All The Grocer articles in 12 May 2001
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Foot and mouth crisis week 12: MAFF gives Food from Britain
MAFF is giving Food from Britain £3m to help finance the first phase of a major strategic recovery plan designed to revive international sales of UK food hit by the foot and mouth crisis. And as The Grocer went to press on Thursday FFB executives...
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Tasting panel: 1999 BLUE NUN RIESLING
From Ehrmanns. The newest addition to the Blue Nun range which is backed by a £1.5m budget Abv: 11% Price: £3.99 TARGET CONSUMER Rachel Tripp, aged 33, is a full-time mother who lives in Twickenham, Middlesex I'd never buy Blue Nun because...
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Election 2001: Interviews with the men who hope to run MAFF:
Returns and the country With the countdown to the general election on, Helen Gregory interviewed the men who hope to run MAFF. Tim Yeo is confident of retaining his seat in the Commons for the fifth time, and equally confident in his party's...
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Election 2001: Interviews with the men who hope to run MAFF:
Returns and the country With the countdown to the general election on, Helen Gregory interviewed the men who hope to run MAFF. Colin Breed might not have ruffled too many feathers in his current role, but his previous post as spokesman for...
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News special election 2001: Cross-party consensus that FSA n
Helen Gregory The Food Standards Agency must work much harder to be perceived by the public as a robust and authoritative guardian of food standards. That's the view of each of main political parties' candidates for the MAFF hot seat. In...
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New special election 2001: Top of my wish list, Sir Peter Da
Each week in the run up to polling day on June 7, The Grocer will be asking leading figures from across the food and drink industry to identify the one issue they think the newly elected government should tackle first Sir Peter Davis Chief...
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Election 2001: Interviews with the men who hope to run MAFF:
Returns and the country With the countdown to the general election on, Helen Gregory interviewed the men who hope to run MAFF. A relaxed and affable Nick Brown admits that he's lasted a long time for an agriculture minister three years when...
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Beef: Supply picture starting to appear less abundant
Overall EU market in surplus and kill increasing within UK, but... Normality would be the wrong word, but something less dramatic than crisis is now the state of the EU beef market following Russia's partial resumption of imports from Germany,...
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Meat marketing: MLC launches pork ads to heal damage of FMD
Tonnages and spending some 5-10% lower than usual for time of year British pork will be back on the TV screens on Monday [May 14] as part of a £900,000 advertising campaign to begin repairing the damage inflicted on the meat market by the FMD...
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Symbol groups: Peak viewing slots for Spar's national TV adv
A prime time national TV advertising campaign for Spar will break next month, resurrecting the So near, so Spar' slogan. The symbol group's guilds and wholesalers have agreed a £2m budget for a two week campaign in June, a week before Christmas...
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Corned beef: Brazil guards borders against FMD threat
Brazilian corned ceef producers have increased prices for European grade, used extensively by tertiary brand importers. The $2.00/case uplift has left some dealers exposed to promotional commitments made a few weeks ago when prices were weakening....
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Netherlands: Ahold rebranding Primarkt chain as Albert Heijn
Ahold is scrapping its 24 strong Primarkt regional supermarket chain in the Netherlands and rebranding the portfolio as Albert Heijn. Stores that cannot be remodelled will be sold. "Primarkt is a very small and very successful family owned chain...
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Brewer is all Smiles as it fills the vacuum left by FD Brand
Exclusive Tim Palmer Bristol brewer Smiles has created a new composite drinks company after acquiring a major share of the business of FD Brands which went into liquidation earlier this year. Smiles md Mark Todd has become chief executive of the...
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Ice cream: Ashford closed
Icecream manufacturer Richmond Foods announced the closure of its Ashford site as it reported its first-half yearly profit this week. The own label supplier is to transfer production to its Leeming Bar site. Richmond Foods' turnover for the half...
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Merchant Gourmet is full of inspiration and aspirations
Exclusive Mary Carmichael Importer Leathams is planning to educate consumers, generate aspiration and build customer loyalty with a new marketing strategy for its 60 product Merchant Gourmet brand. It has doubled its advertising spend and is...
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Bangla beer journeys on
A lager created to go with Indian and Bangladeshi food is being supported by a new ad campaign. Tube card ads for Bangla beer will be appearing this month on the London Underground. These feature a new look bottle of the brand, chillies and the...
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Opinion: Do you like being a football?
It's hard to guess which will be the more sickening. Will it be patronising, wannabe MPs of all political shades donning crisp new Barbours and shiny green wellies before splashing through sodden meadows hunting rural votes? Or the ear-grating tones...
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Republic of Ireland: Tesco blasts RGDATA's price claims
Tesco Ireland has rounded on Irish independents lobby group RGDATA after it accused the multiple of trumpeting price cuts and then quietly hiking prices up again. Corporate affairs manager Sarah Morris accused the lobby group of being...
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Dairy: Main FMD blow set to be loss of export earnings
Adequate supplies for the liquid milk market; large drop in butter/SMP The cull to stop FMD will affect the throughput of dairy product manufacturers for at least the year ahead. Although the number of new outbreaks is falling, the cull of...
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Keen prices at heart of Brand Phoenix vision
The fast growth and consolidation in the UK wine industry has prompted three of its key players to join forces to exploit market opportunities. Greg Wilkins, former md of Gallo, Steve Barton, ex category manager at Halewood International, and Steve...