All The Grocer articles in 14 April 2001 – Page 3
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Claire stirs up marketing for Baxters' soups and sauces
Baxters has expanded its marketing team with the appointment of Claire Quigley as brand manager. Quigley will be responsible for the company's range of premium ambient soups and its recently launched Baxters/Nick Nairn sauces. She joins from Mars...
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Sainsbury: Egyptian plague on JS attempt to impress City
Much improved sales figures from Sainsbury failed to impress the City this week. The retailer revealed like for like sales growth of 4.8% (excluding petrol) in its fourth quarter trading statement, compared with just 0.4% in the previous quarter....
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Asda: Landslide wrecks Brighton store
Asda has been forced to close its Brighton Marina store indefinitely after the building was partly demolished by a 4,000 tonne landslide. "The extent of the damage has yet to be confirmed and it's therefore much too early to say when the store...
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Instinctive approach
Lever Fabergé is adding a third variant, Vital Instinct, to its Physio Sport ensemble from April 16 and is investing £4m in the brand. It is also introducing new translucent packaging across the range and replacing the current roll-on designs with...
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SHS appoints new managing director for Ireland
The SHS sales and marketing group has appointed John McGinley (right) managing director for Ireland. McGinley, spent 20 years with Johnson Wax, including six as group managing director, before taking up his appointment A food and drink brokerage,...
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Kettle appoints new sales chief
Kettle Foods, producer of the Kettle Chips brand, has appointed Andrea Riddell sales director. She is to succeed Laurie Grey who will retire this summer. Riddell has worked in the fmcg sector for 22 years, most recently as head of the sales...
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Pigmeat: British pigs cheaper than anywhere else in Europe
Very high prices on the continent causing concern in Brussels Britain is beginning to look like the bargain basement of the EU pig market, and the FMD crisis is just one of several reasons for believing pork buyers here can look forward to plenty...
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The Grocer guide to brokerage: analysis
an advertising supplement Howdy, partners... Brokerage in Britain has its origins in the early Sixties, when Desmond Cracknell and his company Food Brokers Ltd first emerged, modeled on similar, successful operations in the US. At the time, it...
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Mars' sugar confectionery gets a burst of new activity
Mars is expanding its Starburst portfolio with two new products Tropical Chews and limited edition Tropical Joosters and unveiling new TV ads for Starburst and fellow sugar confectionery brand Skittles. The new products are dual flavoured ...
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Canned meat; Militant dockers' action hits corned beef expor
A form of cartel is going to work to the disadvantage of UK buyers' The threat of a corned beef shortage looms as militant dockers in Brazil's largest port, Santos, have stopped the loading of all vessels. Attempts by frigorificos to divert...
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Foot & mouth crisis week 8: Compensation urged for rural bus
Emergency loans for businesses affected by foot and mouth restrictions have been arranged by the government, but calls are growing for compensation for small shops and other food businesses which have lost trade. The Rural Shops Alliance has...
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News analysis foot & mouth crisis week 8: British food expor
FMD's fires burn export prospects FMD may be no risk to human health but it's appalling PR for our export trade and has inflicted damage in the US, as our global straw poll reveals Exporters are right to fear that overseas sales of all UK ...
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Foot & mouth crisis week 8: Royal Highland Show cancelled
This year's Royal Highland Show has been cancelled because of FMD. The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland's decision follows the cancellation of the Royal Show at Stoneleigh. RHASS chairman Sandy Brown said: "We had a number of...
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Foot & mouth crisis week 8: Exports: Patak's blasts MAFF sh
Clive Beddall, Anne Bruce Britain's food and drink exporter of the year has launched an unprecedented attack on MAFF for the way it has managed export procedures during the foot and mouth outbreak. It describes the ministry's handling of export...
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Hobgoblin 32% free
Wychwood Brewery is promoting Hobgoblin, its flagship ale, with a 32% extra free deal. The limited edition offer is going on shelf this month and increases the size of the 500ml bottle to 660ml. Wychwood said its total premium packaged ale sales...
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Show preview: Natural Products Europe 2001
Where health and beauty are given a makeover Taking the show's better for you theme further will be a large number of companies featuring the latest developments in vitamins, supplements, dietary products and toiletries based on natural ingredients...
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Show preview: Natural Products Europe 2001
Going back to a natural habitat A show that taps into the growing quest for natural' food opens in Olympia With food safety once again back in the headlines, products with a natural and organic claim are going through a surge in demand ...
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