All The Grocer articles in 13 January 2001

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    Doing the Slamba

    2001-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Latest entry into the premium packaged spirit market is a tequila and lemon mix from Scottish Courage Brands. Slamba is a 5.5% abv drink sold in a 250ml can inside a 440ml clear plastic container. It was launched in the on-trade at the end of last...

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    Tesco takes a long lead in the push for market share

    2001-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has emerged as the multiple with the biggest share of the magazines market from July to September. According to Seymour's December Monitor, Tesco had a market share of 7.4%, almost twice that of its nearest rival Sainsbury at 4%. Seymour's...

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    New products: Kellogg's is on a roll

    2001-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Kellogg's is taking its first steps beyond the cereal category with the £6m launch of a kids fruit snack product. Real Fruit Winders are long flat strips of fruit based confectionery (containing 50% fruit) that come rolled up. Kids can peel them...

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    Working practices: Senior job sharers are outperforming thei

    2001-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Flexible working and job shares have generally been ignored in the UK as a serious option for senior management. But the results of a three-way research partnership released last week at the British Psychological Society annual conference challenge...

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    Galaxy launches a raft of specials

    2001-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Galaxy Publications will release five new titles in its specials series this month. The first, Ravers Clean Shaven, is on sale this week, priced £3.25. It will be in A4 format, carry 116 pages, have a print run of 60,000 and be on sale for eight...

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    The Grocer focus on jams, spreads & honey

    2001-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Chocolate spread: refine and survive Action is needed for a sector that suffers from overcrowding, heavy price cutting and poor support New Year's resolutions may include a pledge to shed a few pounds but consumers always find it difficult to...

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    The Grocer focus on jams, spreads & honey

    2001-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Head to head: continental drift Bonne Maman Since the arrival in the UK of this French brand in 1986, the range has grown to 26 products covering jams, marmalade and a new reduced sugar brand Light & Fruity, plus a selection pack containing...

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    The Grocer focus on jams, spreads & honey

    2001-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Brand Ranking (based on value) 1 Hartley's Pure Fruit Jam 2 Robertson's Standard Jam 3 Robertson's Golden Shred 4 Tesco Standard Jam ...

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    The Grocer focus on jams, spreads & honey

    2001-01-13T00:00:00Z

    analysis by Sheila Eggleston Bucking the downward spiral of sweet spreads is uppermost in everyone's minds for 2001. Although the value share of the total preserves market checks in at £137.8m, a drop of just 1% year on year, there is an urgent...

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    The Grocer focus on jams, spreads & honey

    2001-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Lifting the lid on squidge n' squirt Squeezable, touchy-feely packaging is the latest move to encourage more young consumers to try preserves and extend them into other eating occasions, particularly lunchboxes. In May both Centura Foods and...

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    The Grocer focus on jams, spreads & honey

    2001-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Honey: specialities make the running It's always helped the medicine go down, but consumers now want a spoonful of sophistication with their honey Buoyed by an increasingly health conscious nation, honey has become a must stock item for...

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    The Grocer focus on jams, spreads & honey: market value and

    2001-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Market by value (£000) 52 w/e Nov 12 ...

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    FC plans a new stadium and retail park

    2001-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Grimsby Town Football Club is to build a retail park alongside its proposed stadium on the A180 Grimsby to Cleethorpes Road. A 90-acre site has been allocated for the combined development by North East Lincolnshire Council. Developer Chiltern...

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    The National Lottery: Retailers welcome end to Lottery uncer

    2001-01-13T00:00:00Z

    The People's Lottery may challenge Camelot though the back door after its failure to win the licence to run the National Lottery. Richard Branson has confirmed the People's Lottery would not seek a judicial review of the Lottery Commission's...

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    Leading edge: They're not too young to know

    2001-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Starting to feel your youth? Then you could be among the rapidly growing number of younger managers in the industry who are at risk of prejudice or bitterness from older members of the workforce and manager colleagues. Sarah Dowding offers tips on...

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    E-fulfilment: Nice and E-asy does it­

    2001-01-13T00:00:00Z

    E-fulfilment firm Collectpoint claims that it's running way ahead of competitors M-box and Dropzone1. Director Scott Bellway said his company has attracted more business because its system is simpler to use. Installing the Collectpoint system onto...

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    Tasting panel: Duckstein

    2001-01-13T00:00:00Z

    From Holsten. A new type of beer brewed like an ale and dispensed like a lager. It has been sucessful in Germany for many years TARGET CONSUMER Nigel Snook, 48, is a civil servant from Bath I like the packaging but I have my doubts about the...

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    First impressions: Dragonfly organic teas

    2001-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Belinda Gannaway is web editor of on-tap.net, William Reed's information and trading platform for the on-trade I am a big tea drinker and do like to experiment. I am also an organics buyer so this product was on to a winner from the beginning. I...

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    Not so dim sales

    2001-01-13T00:00:00Z

    The Meat and Livestock Commission has reported a rise in sales on the back of its advertising campaign fronted by Harry Enfield's character Tim Nice But Dim. The MLC said during the autumn (while the ad was on air) that total beef sales rose by...

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    Shippers look to Corby for rework

    2001-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Corby Bottlers is filling a gap in the market for wine shippers affected by packaging errors. The growth in the volume of wines coming into the UK has led to an increase in packaging errors and Corby's chairman Patrick Darlington has set up a...