All The Grocer articles in 14 March 2015
Previous issues.
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NewsFirst Milk CEO Kate Allum to stand down
It is understood the process to replace Allum is well under way, and Allum will remain with First Milk until the handover has been completed
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NewsTesco launches new Disney Big Hero 6 toiletries range
Licensed toiletries specialist H&A has launched a range of products inspired by Disney comedy action movie Big Hero 6.
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NewsUK food sector needs strengthening, says Justin King-led task force
The ‘Leading Food 4.0’ report also criticised the UK’s food industry for being too fragmented
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Comment & OpinionCan competitors afford to follow Co-op's lead and raise wages?
Political pressure is being exerted on major employers to significantly raise the wages of their lowest-paid workers
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NewsCountry Products boosts sales and workforce with bank funding package
Healthy snack supplier Country Products has recruited a number of new employees and boosted turnover after agreeing an invoice financing deal with Yorkshire Bank.
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NewsCity snapshot: Ocado sales up 19.2% despite fall in basket size
Online grocer Ocado posted a 19.2% rise in group sales for the first quarter despite a fall in average basket size as the retail price war intensified
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NewsOcado offers reassurances over 25-year Morrisons deal
CFO Duncan Tatton-Brown believes that the contract was the best deal done under Dalton Philips, and that Morrisons are “pretty happy” with it
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NewsScotch whisky cream liqueur from BenRiach Distillery enters market
Magnum, made by the independently-owned BenRiach Distillery Co, is packaged in a stainless steel flask designed to echo the shape of a milk jug
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NewsAldi hits record market share as Tesco posts best growth in 18 months
Aldi share at 5%, Lidl also posts 13.6% sales growth as discounters continue rise
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NewsMenzies Distribution delivers 'robust' performance
Several “positive actions” offset newsprint and magazine declines, maintaining 2013 profit levels into 2014 at £24m – marginally down on last year’s £24.3m
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NewsNew Zealand wine brand added to Hatch Mansfield distribution
The Te Awa Collection includes six wines under the Left Field label: sauvignon blanc, pinot gris, albariño, pinot noir, malbec and merlot
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NewsMake carrier bag charges universal, say ACS
The ACS wants all retailers to have to charge 5p for carrier bags, as has been the case in Wales since 2011, and in Scotland, since October
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NewsWorld of Zing to distribute unusual ingredients
Products include YogiYo Korean cooking sauces, Pump Street Bakery chocolate, Bermondsey Tonic Water, and Stellacello grapefruit liqueur
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NewsLife is sweet for Lindt with double digit growth
Substantial market share gains were made in all the core markets and in the emerging growth markets
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News'Lidl people' election: why it's just not a very good analogy
The media has been desperate to find the new “Mondeo Man”, but the latest grocery-themed attempt falls flat for a few reasons
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NewsOcado’s shrinking basket size is down to deflation, says Steiner
Ocado CEO Tim Steiner has put the continuing fall in basket size at the online grocer down to food deflation and changes to the way customers order at its pet product and kitchen and dining companies.
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NewsBurton's Biscuit Company signs US distribution deal
Although it has distributed to the US before, the supplier said the deal represented a big increase in focus on international brand building
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NewsMedia Bites 11 March: Kantar Worlpanel, Ocado, cigarette plain packaging
The latest market share data for the supermarkets gets plenty of attention today, along with Ocado’s partnership with Morrisons and impending plain packaging regulation for cigarettes.
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NewsMaxxium UK promotes Mark Riley to managing director
Riley, who will take up the position on 1 April and replaces Huw Pennell, had been sales director for the spirits distribution company for three years
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NewsInternet sales of non-food products outgrow bricks and mortar for sixth consecutive month
Online sales last month represented 17.5% of total non-food sales, up from 16.6% in February 2014