All The Grocer articles in 14 May 2011 – Page 2
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Dry spell heightens risk of potato scab
The unusually dry weather sweeping the nation could cause levels of a highly destructive potato disease to soar, the Potato Council has warned. Potato scab causes rough 'scabs' on skins and costs the industry £4m a year in rejected...
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Elmwood tops design league table
Elmwood - the consultancy that designed the branding for The Saucy Fish Co - has come top of 2011's Design Consultancy League Table. The Design Business Association cited the Seacill-owned brand as a prime example of "how innovation in...
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NewsCritical Eye... on Unilever's murky past
It's astonishing how even the biggest companies can make such elementary mistakes. And the blunders featured in Business Nightmares with Evan Davis (8pm, BBC2, 9 May) may have been golden oldies, but they still resonate down the years.
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Top-tier crisps to tap into taste for tapas
Will British crisp-lovers fork out almost four quid for a new super-premium snack?Distributor Fayrefield Foods is hunting listings for San Nicasio Patatas Fritas. The Spanish crisps likely to sell for £3.49 to £3.99 for 190g are...
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Online crime: meet your new worst enemy
Don’t be fooled by appearances. Today, hackers like him pose perhaps the greatest threat to business, stealing customer data on behalf of their highly organised criminal paymasters. So what can businesses do to protect themselves? Rob Brown reports
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Princes lifts ethical cred with pole-and-line tuna
It came bottom in Greenpeace's 2011 tuna league table, but now Princes is looking to improve its sustainability credentials by becoming the first major brand to offer a 100% pole-and-line-caught range of tinned tuna.The six-strong range...
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Haldanes: Co-op Group ‘sold us down the river’
Independent supermarket chain Haldanes has "withheld rent" from The Co-operative Group to make the society take notice of allegations that the Co-op "materially" breached terms of its agreement when it sold 26 former Somerfield stores to Haldanes in...
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Refusal of insurance puts paid to Cook’s prison staff scheme
Frozen ready meals retailer Cook has been forced to suspend an initiative offering jobs to prison inmates at its Kent factory following an insurance wrangle.Head of brand James Rutter said its insurance company Tokio Marine claimed that...
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DBC wins Notcutts food supply contract
DBC Foodservice has won an exclusive £2.5m supply contract with Notcutts, the UK's third largest garden centre group.The contract is DBC's first account with a garden centre and was awarded by food purchasing company Equinoxe Solutions....
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Cracking the QR code
They may have come of age in Japan and the US but in the UK the use of QR code technology is still in its infancy. Are networks and the general public ready for an fmcg QR revolution, asks Jon Severs
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NewsA solid start for the coalition, but time to deliver on ‘good intentions’
The coalition’s first year has not had the disastrous impact on the industry many feared it would, but now actions need to match words. Nick Hughes reports
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D’Acampo lunchbox push for Cheestrings
Kerry Foods will encourage mums to "reappraise" Cheestrings as a healthy lunchbox snack for kids by teaming up with TV chef Gino D'Acampo for a new campaign.Gino's Good Food Fight is backed by a £500k budget and will be run in...
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Comment and OpinionIf Haldanes was sold down the river, did its chairman consider the strength of the current?
When newly formed independents started taking on former Somerfield supermarket stores back in the autumn of 2009…
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Comment and Opinion
Careers File: It may be time to take a career health check
Whether you are just moving up the ladder or you are a seasoned veteran, it may be time to think about taking a career health check. Quite often, where you find yourself in your career is not as a result of good planning or natural sequential...
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Importers calm fears of Moroccan produce hikes
Fruit & veg importers have downplayed the likely impact on retail prices of a planned minimum wage hike in Morocco, after it sparked concerns that retailers and suppliers would soon have to pay more for Moroccan produce.
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Comment and Opinion
Saturday Essay: Get smart! It’s time to mobilise your brand
Fmcg brands need to take a lead from the retailers’ use of mobile marketing – and then do it better, says Dave Buckingham
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Comment and OpinionTales of Titania: Bolly, Bristol Cream and a whole lot of vomit
Picture the scene. I'm looking my best in a client-satisfying LBD (Alexander McQueen) paid for (£1,430) by Karoline (with a K) "because we really need to keep this account darling".
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Illy iced coffee set to keep ‘cold hot’ drink category on the boil
The market for 'cold hot drinks' - one of the fastest-growing sub-sectors in soft drinks - is set to receive a further boost with the launch of an iced range from premium coffee producer Illy. Issimo, which made its debut in the US and...
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The big grocery money in the Rich List ranks
Galen and George Weston, whose family interests include ABF the Kingsmill to Primark conglomerate as well as stakes in Selfridges and Fortnum & Mason, were once again the highest ranking food and drink figures in The Sunday Times Rich List,...
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Analysis and Features
Big products, fewer deals as promos face Royal squeeze
Easter’s hot weather and the Royal Wedding impinged on promotional space in April, but the savings offered have been better.
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