All The Grocer articles in 12 April 2003 – Page 2
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Yorkie's still not for girls
Yorkie is back on TV screens next week with a £3m campaign building on the brand's earlier theme of It's not for girls'. The first ad features two men with faces painted in the colours of St George's flag. Their friend, who has a face painted...
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Froggatt takes top role at Scottish & Newcastle
Scottish & Newcastle has appointed Tony Froggatt chief executive. He takes up his appointment on May 12. Froggatt will take the reins from executive chairman Sir Brian Stewart, who becomes non-executive chairman from July 1. Frogatt was...
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Princes leaps into the fray
Mary Carmichael Princes is making its debut in canned pies, a move which takes it into territory dominated for decades by the Fray Bentos brand. Rolling out now, the four initial recipes Beef n' Beer, Steak & Kidney, Minced Beef &...
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Store security guards face tough licence test
Instore security guards will have to pass stringent tests to gain a licence from a newly launched independent licensing body at the end of next year. The Security Industry Authority answerable to the Home Secretary has been created to...
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n Games extension
Future Publishing is launching a brand extension to its title PC Gamer. Net Gamer will be an occasional magazine dedicated to multi-player PC games. The 100-page title has three covermounted CD-ROMs and a cover price of £5.99. On sale on April 17....
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Seoung-Han Lee's enthusiasm is highly infectious. So much so
"There are different types of retailing within the hypermarket format," says Lee. "We have developed a unique format combining global standards with local expertise to create what we call the value store." Put simply, Lee's value store' concept...
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As a small independent retailer and the south eastern spokes
To be honest, I am devastated by the increase. Independent research published last year showed that tobacco smuggling costs small independent shopkeepers more than £50,000 a year on average in lost trade.This is going to make the situation a whole...
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pepsi dynamite
Music sensation Ms Dynamite is following in the footsteps of Madonna and Robbie WIlliams by signing a deal with Pepsi. Continuing the brand's associations with pop, the deal includes sponsoring Ms Dynamite's first full public performance later...
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Sainsbury drives on with instore eating
Sainsbury is developing its instore eating offer with the roll out of Starbucks concessions and a Comfortable Café concept. It plans to open Starbucks coffee concessions at 20 more stores after its initial introduction into 30 stores. And...
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Pork pushes at public's door
Ed Bedington Meat chiefs have teamed up with retailers to target one million households in a bid to boost sales of British pork. The Meat and Livestock Commission, along with Tesco, Sainsbury and, on a small scale, Morrisons, will be...
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Delivering on a tall order
Buyers need suppliers who work not only to build their brand but to lift the category and achieve retail objectives. Asking too much? Not for the top performers in The Grocer's survey of branded suppliers, as Helen Gregory reports The...
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Troubleshooter O'Neill must shake up Conveco
Convenience store operator Conveco has appointed Tony O'Neill, former managing director of Somerfield Stores, chief executive. O'Neill replaces MD Allen Hutchby who left last week. He will be seeking to improve Conveco's growth programme, in...
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CONSUMERs' view
Ella and leon verrells, 7 and 5, East Grinstead Daddy doesn't drink enough water but he's always telling us to and we do quite a few times every day. Sometimes it comes out of the tap but we often have bottles Daddy says he and Mummy...
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When the Competition Commission last looked into the superma
This time, chairman Sir Derek Morris is acutely aware of the pressure for a fast result. On March 19, the secretary of state for trade and industry, Patricia Hewitt, set an August 12 deadline for the commission's report on the bids for Safeway by...
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Colgate displays a sensitive side
Colgate is hoping to take a bite out of the sector for sensitive teeth with the launch of Sensitive Toothpaste next month. The newcomer will take Colgate into an arena dominated by GlaxoSmithKline's Sensodyne brand and own label products. It...
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Kerwin to drive cheesemaker's growth
Thirsk-based blue cheese maker Shepherds Purse has appointed John Kerwin associate director for corporate sales. Kerwin will focus on building sales through major national accounts, whether independent delis or top multiples. He said: "The...
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Stamp duty cheer but drinks hikes hurt
The Budget has been described as bland, disappointing and only beneficial to retailers in France by the food and drink industry. The British Retail Consortium said the Budget did little for retailers or consumers. BRC director general Bill Moyes...
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DEFRA in by-products crisis talks
Anne Bruce DEFRA is holding emergency meetings across the industry as protests mount over the EU animal by-products regulation (The Grocer, April 5, p4). Manufacturers and wholesalers attended a meeting on Friday with senior DEFRA officials,...
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Buyers name top suppliers
Buyers from across the grocery industry have identified their best suppliers of branded goods as part of an exclusive survey by this magazine, the results of which are published this week. Coca-Cola Enterprises, Diageo, Heinz, Kimberly-Clark,...
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Sher Bros goes to Landmark
Glasgow cash and carry Sher Bros has joined Landmark from Nisa-Today's. Sher Bros currently operates a 50,000 sq ft warehouse with an annual turnover of £38.5m. But it plans to utilise Landmark's own label and marketing and promotional...
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