All The Grocer articles in 12 May 2001 – Page 3

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    Symbol groups: Peak viewing slots for Spar's national TV adv

    2001-05-12T00:00:00Z

    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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    Meat marketing: MLC launches pork ads to heal damage of FMD

    2001-05-12T00:00:00Z

    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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    Beef: Supply picture starting to appear less abundant

    2001-05-12T00:00:00Z

    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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    New special election 2001: Top of my wish list, Sir Peter Da

    2001-05-12T00:00:00Z

    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:

    2001-05-12T00:00:00Z

    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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    Election 2001: Interviews with the men who hope to run MAFF:

    2001-05-12T00:00:00Z

    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:

    2001-05-12T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-05-12T00:00:00Z

    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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    Tasting panel: 1999 BLUE NUN RIESLING

    2001-05-12T00:00:00Z

    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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    Foot and mouth crisis week 12: MAFF gives Food from Britain

    2001-05-12T00:00:00Z

    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...