All The Grocer articles in 16 October 2004
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Foreign Focus
>>What's new overseas?Product: Febreze ScentstoriesCompany: Procter & GambleCountry: the USThis new product from Procter & Gamble is perhaps the most novel product we have seen in a long time, and...
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Food producers meet in Italy to save slow food
Around 4,000 food producers from around the world met at The Terra Madre or mother Earth conference in Turin yesterday.The producers met to agree steps to protect the individuality of their small-scale local produce against the domination of...
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OS&G first for self-checkout
Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op will open the UK’s first supermarket to be serviced purely by self-checkout tills at Montpellier in Cheltenham next week.The store will also be fitted out with electronic shelf edge labels if a trial at the...
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Midlands Co-op buys Metro Stores
One of The Grocer’s Top 50 independent retailers, Metro Stores, has been bought by Midlands Co-opMetro Stores, operating in the Burton upon Trent area, comprise of eight convenience stores providing over 5000 sq ft of retail selling...
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Glenmorangie bought for £300m
Glenmorangie, one of the last independent Scotch whisky makers, has been sold to LVMH, the French makers of Moet Hennessy, for £300m.Glenmorangie, which also owns the Ardbeg and Glen Morray single malts, would be kept as a separate business...
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NFU president voices concerns at IGD
The agriculture industry needs to be regarded as food producers and not just farmers, said National Farmer’s Union (NFU) president Tim Bennett, speaking prior to his speech yesterday at the IGD conference in London.“There is no point...
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Coca-Cola opens up its fridges
Coca-Cola has agreed to allow up to 20% of shelf space in its fridges to stock drinks from rival companies following an EU deal.The drinks giant reached an agreement yesterday with the EU whereby it agreed to end its exclusivity deal that...
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Reckitt Benckiser records successful results
Reckitt Benckiser, household products manufacturer, reported stronger than expected results with a 15% increase in operating profit for its third quarter to £197m and an increase in net income of 23% to £151m.The company stated that the...
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Food trends: what’s hot and what’s not
Wandering through the halls at the Sial international exhibition in Paris this week was a great way of spotting new trends in the world of food and drink. There was absolutely no doubt that health was top of the agenda for many of the 5,000...
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Sainsbury reveals recovery plans
Sainsbury has said that second-half underlying profit would not be significantly different from the £125m to £135m range it forecast for the first six months, however, estimated exceptional costs for the company amount to £550m.These costs...
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Caprabo opens ex-Ahold stores in Barcelona
Caprabo, the Spanish supermarket retailer, is planning to open four supermarkets in the Barcelona area this month. The four outlets were recently acquired from Ahold, and all are sized between 900 and 1,200 square metres.Caprabo...
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The public health ghetto
Tory spokesman takes Labour to task for muddled thinking and incoherent strategiesAndrew Lansley, Shadow secretary of state for healthWhat has happened to public health since Labour came to power? In short, there has been a...
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Testing times with teens
John Wood finds out how independents are facing up to their most troublesome customersThe latest Retail Crime Survey from the British Retail Consortium (The Grocer, September 25, page 40) revealed a large increase in incidents of...
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Tesco thrives but traders still wary
For the past year, The Grocer has kept a watching brief on Tesco’s store in Hove to monitor the impact that the retail giant’s entry has on the local traders and what it means for the community. Amy Balchin gives the final verdictWhen...
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n lawson sales upJapan’s second-largest c-store chain, Lawson, has reported sales for the six months to August up 2.4% to Y128.5bn ($1.2bn). Operating profit increased by 10.2% to Y23.2bn ($0.2bn) and net profit was Y11.3bn ($0.1bn), 10.9% up on a year...
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Waitrose roll-out
A new range of traditional French yogurts and desserts sold in re-usable ceramic pots is set to be launched in the UK.The premium-priced range from South of France producer La Fermière comprises five set yogurts – Lemon, Honey, Vanilla,...
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n tuna price upFollowing a lengthy period of raw material rises, retailers have raised both brand and own label tuna prices (180g) by 10p per can.“The prompt response by the trade to escalating costs will save the industry from catastrophic losses, although...
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Pork space squeezed
English supermarkets are cutting back on the amount of space they give on their shelves to fresh British pork, according to September’s PorkWatch survey.Results suggest that of the leading three multiples, only Asda had given over more space to...
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The proud pioneer
1950s America gave Proudfoot its leading edge says Amy BalchinWilf Proudfoot opened his first shop in the North Riding of Yorkshire soon after the Second World War with £250 and a demob suit given to him on his exit from the Royal Air...
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Sutcliffe in more talks over superstore power
Momentum is building behind calls to curb the power of the leading supermarkets following a series of meetings hosted by competition minister Gerry Sutcliffe this week.Sutcliffe met representatives from the independent sector on Monday and a...