All The Grocer articles in 15 December 2007
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Monkhill recalls fondant creams
Monkhill Confectionery has recalled its Jameson's Raspberry Ruffle Plain Chocolate Covered Coconut and Raspberry Fondant Creams due to a labelling error.The product contains milk which is not indicated on the label making it unsuitable for...
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Kinnerton acquires Lir Chocolates
Kinnerton, a subsidiary of confectionery and snacks group Zetar, has acquired Irish chocolate maker Lir Chocolates for a maximum consideration of E8m (£5.7m).Lir Chocolates makes luxury brand and own-label boxed chocolates and in the year to...
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Walkers' Nonsuch
Walkers' Nonsuch, England's finest speciality toffee maker, is giving 10 readers the chance to win a Toffee Hamper.The hamper will contain a variety of twist-wrapped toffees, a selection from its traditional bar range, along with its...
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Heinz Hidden Veg
Market leader Heinz is helping mums to smuggle essential vegetables into their kids' meals by introducing a new range of Beanz, Hoops and Spag Bol. Heinz Hidden Veg is part of Heinz's £6m investment in its beans, kids (pasta ranges) and meals...
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Haribo's Maoam range
The Maoam range of fruit chews from Haribo has been one of the success stories of the decade. Since its launch in 2001, Maoam has made a major contribution to the development and success of this growing sector and in just six years has become...
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Unilever must do more for growers
Sir; While it is good news for the environment that Unilever has at last recognised the importance of sustainable tea production, these new plans do nothing to financially guarantee a better future for poor tea growers ('PG Tips claims title of...
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Iceland's new terms get frosty response
Iceland's decision to extend its payment terms to 90 days and introduce a settlement discount of 2.75% has sparked a revolt among outraged suppliers.The suppliers who spoke to The Grocer have vowed to fight the changes and say suppliers...
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Tryton Foods MD Sanderson leaves
The managing director of Tryton Foods - owners of Aunt Bessie's frozen food brand - left the company with immediate effect this week.Neil Sanderson had been with Hull-based Tryton Foods for the past four and a half years. Prior to this...
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Zig-Zag filter tips
Zig-Zag recently launched Extra Slim Filter Tip Rods. These filter tips are wrapped in cellophane, six to each rod, with 20 rods packed into a Zig-Zag-branded cigarette type packet.The packets have an rsp of 69p, which gives retailers a...
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Indie stores hit by 'worrying' fall in year-on-year revenue
Independent retailers were given more bad news this week as TNS Worldpanel data showed sales in the sector dipped 2.2% year-on-year in the 12 weeks to 2 December.Total grocery sales through independents were £506.6m in the period...
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Comment and Opinion
Suppliers hobbled by the fear factor
The idea of an ombudsman to protect suppliers is not really viable unless the issues of anonymity and fear of retribution can be resolvedDo suppliers need an ombudsman to protect their interests? It's hard to see why multinational...
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Morrisons recruits own label execs
Morrisons has poached two senior executives from Asda and Tesco to spearhead a product development drive to transform own label.It has appointed head of Asda brand product Simon Mitchell and Tesco's Central European product development...
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Could dairy farmers be the real losers?
The OFT's decision last week to hand out a £116m fine to some of the UK's leading supermarkets and dairies for colluding to fix the price of milk, cheese and butter had more than a whiff of pyrrhic victory about it. They may have rightly...
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Opinion - "Now, the sympathy vote simply won't wash. But the fine will have unintended consequences for the PM too"
The £116m of fines meted out by the OFT to Asda, Sainsbury's, Dairy Crest and Robert Wiseman last Friday came too late to be included in Saturday's issue, but this story, already five years old, is far from over. And right now, save for a few very...
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Terms & conditions
Whether suppliers can resist Iceland's demands depends on their relationship with the retailer, according to legal expert Richard Matthews, partner at Eversheds.If there are no written terms and conditions underpinning the trading...
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How to make the most from Christmas trading
Raj Krishan Retail controller, Landmark WholesaleSays: Christmas and the new year can be an extremely profitable period for independents. Whether it is meeting the demands of shoppers on their way to a party by offering chilled...
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Demonising saturated fats is risky, dairy chiefs warn FSA
Dairy companies have warned the Food Standards Agency it risks harming people's health if it takes an over-simplistic approach in its bid to cut saturated fat intake.The agency is gearing up to finalise its strategy for cutting...
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Nisa steps up recruitment campaign
Nisa-Today's is stepping up its bid to attract hundreds of new retail members with the production of its first recruitment brochure.The brochure, part of a £1.5m bid to enlist 300 new members, features details of the group's products and...
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Suppliers call on inquiry to probe Iceland terms change
Iceland faces the scrutiny of the Competition Commission inquiry after disgruntled suppliers reported the retailer for making radical changes to its terms and conditions without negotiation.Last week we revealed Iceland's holding company...