All The Grocer articles in 16 December 2000 – Page 3
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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