All The Grocer articles in 14 July 2001 – Page 2
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Brandwatch Mintel category report: Cakes: wrapped comes to t
The cakes market is showing a surge of great activity through its realignment away from the tea table and into the snack box. Mintel's research shows overall growth will be driven by the wrapped cakes sector at the expense of the unwrapped sector,...
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Brandwatch profile: soup
Top 15 brands advertised (by media) £k Mar '00 - Feb '01 Total Press Radio ...
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Clicks and bricks: Internet shopping: Final orders
What lessons can be learnt from the biggest dotcom failure since the internet bubble burst? Julian Hunt reports Few people in the grocery industry on either side of the Atlantic can have been surprised or all that upset to hear the news that...
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Clicks not bricks: Digital TV
Shopping boxes Digital TV has failed to make a convincing start as a platform for home shopping. So why are grocers putting their faith in the medium? Belinda Gannaway reports The UK is the most mature digital TV market in the world with more...
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California grape: UK demand doubles
Supermarket demand for California grapes has doubled exports in the past decade and pushed UK sales to sixth position in the state's export table. Last year more than 1.2 million 21lb cartons were shipped, realising $24m. Programme continuity is...
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Jacob's Creek C&C exclusives
Two exclusive promotions for the C&C sector are being launched by Pernod Ricard UK for its leading Australian wine Jacob's Creek. These are an in-pack wine rack and twin-pack gift box. The 12-bottle rack will be offered free inside cases of the...
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Londis' Duckett must turn her hand to supply chain solutions
Londis has promoted Nicola Duckett to information systems director. She will be responsible for developing supply-chain procedures, and develop the Londis EpoS software. She said: "The result will be even better service levels, better...
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The Grocer focus on home entertainment: Children's Video
The total video retail market is valued at more than £1.1bn, according to the British Video Association, and children's titles are boosting sales through grocery. Tesco is among the multiples to heavily promote this genre which accounted for 20.5%...
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JAFFA CITRUS: Merger for Israeli giants
Continuing rationalisation of the industry sees Mehadrin join with Tnuport Two of Israel's biggest citrus organisations Mehadrin and Tnuport, which represent nearly two thirds of the country's exports, are to merge. The merger will be completed...
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Cocoa: US plans slave labour free tag
The US chocolate manufacturers' association has given a cautious welcome to proposed legislation designed to deter forced labour which, it is alleged, is used on cocoa plantations in West Africa. It proposes the use of a label that manufacturers...
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MLC outlook conference: DEFRA hints at lamb price support he
UK facing oversupply of up to 1.7 million home produced lambs Emergency official measures to prevent a lamb market meltdown in the coming autumn are regarded in the industry as inevitable, and a strong hint of price support action being planned...
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The Grocer focus on home entertainment: consoles and games:
The grocery sector faces a difficult task in assessing the sales potential of new games consoles. The launch of Sony's PS2 before Christmas and the Nintendo Gameboy boosted the market, while in June Nintendo's Gameboy Advance hit the streets. Next...
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Multiples: Safeway set to trial low cost format
Safeway is to trial a low cost fresh food supermarket to allow it to roll out "total localisation". The 15-18,000 sq ft stores are planned for less affluent areas and will trial lower building and fitting costs along with different ranging....
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Veetee Rice to curry favour on TV
Veetee Rice is preparing to splash out £1m in a marketing push for the brand. The company which claims to be the UK's largest retail rice supplier by volume is planning a TV ad campaign later this year to coincide with a clutch of new product...
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M&S will tailor Simply Food to local customer patterns
Opening week sales at Marks and Spencer's first Simply Food c-store in Surbiton are said to have been buoyant. The new c-store solution was created to tackle concerns raised by customers in an M&S review of its high street portfolio according to...
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Dairy: Milk output still defying the FMD factor
For the third month running, UK milk production has surprised the experts by defying the cull of large numbers of dairy cows resulting from the foot and mouth crisis. According to the latest estimates, between 5% and 6% of the national dairy herd...
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Exports: US public still fearful over foot and mouth disease
Clive Beddall, New York British food was the toast of Broadway this week but many North American consumers still harbour safety fears following graphic tv pictures during the fmd crisis. Nearly 300 retailers, wholesalers, marketing and media...
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The Grocer focus on home entertainment
analysis by Steve Hemsley - Grocers move fast forward in video - Aggressive pricing hits music specialists - Asda sets sights on being UK No 1 - Adults are driving new formats Bearing in mind how fast sales of music, video and games have grown...
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Young's strikes ethical stance with hoki starting a Fish fo
Fish brand Young's is poised to play the ethical card by introducing an "environmentally-certified" fish to the UK. New Zealand hoki which has similarities to cod will reach British plates by the autumn. This type of fish also known as Blue...
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Own label exports: Who is exporting and to where?
- Cash and carry group Booker sells its Chef's Larder catering range and a small quantity of Happy Shopper products to Europe, the Middle East and the Falkland Islands. A spokesman says: "There are particular opportunities for supplying Chef's...
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