All The Grocer articles in 16 April 2011
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News
World News 16/4/11
Walmart has launched a campaign promising to offer 'Low Prices. Every Day. On Everything'. The retailer said it would increase competitive checks and partner with suppliers to lower prices. It would also increase lines in stores by...
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Grocer Suppliers of the Year 2011: And the winners are...
With consumer spending power declining while cost prices rise, it takes a very special performance to win the approval of the leading grocery retail buyers. Nic Paton salutes the 39 winning suppliers in our 2011 survey
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NewsLittle Dish appoints O’Brien to double its sales by end of 2012
Natural kids food brand Little Dish has appointed a new sales director as it looks to double sales by the end of 2012. Andy O'Brien has joined the company from Innocent Drinks, where he worked for more than two years as a grocery...
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NewsASA cool over PETA ‘child abuse’ posters
The ASA has said it is not taking action against a controversial PETA campaign that equates meat eating with child abuse. The posters are a rerun of a four-year-old campaign. They show an obese child eating a burger and carry the line:...
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Analysis & FeaturesAcid Test: Hollows Superior Alcoholic Ginger Beer
Hollows Superior Alcoholic Ginger Beer describes itself as the ‘thoroughbred’ option in the growing alcoholic ginger beer category.
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Comment & Opinion
Careers File: Changes to retirement age don't address skills gap with next generation
April is the biggest month in the world of work, being the time when new employment legislation comes into force. And this April there has been no let up in regulation. The biggies for food and drink businesses are the scrapping of the default...
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Profiles
The Human Angle: Michael Ladd, head of HR, Adnams
What's it like to work for your company? Adnams is a dynamic, innovative business. We have been brewing in Southwold since 1872, but our business now incorporates five hotels, 70 pubs, and ten Adnams Cellar & Kitchen stores and is continually evolving.
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NewsCruzcampo aims to get drinkers sharing their beer like wine
Brits are being encouraged to treat beer more like wine by switching to larger bottles for sharing with friends. Distributor The Morgenrot Group is ramping up activity around Spanish beer Cruzcampo after securing exclusive rights to...
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NewsWaitrose to bring edible flowers to the salad aisle
They're usually associated with fine dining but Waitrose is hoping edible flowers and micro-leaves will appeal to adventurous home cooks as well. The supermarket has developed an eight-strong range of salad 'add-ons' with Bakkavör that...
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Tim Smith, general manager, Method Products
Tim Smith, general manager, Method Products, on sexy soap, Emu and wildebeest
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NewsAngry tweets fired over think tank’s large-store tax proposal
A row exploded on Twitter this week between Tory policy guru Phillip Blond and right-wing political blogger Paul Staines (aka Guido Fawkes), following the revelation that a report calling for new taxes on large out-of-town shops was funded by the...
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NewsAquafresh makes a splash at Cineworld with oral care promo
GlaxoSmithKline has struck a deal with cinema chain Cineworld to screen a 10-minute show promoting Aquafresh kids toothpastes. Under the sponsorship agreement, which runs from this month until the end of the year, the 10-minute show will…
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NewsFreshgro Chantenay carrot packs arrive
Freshgro is looking to shake up carrot snacks with the launch of Chantenay carrot snack packs. Carrot snacking was dominated by carrot batons, according to Freshgro. Chantenay snack packs would provide a point of difference because they...
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NewsAsda toasts its ASA victory with jump in guarantee shoppers
The number of customers using Asda's notorious Price Guarantee has increased fivefold to several hundred thousand since its relaunch in January, it claims. In the week the ASA threw out a Sainsbury's complaint against the guarantee and...
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Grocer 33Asda Broadstairs
The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.
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NewsAsda switches its cod and haddock to line-caught
Asda is hoping to boost he amount of chilled cod and haddock it sells by 10% after switching to 100% line-caught fish despite hiking the price by 12%. Asda changed all of its 11 chilled cod and haddock lines across its 292 fish counters…
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Analysis & FeaturesAsda’s baby brand grows up
Brands beware. Retailers are looking to steal your customers with revamped own-label lines. Rob Brown meets the team behind Asda’s Little Angels baby range to find out how fresh design and grand ambitions are converting shoppers to own label
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Analysis & Features
Snacks are biting back with a crunch on British pockets
Price hikes on raw materials mean shoppers may soon have to pay more for their snacking habits. Mintec’s Robert Miles reports
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NewsProcessing change behind Fenmarc fall
Fenmarc has experienced a 9% drop in sales as a result of its sister company Puffin Produce starting to process its own sales. Pre-tax profits at Fenmarc which supplies own-label veg to the multiples and owns the Very Very Veg Co brand ...
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Analysis & FeaturesRubbish publicity for mults as police swoop on bin diver
News that a bin diver faces trial has not just thrust the spotlight on freeganism, but also the amount of food the mults chuck out, says James Halliwell