All The Grocer articles in 16 May 2009
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World News 16/5/09
USA: Wal-Mart's first Supermercado de Wal-Mart has opened in Houston, Texas. The 39,000 sq ft store stocks products that are relevant to local Hispanic customers. It will carry about 13,000 products, including a wide range of fresh fruit and...
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Other Movers 16/5/09
Spirits producer Stock Spirits Group has appointed Peter Sheridan as finance director for its international division. He joins from Enotria Winecellars where he was FD for three years.
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Unilever demands price hikes on 100 top items
Unilever has stunned the grocery industry by demanding double-digit price hikes on many of its well-known tea and savoury food brands.The biggest increases include Ragù sauces, which are to go up 21%, 24 lines of PG Tips (10% to 15%...
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Celebrating 140 years with butter
Sainsbury's has launched a traditional farmhouse butter in celebration of its 140th anniversary.Supplied by Somerset-based Barber's Farmhouse Cheesemakers, which has supplied Sainsbury's with farmhouse Cheddar for more than 50 years, the...
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Promotional offers hit record with 32% of consumer spend
Promotions accounted for a bigger share of supermarket sales in April than ever before, according to exclusive data from Nielsen.Almost a third (32%) of sales at the big four came from promotional offers in the four weeks to 18 April,...
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NewsGrocer 33: Sainsbury's staff bring in top store title
Two retailers provided a full trolley this week, but Sainsbury's in Burton upon Trent clinched our top store award thanks to its knowledgeable and friendly staff.
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3663 backtracks over future of Barking depot
Foodservice giant 3663 is considering closing its London depot - just two months after CEO Fred Barnes denied rumours of a possible closure.An internal memo seen by the Grocer revealed the depot's future was being reviewed following a "...
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Hitting 'wrong button' in IT update costs Tesco £5m
A major till breakdown in more than 100 Tesco stores on Monday cost the retail giant as much as £5m, experts have estimated.The breakdown, which coincided with the rollout of the new Clubcard system, forced 65 of the retailer's larger stores...
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Acid Test: Whiskas Oh So... Fishy Ocean Range
Will these new pouches for pussycats have our panel purring?
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Booker adds chilled lines to Euro Shopper
Booker has launched its first Euro Shopper chilled range - five products all price marked at £1.The range, which includes two cheeses, bacon, honey roast ham and turkey, would offer retailers 30% profit on return, said director of retail...
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Eblex ads to highlight quality and assurance
Eblex has ditched the frivolity along with Beefy and Lamby in its new multi-million pound marketing campaign, which is launched next week.The campaign, which forms the first phase of a £4m marketing spend for 2009/10, will emphasise the...
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Can redesign aims to give Tango more street cred with lads
Tango is trying to regain its edgy appeal with a new Banksy-style look targeting the lads' market. After several years trying to woo mums, Britvic has given the soft drinks brand a stencil-art makeover in an attempt to re-engage with its...
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Walders' alternative to Baileys
Cream liqueur specialist Walders has launched a vanilla-flavoured vodka cream liqueur as an alternative to Diageo's market leader, Baileys. Walders' dairy-free Vodka & Vanilla Creamy Liqueur (rsp: £13.49) is the second cream liqueur to be...
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Brits among the most brand loyal in Europe
UK shoppers are among the most brand-loyal in Europe - but are more likely to buy branded food for their pets than themselves, an exclusive European-wide survey has revealed.Some 56% of UK shoppers bought branded food for their pets, more...
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Family appeal prompts revival of white bread
White bread sales are soaring as credit-crunched shoppers switch from brown to what they see as a cheaper, and more family-friendly option.Strong sales of white helped reverse the 0.7% volume decline that the whole category suffered in 2007...
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Campaign Trail: Filippo Facebook Berio
Traditional olive oil brand Filippo Berio is hitting Facebook and Twitter to appeal to a younger audience. The brand's presence highlights competitions and promotions, and enables consumers to find recipes and share tips on using olive oil. Filippo...
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Big Brother man unveils new cereal
A former Big Brother producer is offering his answer to economic gloom with the launch of Credit Crunch breakfast cereal.
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Suppliers hit out at 'Big Brother' probe of gang labour use
Suppliers using temporary gang labour have called for a new supermarket protocol to be rejected unless it is revamped to give more protection to sensitive company information. Under the new proposals, put out for consultation last week,...
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on the Great White Shark losing his bite
What a load of bullwallop, sorry codshit. I refer not to the sorry attempts of the apprentices this week to rebrand Margate, though James deserves an award for his mauling of the English language in The Apprentice (9pm, BBC1, 13 May), but to the...
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DCS sales boosted by local shopping trend
Wholesaler and manufacturer DCS Europe claims it is on course for a record-breaking year after posting a 10.4% uplift in first-quarter turnover on last year.Sales in the first 12 weeks of 2009 were up £2.4m to £25.1m, while turnover in April...