All The Grocer articles in 12 September 2009 – Page 2
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Comment and Opinion
Third Party: Process errors compete with theft and fraud
Some internal loss may be unavoidable but data mining could help tackle process-based weakness, says Khuram Kirmani
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News
Duchy collaboration set to take Waitrose to three-tier system
Waitrose will use a new exclusive and expanded Duchy Originals range to balance its books, countering a potential margin loss through its Essential Waitrose range, according to sources close to retailer.
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News
Sainsbury’s takes its fresh coffee Fairtrade
Sainsbury's has switched all its own-brand roast and ground coffee to Fairtrade, after doing the same with bananas, sugar and own-brand Red Label tea. The move would more than double the market for Fairtrade roast and ground coffee in...
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News
The retailer on cloud ninety-nine
At the opening of 99p Stores' 99th store, Beth Phillips talks to commercial director Hussein Lalani about the retailer's rapid growth in popularity and its plans for the future
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News
McVitie’s gets Disney tie-up for Christmas
United Biscuits is introducing Disney-branded biscuits to its McVitie's portfolio for the festive season.Disney McVitie's Cookies & Cream (rsp: £5.49 for 300g) hits shelves later this month alongside a new Classic Collection 600g tin...
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News
Shoppers choose low-fat dairy as taste improves
Nine out of 10 shoppers now buy low-fat dairy products and six out of 10 believe that lower-fat variants taste as good or better than full-fat equivalents, an exclusive new survey has indicated. The survey, carried out for The Grocer by...
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News
Tesco veteran takes up chief exec role at Tulip
Former Tesco executive Steve Murrells has been appointed to the new role of UK chief executive for Danish meat giant Tulip.Murrells, who left Tesco after Christmas having overseen the integration of garden centre chain Dobbies, takes up...
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News
Shoppers say local should be cheaper than standard food
Consumers like the idea of buying local food but are not prepared to pay over the odds for it, a new survey has revealed.
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News
Campaign Trail: Marmite’s kids literacy push
Marmite has recruited children's storybook characters Horrid Henry and Perfect Peter in a new online, on-pack and national press campaign, running for the next month.
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News
Campaign Trail: A real taste of italy
Napolina is back on the campaign trail with a £1m push to highlight its dedication to sourcing good quality and authentically Italian ingredients.
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News
Kavana’s the face of Daim campaign
Kraft is extending its Daim chocolate portfolio and has enlisted 90s teen heart-throb Kavana as the face of a new online campaign.
A Daim and Milka combined chocolate bar, Milka Daim (rsp: £tbc) and a limited-edition duo-sized version of… -
News
Diageo calls on retailers to rethink spirit fixtures
Diageo has called on retailers to shake up the layout of the spirits aisle in a bid to entice new consumers to the category and boost sales. Consumers were not being provided with enough information about the variety of spirits...
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News
Brylcreem gets a slick new look
Brylcreem is relaunching with a new logo, a multimillion pound campaign and David Beckham's successor as Brylcreem Boy. The Sara Lee brand claimed the more artistic-looking lion emblem was one of the "most significant design overhauls"...
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NewsThe glass and a half is full, says Cadbury's Trevor Bond
In an exclusive interview with The Grocer, Cadbury's Trevor Bond tells Adam Leyland that a takeover - by Kraft or any other player - is far from inevitable
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News
Poundworld opens ‘biggest pound store’
Poundworld claims to have opened Britain's biggest pound store in a 12,500sq ft former Woolworths site in Nottingham."From our investigations we are not aware of anyone else with a pound store this size," said operations director Mark...
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News
Careers File: Retailers can benefit from job malaise to lure top graduates
Tesco can expect to be flooded by applications from nervous graduates and undergraduates this month as entry for its 2010 scheme opens.
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News
Poundland heads into Northern Ireland with first store in Belfast
Poundland is to open its first store in Northern Ireland next month, with five more to follow by Christmas.The first site, in Belfast, is expected to be open by 8 October, said CEO Jim McCarthy."We are very excited about...
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Comment and OpinionCritical Eye... on the return of Perkins, food TV's bad penny
Nooooooo! Someone at C4 has decided to give super-irritating supersizer Sue Perkins another food gig and she's accompanied by a sidekick even more sickeningly smug than Giles Coren. Yes, you guessed it, Huge Furry Wittering-balls.
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News
Birds Eye backs new Field Fresh range to beat Tasty Veg flop
Birds Eye is attempting to heat up the frozen vegetable category with Field Fresh, a new sub-brand it predicts will generate £15m sales in its first year.
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Comment and Opinion
Second Opinion: Fatty foods are back on the table
Julie & Julia reminds us that cooking used to be about taste not calories, says Joanna Blythman
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