All The Grocer articles in 13 October 2007 – Page 2
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DCS forced to set up its own factory for Enliven
Health and beauty wholesaler DCS Europe has branched out into manufacturing after struggling to find a supplier to produce its Enliven brand.DCS has opened a £1m factory in Wolverhampton employing 24 people to produce the 70-product...
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monitor - Dairy product prices
Spiralling dairy product prices could be about to plateau. There are signs that prices have reached the top of the cycle and even, for some products, begun to ease. Skimmed milk powder, for example, has fallen back 4.5% in value from its peak last...
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Tesco's Harding to lead c-stores at Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's is bringing in Tesco's rising star Dido Harding to take its convenience division on to the "next level".Harding will become convenience director, taking over the work Lawrence Christensen has been doing since June...
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Festive temptation by cream liqueurs
Suppliers looking to tempt drinkers into cream liqueurs in time for the Christmas boom have launched two products. Constellation Europe is producing Choc Amoré, a cream liqueur targeted at women aged 25 -35. It will be marketed as...
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Retailers 'complicit' in exploitation of workers
Gangmasters have accused their customers in the fresh produce sector of tacitly endorsing the exploitation of workers by paying labour providers too little.The Association of Labour Providers chose the first anniversary of the Gangmaster...
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Letter of the week - 'Like comparing Prada to Primark'
I was astounded by your observation that "the price of Waitrose's own-label baked beans had increased from 29p to 35p - more than double the price of Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco versions. [The Grocer 33 Price Survey, The Grocer, 29...
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Cobnut renaissance hailed by growers
Cobnuts are undergoing a "renaissance" thanks to a bumper crop and record demand for the hazelnut-like nuts.This year's unseasonal weather has produced a national crop of about 600 tonnes, almost twice last year's production, and growers...
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Co-op claims Fairtrade first for Christmas
The Co-op is launching what it claims will be the UK's first Fairtrade Christmas pudding and mince pies.The pudding has been made using 52% Fairtrade ingredients including raisins, demerara sugar, muscavado sugar, dates and...
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Coors signs commercial chief Hunter to lead its UK division
Coors Brewers, the UK arm of brewing giant Molson Coors Brewing Company, has appointed Mark Hunter as chief executive. The move came as Molson Coors announced plans to merge its US brewing business operations with...
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The grocer cup's first convenience champ
"Chuffed to bits," was how Spar UK MD Jerry Marwood said he felt as he picked up The Grocer Cup for Outstanding Business Achievement. He beat off stiff competition for the award, voted for by readers of The Grocer, from the likes of Sainsbury's...
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Footprint launches into green cleaner category
Sweden's number one laundry brand is bidding to make its mark in the UK with the launch of its eco-friendly products. Footprint is a range of washing powders and a fabric conditioner produced by Preston-based Footprint International....
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Langoustine catching goes hi-tech
If the word 'nephrops' is meaningless to you, it shouldn't be. Better known as langoustine, or scampi when its rear end is dressed in batter or breadcrumbs, it's the UK's most lucrative seafood - netting the fishing industry £200m a year, 10...
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Fruit & veg imports to take Tesco carbon test
Shoppers will be able to compare the environmental impact of imported fruit and veg with that of homegrown ones after Tesco said it was to trial the Carbon Trust's carbon footprint label on 30 own-label lines.The products in the pilot...
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campaign trail - Quality Street
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...
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Campaign trail: Taylors of Harrogate
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...
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OFT called on to give merger green light
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...
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Sainsbury's widens by-the-case choices
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...
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British sarnies are still rubbish
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...
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Profiles and QandAs
Food from Britain wipes out layer of senior management
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...
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