All The Grocer articles in 12 May 2007 – Page 3

  • News

    acid test - Barock Hell and Asam Bock and One World

    2007-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Expert's verdict:7/10 These new beers from Weltenburger Kloster are true Bavarian beers, strong in taste, flavour and abv. Both are smooth and refined with a well-balanced richness. Asam Bock is a premium dark beer, which will appeal to the British...

  • News

    Lidl abandons foie gras trial

    2007-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Lidl has abandoned an experiment selling foie gras in some of its UK stores.It said the decision to sell the delicacy, made with the livers of force-fed ducks, was based on customer requests. But less than a year on it has been...

  • News

    20-store ambition for Nuts About Life

    2007-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Kuwait-based Kout Food Group is to invest millions in turning its Nuts About Life business into a 20-store chain by 2009.The company already operates two London stores - a 500 sq ft outlet in Hampstead, which opened in June 2006, and a...

  • News

    What the papers said - 14th May 2007

    2007-05-14T00:00:00Z

    First it broke the news that retailers were selling farmed fish as wild and this week The Times revealed more potential fraud in the food and drink industry - this time concerning potatoes. According to the paper, at least two retailers are under...

  • Comment and Opinion

    our man from drip Don Pumsey - 12th May 2007

    2007-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Dreamt last night I was in bed with the wife of a junior minister. A bit too damned realistic - I was halfway down the Victorian guttering of Pumsey Place when I realised it was true. The said lady was none other than the delightful Veronica Pumsey...

  • News

    Wholesaler Profile - Blueheath

    2007-05-12T09:52:00Z

    Depots: 2Turnover: £132.3mSales growth year-on-year: 88.5%Type of operation:Online delivered wholesalerAt Key Lekkerland’s annual supplier conference three weeks ago Blueheath’s CEO Mark Aylwin told delegates that times were...