All The Grocer articles in 15 December 2007 – Page 2

  • News

    Waitrose develops surplus calf scheme

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose has developed a cross-sector initiative that it hopes will revamp the home-reared veal and beef market.Under the Calfline project, every surplus bull calf produced on Waitrose's dairy farms will be reared for the beef and veal...

  • News

    Caledonian Cooler

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Retailers across the UK are tapping into the potential of Caledonian Cooler - the latest RTD brand from Beverage Brands, maker of WKD. Caledonian Cooler's distribution in grocery and in the impulse sector is growing. Almost a year after...

  • News

    Thick bread. It's a disgrace

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Pssst. Do you want to know the real cause of obesity? It's nothing to do with people gorging themselves on sweets and fizzy drinks, or eating Big Macs, apparently, but rather the curse of the thick-cut sliced sarnie.This revelation was...

  • News

    Muesli brand from a land down under

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z


    Australian cereal brand Carman’s is hoping to shake up the breakfast market with the launch of its muesli range in the UK.

    Carman’s Original Muesli, available in 315 Asda stores from next week, is being positioned at the premium end of…

  • News

    Confectionery brands think inside the box

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Cadbury recorded the most activity across all brands found on featured space promotion last weekend. Accounting for 29% of the top five overall branded chart, Cadbury was nine points clear of Mars in second place.

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    New premium bottled water from Norway

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    A bottled water from Norway that claims to have an "unmatchable crisp taste" is coming to the UK, supported by a £2m marketing push.Isklar, which means ice-clear, is set to hit supermarket shelves in the spring, positioned at the premium...

  • News

    Wal-Mart Canada gets Cheesewright as boss

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    The departure of Asda's chief operating officer David Cheesewright on 4 January will come as a huge blow to the retailer, say analysts. Cheesewright is taking over as president and CEO of Wal-Mart Canada from Mario Pilozzi, who is...

  • News

    Tesco bids for Czech chain

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Tesco is bidding to become the largest grocery retailer in the Czech Republic after putting in a €200m (£144m) bid for the Plus discount chain, according to reports.Czech daily newspaper Mladá Fronta Dnes said Tesco had put in the...

  • News

    Irish stores face ban on below-cost booze sales

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    The Irish government is set to ban the below-cost sale of alcohol by supermarkets, forecourts and off-licences -and may also restrict the hours at which drink can be sold in the off-trade.The new measures will be introduced early in the...

  • News

    Store visit Judges Bakery, Hastings

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    On the face of it Judges, originally founded in 1826, is simply a traditional bakery in a seaside town. But looks can be deceptive. This independent store is, in fact, run by the founding duo of Green & Black's chocolate and the head...

  • News

    Has the OFT got this milk price probe badly wrong?

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Trading rules have been broken but we need to ask how much shorter supply would have been this year if the multiples had not taken action says the MD of Wyke FarmsSurely the OFT's job is to act in the interests of the consumer and a...

  • News

    Online pricing data available

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Price comparison website mysupermarket.co.uk is making pricing and availability data gathered through its site available to the industry.Manufacturers, retailers and market analysts will be able to access the database, which contains a...

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    The warmest family welcome - Q&A and Availability

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    With the Christmas rush gathering momentum, our mystery shoppers reported scenes of frantic restocking at the retailers this week, but only Asda in Radcliffe, Lancashire, provided a full basket earning it our Top Store award. In addition to having...

  • News

    Six-month price, service & availability review

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Asda's low prices have dominated The Grocer 33 for the past six months but it's Morrisons not Tesco that is challenging it, however, to be Britain's cheapest retailer. In the first half of 2007, Tesco came closest to stopping Asda's run...

  • News

    We ask... how's Christmas trading looking?

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Expected to be open Manchester retailer?Being situated on a busy street means a lot of people walk past each day and many people will expect us to open on Christmas Day as well. We are going to be open but we don't expect sales...

  • News

    Tesco third-cheapest retailer behind Asda and Morrisons

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons has beaten Tesco on price to become Britain's second-cheapest supermarket behind Asda over the past six months.While Asda's average weekly basket came out cheapest at £44.51, the half-year review of The Grocer 33 shows...

  • News

    Letter of the week - Farm welfare and Asda sour grapes

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    If Asda's Chris Brown had taken the time to read Compassion in World Farming's Supermarket Survey Report properly he would have seen that it is based on well-respected and accepted scientific evidence and research - not assumptions ('Welfare survey...

  • Profiles and QandAs

    Greencore financial officer Coveney is appointed CEO

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Convenience food manufacturer Greencore has announced that chief financial officer Patrick Coveney will replace chief executive David Dilger when he retires next March. Dilger has been chief executive for 12 years and was credited by...

  • News

    Animal disease bills prompt Defra to slash Wrap funding

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    The government plans to slash funding to green organisation Wrap in a move that has stunned retailers and suppliers as much as environmentalists.Defra is to reduce the environmental body's budget by at least 25% next year, threatening...

  • Profiles and QandAs

    My Alternative CV - Shaun Bye, sales director, Natures Table

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    What's your nickname? Bobs. Some people think I look like Bobby Davro - you decide.  Who was your first teenage crush and why? Sabrina from Charlie's Angels. She was hot to a 10-year-old lad.