's ice cream You could not have asked for a more qualified person. Ever since I was a kid I have always had, and still have, a weakness for ice cream, so I was delighted to be...

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    A rum business as Lowndes gets set for festive Navy days

    2000-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Culinary alcohol supplier Thomas Lowndes is gearing up for Christmas with a raft of indulgent sweet and savoury recipes. In partnership with Devon Desserts, formerly BG Foods, two Lamb's Navy Rum desserts will be launched at the end of November. An...

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    On the buses with the NYPD

    2000-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Never mind the shambles in the race to become US president. We hear that another race in America ­ the New York marathon ­ has been as equally chaotic. And, bizarrely, it involved red London buses. The posse from the grocery industry, including...

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    Symbol group: Londis builds in a pharmacy

    2000-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Londis has opened its first c-store with an integral pharmacy. The store, at Northolt, Middlesex, is owned by pharmacist Suki Rai who, earlier this year, bought a Londis store two doors down from the chemist shop he had run for 15 years. Six months...

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    Sheepmeat: Brussels causes unease

    2000-11-11T00:00:00Z

    The lamb and mutton markets may come under the political spotlight again, following a study of the sheep subsidy system commissioned by Brussels policy administrators. This probe found shortcomings in the regime, although there are not yet firm...

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    Cross-channel shopping: West may bring Eastenders home

    2000-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Clive Beddall, Calais Dave West, whose "duty busting" Eastenders hypermarket in Calais pioneered the cross-Channel booze and tobacco trade, is considering opening in the UK. In an interview to be screened on GrocerTV (Sky digital Channel 642) next...

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    Drinks: Carlsberg gets into Switzerland with brewery stake

    2000-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Carlsberg has bought a controlling stake in Switzerland's largest brewer, Feldschloessen Huerlimann, in a $490m deal giving the Danish giant access to the Swiss market. Carlsberg will provide Feldschloessen with much needed investment and use it as...

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    JIFFY GIVES HUNGARY A BREAK

    2000-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Conoco is taking forecourt retailing into a new league in Hungary with its "new generation" Jiffy convenience stores. Jiffy is a 200 sq m mini supermarket with a built in café and bakery section. The first Conoco /Jet Jiffy branded station opened...

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    The Grocer focus on pasta & pasta sauces: Retailers: brands

    2000-11-11T00:00:00Z

    The market's booming in the independents. Ann Bruce finds out what's selling and why Jeff Roberts, proprietor JA and MC Roberts Week St Mary, Devon Roberts runs a c-store and post office in a tourist area, so he is at his busiest in the summer....

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    Drinks: Biggest ever booze price war starting

    2000-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Independent retailers are being warned to prepare for the biggest ever supermarket price war on booze. This year's Christmas campaign kicked off when Asda unveiled aggressive £15m plans for the festive season. And one of its star offers is a case...

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    Personal development: Glimpsing the bigger picture through s

    2000-11-11T00:00:00Z

    How is your organisation coping with the rapid consolidation of the food industry, the rise of b2c, or staffing challenges that face every part of the fmcg community? Questions like these echo around the boardrooms of most food businesses, but what...

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    Big guns trained on M&S

    2000-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Given that much of what put the Great into Great Britain is in deep water (in every sense), it was all the more depressing on Tuesday to hear one of retailing's troubled institutions report a significant deterioration in trading over the last five...

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    BEEF: Stable output balances BSE threat to demand

    2000-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Brussels forecasts point to steady or slightly declining supply from EU industry Statisticians at the European Commission have published their latest cattle and beef supply forecasts against a background of increasing turbulence in the market...

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    New product development: A bad case of office block

    2000-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Most great brands are the creation of a single vision but as marketing becomes increasingly institutionalised, the skills for swift and surefooted development are being lost says Simon Sholl When we look back to the Glory Days of NPD and Brand...

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    Astronomy: Moving to a new dimension

    2000-11-11T00:00:00Z

    The December issue of Astronomy magazine on sale this week is full of images to be viewed in 3D with the special free 3D glasses bound into each copy. The issue contains images by three-dimensional images by photographer Akira Inaka. They include...

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    Home shopping: Non-food is key in Asda's online battle with

    2000-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Asda's late entry into on-line shopping needn't condemn it to playing second fiddle to Tesco, says market researcher Verdict. And non food could prove to be the key factor in the race for cybersupremacy, it says. Asda has announced plans to roll...