All The Grocer articles in 13 November 2004 – Page 2
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More Falklands lamb for UK
The Falkland Islands is gearing up to export 40,000 tonnes of lamb annually to the UK within five years.This year was the first time farmers on the islands have exported meat, successfully shipping 2,000 lamb and 20,000 mutton carcases – all...
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It’s fresh. And fast!
In the second of our Back to the Floor series, Siân Harrington spends a day as a colleague at Somerfield’s thriving Market Fresh store in East Dulwich, and finds the pace relentlessIn a previous life, Somerfield store manager Jason...
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Obese say: it’s our fault
Traffic-light labelling, restricted advertising and tighter food industry regulation will not solve the obesity crisis, according to research conducted among overweight consumers. The study comes as the food industry awaits the long-delayed...
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It’s our fault. We’ll fix it
Amid the baying for regulations to tackle obesity, has anyone asked overweight people what they think? Siân Harrington has new research to handWho can shout louder? Single-issue groups, NGOs, doctors, food suppliers, retailers or...
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Licence fee set to rocket
The cost of selling booze from a chain of 50 stores could rocket from £1,500 to between £8,000 and £47,500 over three years under government plans to revamp the alcohol licensing system in England and Wales.Under the proposed fee structure for...
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Tesco guidance on shelf-ready
Tesco is planning to launch a new shelf-ready packaging toolkit to help suppliers develop more suitable packaging following a night-time replenishment exercise at its Solihull store last week (The Grocer, November 6, p10).Tesco food supply...
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Wise move for Guru
Spice Guru is a new range of curry pastes for fish, vegetables and meat.Based on recipes from the Gujarat region of western India, they come in three varieties – Fabulous Fish, Vibrant Vegetable and Magical Meat – and are free of artificial...
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Trade hails Portman’s ‘sense’
Producers and retailers are to start promoting a new website containing sensible drinking tips in one of the first industry-wide initiatives aimed at reducing alcohol abuse.The Portman Group website is part of a concerted effort by the trade to...
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PepsiCo’s new taste of health
PepsiCo UK is stepping up its innovation programme with plans to bring a raft of new products to market next year.Leading the way will be Quaker Seasons, a crispbread snack which is oven-baked so that it has a fat content of just 10%. Rolling...
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Key Store plans new image
Key Lekkerland is testing a new concept Key Store design to challenge rival symbol group packages such as Londis Genesis and Spar Millennium.Speaking at the annual Key Lekkerland conference, John Liptrot, commercial director for Key Lekkerland,...
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It’s a Wonderful life. No, really...
Golden Wonder’s chief executive Ed Jackson says taking Walkers head-on is not an option. But he relishes the challenge of finding a way back to the big time. Simon Mowbray reports.It’s now 18 months since former Unilever and United...
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Ronald thumbs up for ‘less is more’
The range rationalisation at Marks and Spencer’s food division would benefit category leaders such as Uniq as slow sellers are ditched and a new ‘less is more’ approach is developed, said Uniq chief executive Bill Ronald.Speaking as the chilled...
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MPs are not measuring up
Those food and drink firms hoping for support from their local MPs in the food and health debate had better think again.New research by The Grocer suggests most MPs are simply not measuring up.We approached MPs of all parties with high...
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New team for Parfetts’ Somercotes
Parfetts Cash & Carry has appointed a new senior management team at its Somercotes’ depot, following the move of former general manager, Graham Jagger to a new depot.Iain Bell replaced Jagger last month, and now the Landmark member has...
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nutrition should be taught in school
from Clare Cheney, director general, Provision Trade FederationSir; I endorse the British Cheese Board’s actions promoting the role of cheese in the diet ( The Grocer, November 6, p26). I think the same rationale applies to other...
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Will it, won't it?
Lornamead is making an ambitious move to become a €1bn player within five years by reviving one of advertising’s most iconic slogans.The home and personal care brands expert is to reprise Harmony hairspray’s famous 1970s’ ‘Is she, isn’t...
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A painful separation
While fears of CAP reform meltdown have faded, deep suspicion remains of retailers’ long-term intentions, says Vic RobertsonIt has been billed as the biggest change to hit the farming industry in half a century but as the countdown...
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White Paper proposes traffic-light scheme
The Government’s White Paper on Health, released earlier this afternoon, has confirmed that it wishes to introduce a traffic-light-style system to flag up health information on food products.Also on the issues of obesity and diet, the...
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Asda sales grow but slowing down
Wal-Mart’s third quarter results indicate that its international division, which includes Asda, had another good quarter with sales up by 18% to $13.6bn compared to the same quarter last year.Operating profits for the quarter for its...
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