All The Grocer articles in 16 June 2001 – Page 2
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Crime: Staff must be trained to restrain people properly'
Training staff to tackle violence instore is dangerously low on the priority list for most retailers, warned former hostage negotiator and Safeway external consultant Mark Dawes. Speaking at a retail crime conference hosted by Reliance Security…
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Shellfish: Crabstick consumption
An increase in the volume of crabsticks consumed by UK households illustrates the consumer's growing demand for snack foods, says the Sea Fish Industry Authority. At the beginning of March 1999, annual household consumption of crabsticks stood at...
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DAIRY: Product prices rising with supplies more competitive
After a dull winter and early spring, dairy product prices across the EU and in the UK are now on a rising trend. This is due to three factors. Milk output in recent months in most EU countries has been held back by the ...
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Stars come out for Xmas
Nestlé Rowntree is throwing £10m of marketing support behind its Christmas 2001 line up, focusing on a new children's product Nestlé All Stars, After Eight Truffles and Quality Street. The bright yellow All Stars box, which is to be a standard...
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Rose moves up as Schwan's chief shifts to US top job
Pizza manufacturer Schwan's Europe has appointed Winand Rose managing director of Schwan's Consumer Brands Europe. He replaces John Beadle who has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of Schwan's Global Consumer Brands in the...
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The Grocer focus on Denmark: Lurpak Centenary celebrations
Arla is preparing to celebrate a special birthday this year as its premier brand Lurpak marks 100 years. When Lurpak first began arriving from Denmark, at the beginning of the last century, it was shipped in wooden barrels the size of beer kegs....
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Far East: Tesco links with GE for Thai credit card launch
Tesco is teaming up with the Thai division of US giant General Electric to launch a credit card for shoppers in Thailand this summer. Tesco and GE Capital, General Electric's financial arm, will form a £32m joint venture company to set up and...
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Interbrew calls on trade to provide higher quality and more
Keeping up the quality to satisfy demanding consumers is a big issue for the beer industry, claims Interbrew UK. In its annual report on the market managing director Stewart Gilliland said: "The quality threshold is forever moving upwards as...
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clicks not bricks: Internet delivery for independent retaile
Wholesale revolution Independent stores' reliance on cash and carries could be challenged by the launch of a new internet delivery service says Ed Bedington Blueheath's co-founder Douglas Gurr is keen to emphasise that his online wholesale venture...
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Brandwatch Mintel category report: Fruit juice and juice dri
Between 1995 and 2000, the fruit juice and juice drinks sector grew by an estimated 51% in volume terms. In 2000, the total juice sector sold a volume of 1,879 million litres, equating to sales of £1,973m. The main threat for fruit juices comes...
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Rising power of wine brands indicated by Stowells record
The growing power of wine brands has been emphasised by the latest figures for Stowells of Chelsea. Figures for the brand, which singlehandedly developed the wine box market, show that in the year to May it sold the equivalent of over three million...
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Blanche and Hazel return for a hit summer of Lilt laughter l
Exclusive Mary Carmichael The Lilt Ladies are back on TV on June 16 to spearhead a new multimillion Lilt Laughter Lobby campaign for the Coca-Cola GB brand part of the company's £35m brand revitalisation programme. In four executions, the...
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Tasting panel: BLACK CAT
From Moorhouse's. A mild ale voted Supreme Champion Beer of Britain 2000 at the Great British Beer Festival Abv: 3.4% Price: £1.28 TARGET CONSUMER David Costello, 48, freelance designer from Vauxhall, south London The black cat is a potent...
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Wal-Mart in the UK: Big ideas in small spaces
It's Asda's answer to Wal-Mart's neighbourhood convenience format, and it's opened in Bodmin. Exclusive report by Helen Gregory Asda is mirroring Wal-Mart's neighbourhood store concept with the opening of its ...
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National Grocers' Benevolent Fund: NGBF must meet needs of m
The National Grocers' Benevolent Fund is planning to relaunch itself as an organisation that is more in tune with the needs of today's fmcg industry. Robin Whitbread, the new president of the trade charity and Sainsbury's retail director, said a...
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The Grocer focus on Denmark: When it comes you beer you want
Carlsberg is the fourth largest international player in beer and is driving forward with its strategy for ever greater clout globally, says Tim Palmer The Danes are emerging as one of the winners in the battle for control of the global beer market....
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Retail crime: Trade links to beat travelling thieves
Retailers across the country are teaming up to create and maintain a national database of the most prolific and persistent shop thieves. Local retail crime partnerships from 35 towns and seven police forces will link up in September and pool data,...
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Pork and bacon: Instability set to persist for EU pigmeat ma
European industry depends on recurrent BSE crises to pull demand from beef Another BSE scare in France last weekend [June 9-10] sent fresh tremors through the EU pigmeat markets. This disturbance is the latest in a quick succession of unpredicted...
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Brandwatch profile: babyfood
Top 15 brands advertised (by media) £k Mar '00 - Feb '01 Total Press Radio Outdoor TV Total 3,627 1,104 94 ...
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British Meat awards: Barr attacks inefficiency and inconsist
MLC chief calls for supply chain change to reflect discerning consumer demands Mike Ingham Inefficiency in the supply chain and inconsistent product quality are serious weaknesses in the British meat industry, says the new Meat and Livestock...
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