All The Grocer articles in 11 November 2006 – Page 3
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Profiles
Thompson new MD at Inter Link Foods
Chris Thompson is the new MD of cake manufacturer Inter Link Foods, replacing Paul Griffiths who stepped down last month to pursue charitable interests. Thompson rises from group finance director, a role he has held since 2004....
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Sainsbury's plans fruit and veg roadshows
Store managers and consumers need more education about fresh produce, Sainsbury's says. The retailer claims it sells more fresh produce per customer than competitors, and is launching initiatives to keep it that way. Staff in the...
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Stuart Rose: on your Marks, get set, grow
There is no disputing that Marks & Spencer oozes Britishness. And despite its financial troubles in recent years, few would dispute the retailer retained consumer trust. But now that it is so triumphantly back on track, how far can that trust...
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Postman gets the treatment
GlaxoSmithKline is backing its Beechams cold and flu treatments with £6.6m this winter, its biggest spend yet. The activity, which consists of TV and outdoor ads, puts the main emphasis on the All-in-one Liquid pocket packs and builds on...
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Home Office gets tough on 'problem premises'
Retailers with a history of selling booze to underage consumers will face extra test-purchasing stings, The Grocer has learned. The Home Office recently conducted a wave of checks focusing on suspect retailers and pubs - and the results...
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Pepsi goes to the Max on YouTube
PepsiCo is linking up with website of the moment YouTube as its battle with Coca-Cola for supremacy in male cola intensifies. A Pepsi Max-branded channel runs on YouTube later this month, which will link to a new-look site. Both encourage...
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Q&A with Henri Henriques manager of the week
How long have you worked for Morrisons? I'm a real old timer. I joined Safeway more than 35 years ago and have been a store manager for the past 24. In that time I have managed eight stores mainly within the M25 area and opened two, including the...
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Shop Profile WH & HM Young
Wholesalers are facing a tough time and WH & HM Young, ranked 21 on The Grocer's Big 30 list, is no exception. But at least MD Lee Furness has been able to vent his spleen recently in his submission to the Competition Commission's inquiry into...
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Comment & Opinion
Mourinho's way? I'll take O'Neill's
Sitting and watching Stuart Rose present on M&S' excellent interims this week, it was hard not to notice how much credit he continually gave to the team beneath him. It was quite endearing, but more importantly, enlightening. Chief executives...
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Nisa-Today's ripe for tie-up with Landmark?
A merger between Nisa-Today's and buying group Landmark is a distinct possibility following the collapse of the Nisa/Costcutter deal and the retirement of Nisa-Today's chairman Dudley Ramsden, according to wholesale trade sources. Calls...
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M&S on a roll - without online
Marks & Spencer has shelved plans to get into online grocery as it believes it would make no money, despite rivals racing to offer bigger, better services. The retailer, which this week announced a 4.7% increase in food sales for the...
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Oh what a tangled web we weaved
With the all-important Christmas trading period looming, The Grocer 33's latest internet shopping exercise has painted a not so merry picture of the five major retailers' online operations. We asked our shoppers to order the same list...
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Star order
Tesco.com was the clear winner of this quarter's Star Order Award for online shopping excellence. While our mystery web shopper was already registered with the system, this was the first time that she had ever attempted to do an online...
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Polish vodka vies for super premium share
Pernod Ricard looks set to go head to head with drinks producer Moët Hennessy UK in the battle to establish the super premium vodka segment in the UK's off-trade. The French drinks giant is launching Wyborowa Exquisite in the UK, using...
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Price Survey
A change in country of origin has sparked a dramatic increase in the price of red seedless grapes this week. The average price of a 1kg punnet has risen by an average of 11.8% with Tesco sporting the most significant increase of the six other...
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Profile Revisited
It already faced Tesco. With Asda's arrival on the Northern Ireland scene, the Henderson Group faces another big, aggressive supermarket. And M&S also is doing well with its Simply Foods format. Yet Henderson, a wholesaler and retailer, is...
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Reader Survey
The wholesale sector is alive, kicking and growing, with key operators expecting sales and profit to be up this year compared to last, according to The Grocer's Big 30 poll this month. This is despite Asda meeting a vigorous response from...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited. Costcutter, Lodway, Bristol, One stop, Station Road, Horsham. Budgens, Tolworth, Surrey Spar, Amersham Road, Bucks. Tesco Express, Wellingborough Road, Northamptonshire. How they...
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