All The Grocer articles in 13 October 2007 – Page 2

  • News

    WORLD NEWS - Aldi warns of basket price hike

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Aldi warns of basket price hike

  • News

    McVitie's ordered to alter packaging

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    United Biscuits has been ordered to change the packaging for its McVitie's Fig Rolls before launching them in Ireland. Manufacturer Jacob Fruitfield Food Group, which has a 35% share of the Irish biscuit market, was granted a High Court...

  • Profiles

    My Alternative CV - Mike Igoe, retail director, PayPoint

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    What's your nickname? With a surname like Igoe to work with, too many to choose from!  Who was your first teenage crush and why? I would have to say that Wonder Woman had a certain appeal at the time.  When was the first time you got drunk and ...

  • News

    Glendale frozen puds set to appear in stores

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Foodservice supplier Glendale Foods is poised to launch its premium range of frozen sweet and savoury suet-based puddings into the retail sector.The Great British Pudding range has pitched itself against premium pie producers in the...

  • News

    Get ready for a perfect storm over Christmas, Asda warns

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    The grocery industry is heading into a "perfect storm" as Christmas approaches because consumers are being forced to tighten their belts while raw material prices are on the rise, Asda's food trading director Darren Blackhurst has...

  • News

    Morrisons' winning formula - Q&A and Availability

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    This small Morrisons store in the Derbyshire Dales may seem unassuming from the outside, but inside it is a shining example of the retailer's countrywide rebranding project. Just six weeks ago, Chapel-en-le-Frith was the second Morrisons store in...

  • News

    NFU move may revive the polytunnel battle

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Soft fruit growers are playing the anti-polytunnel lobby at its own game in a move that threatens to reignite the battle over the plastic structures.Growers are asking NFU members nationwide to support a planning application for 20ha of...

  • Comment & Opinion

    The tipping point for label overload has been reached

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    The Grocer's labels quiz highlighted the lack of consensus on what is an effective label. The industry needs to strike a common sense balanceSo, how did you all get on in the label quiz ('Think you know your labels?', The Grocer, 18...

  • News

    Tesco starts selling big pomegranates

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Giant pomegranates the size of Galia melons have gone on sale in 500 Tesco stores around the UK.The huge fruits, called Wonderful, have been supplied by major Israeli exporter Agrexco and weigh in at 650g each - nearly twice the size of...

  • News

    Injunction blocks McVitie's fig rolls

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Thousands of packets of McVitie's fig rolls in the Irish Republic may have to be destroyed because of a dispute over their packaging.The High Court in Dublin granted an injunction to an Irish company, Jacobs, preventing their sale by...

  • News

    B&M Retail plans to double size of estate

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Independent discount chain B&M Retail has set its sights on more than doubling its estate within the next five years.The retailer currently operates 48 B&M Bargains stores across the north of England - including eight recently acquired...

  • News

    Retailers rally to boost British light lamb sales

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Hill farmers have welcomed a strategy by Sainsbury's to boost lamb consumption, but called on retailers to take further steps to clear the glut of light lamb - smaller animals that are usually exportedSainsbury's is introducing two ...

  • News

    Is Cadbury losing the Bournville identity?

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Cadbury's reputation as a company founded on philanthropic values took a knock last week when it announced 700 job cuts in England and the offshoring of significant production to Poland . But does its decision to close the 88-year-old...

  • News

    In Brief: Time to taste; Pringles jingles; On-pack celebration

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Time to taste Duchy Originals has unveiled its autumn ad campaign , Less Haste More Taste, to communicate the time taken to produce each product. It includes poster s, press ads and a radio campaign.

  • Profiles

    Food from Britain wipes out layer of senior management

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Cash cuts have forced Food from Britain to remove an entire layer of senior management.Three directors from the government-funded food marketing agency will lose their jobs in "changes to organisation and staffing". They are Simon Waring...

  • News

    British sarnies are still rubbish

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    The once-ghastly fillings in sarnies are better but the bread is still a national embarrassment. Simple, wholesome bread could improve our nutritional status overnightI'm not a fan of the British sarnie, so when I face a long journey I...

  • News

    Sainsbury's widens by-the-case choices

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's is the latest supermarket to push wine-by-the-case sales as part of a revamped online offer.Last month Asda indicated it s plan to mirror the success of Majestic Wine Warehouses by looking at by-the-case...

  • News

    OFT called on to give merger green light

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Dairy industry sources have called on the OFT to give the go-ahead to the proposed merger of First Milk and Milk Link.Opponents of the merger have argued that although the combined co-op would control less than 25% of Britain's raw milk...

  • News

    campaign trail - Quality Street

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé Rowntree has turned the spotlight on Quality Street in a new TV ad, which forms part of a £4.5m marketing push. The commercial, which airs from next month, tracks a flurry of colourful crystalised snowflakes whirling through the air. The...

  • News

    Campaign trail: Taylors of Harrogate

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Taylors of Harrogate has turned the spotlight on its Yorkshire Tea brand in the latest burst of TV advertising for the range. Due to hit the small screen from 21 October, the ad focuses on the brand's newly-launched marmalade cake and...