All The Grocer articles in 17 February 2001 – Page 2

  • News

    clicks not bricks: Locking out the hacker

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    E-tailers face hefty charges if they fall victim to persistent online fraud. But credit cards were not designed for use online, so is anyone developing a cyber-age alternative? Helen Smith reports Barclays, Safeway and Woolworths are among the...

  • Category Report

    Brandwatch Mintel category report

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Soup: popular but NPD essential Soup continues to enjoy very high levels of household penetration, with nearly 84% of housewives serving tinned soup. Volume consumption however, has declined over the last ten years. Nevertheless, this stabilised...

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    Brandwatch profile: bottled water

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Top 15 brands advertised (by media) £k Jan '00 - Dec '00 Total Press Cinema Radio Outdoor TV ...

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    Bogofs: Wild card

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    They're in, then they're out, and now they're being shaken all about. So what is the future of the bogof? Ed Bedington asks those in the know Not so long ago the days of the buy-one, get one free offer seemed to be numbered as the multiples...

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    Partner for black undies

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Procter and Gamble is hoping to make pantyliners an everyday item by bringing out an Alldays Black version intended for use with black underwear. And it is continuing the sector's move from coy blue liquid' style or white lycra and roller skates...

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    Profile: Kurt Bettin, CMA ­ Central Marketing Organisation o

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Accidental exile Kurt Bettin has spent 32 years masterminding the CMA's progress but now, as he tells Helen Gregory, Germany beckons A resident of this country for 32 years, German-born Kurt Bettin declares a fondness for Cheddar, bacon and...

  • News

    Unilever Bestfoods organic buy

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Newly formed Unilever Bestfoods UK has made its first deal in the rapidly growing organics sector with the purchase of small Scottish firm Go Organic. Founded and run by Sheila Ross and Charlotte Mitchell, Go Organic makes organic pasta sauces,...

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    Beef: Irish fear continent will tempt UK supermarkets

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Will multiples be unwilling or unable to maintain two tier market? From Ireland come warnings of impending trouble in the British mainstream retail beef trade as a result of the continental BSE crisis and its effects on trade flows and official...

  • News

    Beef: BSP blow from Brussels

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Detailed changes to cattle aid regime seem likely to affect UK disproportionately Price and supply prospects in the already confused British beef market were further clouded on Tuesday night after European Commission officials met in Strasbourg and...

  • News

    The battle over detergents: It's a marketing coup as Co-op g

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Exclusive Julian Hunt Co-operative Group has scored a major marketing coup by beating both Procter & Gamble and Unilever to market with dissolvable laundry liquid pouches. Brio Actipods, developed by McBride, go on sale in selected Co-op stores on...

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    Retail price spreads: Retailers are backing British farmers

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Hints of a weakening in consumer demand for beef and perhaps even for pork but more evidence of surprisingly resilient trade in the bacon and lamb categories are the main features of MLC analyst Tony Fowler's latest farm to retail price spread...

  • News

    Holsten to go back to its core values

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Exclusive Holsten UK plans to revitalise its brand with new marketing and advertising campaigns including a wide ranging packaging revamp. MD Jeremy Main and sales director Geoff Bradman want to take the brand back to its authentic roots and...

  • News

    Health and safety: Asda fined by magistrates for electric sh

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Asda has been fined £7,000 after an employee received an electric shock from a faulty plug socket on a cash till at a Nottingham store. The company pleaded guilty before Nottingham magistrates to breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act at its...

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    Unappealing antics

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    When bacon sellers put on a show of international bonhomie at the Provision Trade Federation annual dinner on Tuesday, behind the polite smiles will be a deep-seated feeling of anger and frustration. For as overseas sellers sit down with their UK...

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    Duck turns all Imperial

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    A new ad for Cusson's Imperial Leather slips on to TV screens this week as part of a £9m investment in the brand. It airs on February 19 andshows a woman enjoying a shower. Foam falls on her rubber duck which then springs to life and dances around...

  • News

    News analysis: British pigmeat advertising

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Fed up with MLC As the wrangle over last year's ads drags on and on, the Danes and the Dutch just wish the MLC would be more positive. And that the ASA would act faster. Elaine Watson reports The Advertising Standards Authority came in for more...

  • News

    Advertising: Return of the High flyers

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    The big five have gone back to basics with leaflet drops and brochures that focus on price. And they're paying handsomely, says Helen Gregory Open your local paper and you can guarantee that a sheaf of glossy advertising will fall out ­ not...

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    Association of Convenience Stores: ACS aiming for smooth han

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    The Association of Convenience Stores is looking to ensure a smooth handover of power after its chief executive Trevor Dixon confirmed he would be retiring at the end of October. ACS has appointed a firm of recruitment consultants to seek a...

  • News

    Dairy: Graham's acquires Country Fresh

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Scotland's largest independent dairy Graham's has bought Lothian based dairy Country Fresh in a deal that will increase its capacity by another 500,000 litres of milk a year. Graham's accountant Jackie Farrell said the acquisition was just the...

  • News

    Mace: Big deal for Aberness

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Aberness Foods is celebrating the acquisition of its biggest ever convenience store in a deal with TM Retail. The Aberdeen based distributor to Scottish Mace outlets has bought the former Forbuoys store in Newmachar, near Aberdeen. The store has...