All The Grocer articles in 16 December 2000
Previous issues.
-
News
News review 2000: Quotes
It's not just a case of protecting us against over-zealous buyers for the big boys. I have been bullied by smaller chains into making cash contributions for promotions' Midland bakery chain md on the Code of Practice With the benefit of...
-
News
News review 2000: 'I'm sorry but life isn't that simple'
Genetically modified foods remained one of the hottest topics of the year for the grocery industry, thanks partly to an exclusive interview given to The Grocer by the Princess Royal. "Man has been tinkering with food production and plant...
-
News
2000: it's a wrap
Grocery should raise a large glass to itself this Christmas. Despite a turbulent agenda during the first year of the twenty first century, it enters the second year of the new millennium in good heart. For despite unjustified attacks from crackpot...
-
News
News review 2000: Win-win all the way
Multiples popped their corks in the c-store sector in Millennium year, but the major symbol groups carried on partying The multiples' headlong rush into the already crowded c-store sector continued with Sainsbury securing a deal with Shell to...
-
News
News review 2000: Booker's rose basks in the limelight, then
In May, the UK's biggest wholesale company Booker became the junior partner in a "merger" with Iceland, and Booker boss Stuart Rose took over as chief executive of the merged company. Iceland's charismatic founder Malcolm Walker became chairman and...
-
News
News review 2000: Where the big stories broke
The year 2000 was a record breaking time for The Grocer. We broke more exclusive stories than ever before as our team of journalists tracked events in the industry in the throes of a ferocious price war, bullied by the government, relentlessly...
-
News
BEEF: EU to adopt UK-style cull
Cattle disposal scheme clouds supply/price outlook Surprisingly large volumes of beef could be taken out of the EU market through the new scheme for destroying cattle aged over 30 months as an anti-BSE measure. Details announced by the European...
-
News
Jac Roper's advice centre: How to stay at the heart of your
If a week is a long time in politics, what does that make a year in retailing? Answers on a postcard please. Putting aside disputes over when the new millennium began or will begin, as years go, 2000 has seemed an apocryphal one. Floods, fuel...
-
News
Tasting panel: Christmas Ale
From Shepherd Neame. This year's version of the Kent brewer's festive ale, it has national listings in the major multiples. Price £1.99 Abv: 6.7% TARGET CONSUMER Tom Joynson, 33, is a corporate sculptor who lives in south-west London This...
-
News
Cash and carry: Sir Anwar all set on growth despite land pro
Exclusive Julian Hunt At least seven depots will be opened by Bestway next year, as the cash and carry group accelerates its growth programme. Chairman Sir Anwar Pervez believes there could be room for as many as 40 Bestway depots. However, he...
-
News
Mumm and Perrier-Jouët fill final Allied Domecq gap
The prestigious champagne houses of Mumm and Perrier-Jouët have been sold to Allied Domecq less than 18 months after they had been offloaded by Seagram. In July 1999 the investment firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst bought the brands for £176.8m. This...
-
News
News analysis: the introduction of duty paid marks
RETAILERS' PROFITS BLIGHTED BY SMUGGLING Ask independent retailers how tobacco smuggling has impacted their businesses as we did with an exclusive survey this week (see opposite) and you will hear a depressingly familiar tale of small...
-
News
News analysis: the introduction of duty paid marks
Forewarned is forestalled Hand in hand with the arrival of duty paid marks comes the end of forestalling. This will prove a body blow for everyone involved in selling tobacco. Julian Hunt and John Wood explain why On the face of it, the...
-
News
News analysis: the introduction of duty paid marks
DON'T GET CAUGHT OUT As our exclusive survey shows, packs featuring the new duty paid mark have already found their way on to the shelves of independent stores around the country. And, despite complaints about a lack of information, the...
-
News
E-commerce: LMS appoints marketing partner
E-grocer Last Mile Solutions has appointed a new marketing partner for the launch of its online home shopping service which is still several months away. The service, which is yet to be named, is a joint venture with minority shareholder Waitrose....
-
News
Robert Wiseman Dairies Awards: Winning ways that build confi
Three happy c-store retailers can celebrate Christmas in the sure knowledge that they have won the confidence of their neighbourhood. Margaret Low, who manages the 900 sq ft Spar store in Munro Avenue, Kilmarnock, and Jane and David Scott, who run...
-
News
The Grocer top products survey: Bagged snacks
Bagged snacks remain an important part of the British diet and growth of 2.1% year on year confirms this statistic. While EDLP on certain products may have been holding back the value growth of snacks in the supermarkets, the impulse sector has been...
-
News
Why we want pithing ban moratorium
Sir; We were disappointed to see in your article Small abattoirs still threatened' (December 2, page 23) criticism of the Soil Association's stance on the pithing ban, due to come into force on January 1. Our call for a six month moratorium is...
-
News
The Grocer top products survey: Hot Beverages
Our status as a nation of tea drinkers seems to be in doubt if we consider that value sales in the hot beverages category dropped 7.2% over the last year. But volume sales are in fact fairly stable and it is actually the tough EDLP policies of the...
-
News
The Grocer top products survey: biscuits
Biscuits are fighting savoury snacks with clever innovations Yet another area hit by the prevalent EDLP policies of the supermarkets, the biscuits category has nevertheless managed continued growth thanks to some interesting activity on the new...