All The Grocer articles in 17 March 2001 – Page 2
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Kit Kat Chunky gets its Orange variant
Kit Kat Chunky is to get its first ever flavour variant: Kit Kat Chunky Orange. This is initially a limited edition and is available from April 9. "Limited edition variants are just one way of keeping the brand at the forefront of both shoppers'...
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Wholesale: Toft challenges IGD forecast of C&C decline
Predictions by IGD that delivered wholesale will overtake cash and carry have been described as "intellectually careless" by Federation of Wholesale Distributors director general Alan Toft. IGD's Grocery Wholesaling 2001 report says the cash and...
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Magazines: NatMag shops at Tesco to launch in store campaign
The National Magazine Company has joined with Tesco to offer customers a discount on its leading home titles Your Home and House Beautiful. The offer will be available in all 608 Tesco stores nationwide and promoted with a specially designed...
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Brandwatch profile: health / energy drinks
Top 15 brands advertised (by media) £k Jan'00 - Dec'0 Total Press Cinema Radio Outdoor TV Total 10,223 147 ...
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Brandwatch Mintel Category report: Washing detergents/laundr
The total market for washing detergents and laundry aids was valued at £1.2bn in 2000. New product development and related advertising and promotion have been key features in maintaining consumer interest in what are basically commodity products....
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Global supply chain: Better than sci-fi
A technological revolution that could make the bar code redundant has begun. Ed Bedington reports on T2T Imagine a world where almost every household's kitchen equipment collaborates with the television set to carry out the weekly shop. Imagine...
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But we liked it being called Jif!
Sir; I find it most disappointing that an increasing number of global manufacturers are choosing to ignore British traditions when choosing titles for some of their products. The producers of Jif cleaning liquid recently announced they were...
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Sainsbury: Cod-like fish never sold before in UK
Sainsbury is introducing new types of fish to the UK in a move to help alleviate pressures on the Northern hemisphere's stock of cod and haddock. The supermarket is to start selling Kingklip, Panger and Kob from South Africa from mid March. The...
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Beef: Hackles rise over BSE risk material
Prohibited BSE risk material has been found in yet another load of imported beef, this time a consignment from Spain to a Lancashire abattoir, sparking fresh protests from home producers who want a ban on all supplies from the continent. The...
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Fish: Brussels' cod ban bites as consumers switch to fish
Under European Commission emergency powers, a large area of the North Sea is under a fishing ban to preserve and protect spawning cod stocks. The ban will remain in place for another eight weeks when the 40,000 square miles of fishing grounds will...
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Bursting out of bigger bags
Bursting Bugs appeared in bigger bags this week, and crawled back on to TV as part of a £4.5m ad campaign to support the Nestlé Rowntree brand. The ad campaign also highlights Fruit Pastilles, Fruit Gums, Tooty Fruities and Body Parts as episodes...
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A bagel for Easter from New York
New York Bagel Company is going seasonal, with a limited edition dried fruit, spice and apple Easter bagel. Available until the end of April, this builds on the success of the Christmas bagel. Packs have an Easter theme and carry a free prize draw...
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Blue Riband bites back
Nestlé plans a revival for its stalwart biscuit brand Blue Riband with the launch of a new snacking product. But it's not a repackaging or a repositioning of the brand it's moving into new territory to get people to reappraise the brand and...
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Jelly Babies turn to ice
Frederick's Dairies, producer of Cadbury ice creams is bringing more big Cadbury names into the ice cream arena and doubling the range's support spend to £1m. Cadbury's Bournville Ice Cream vanilla ice cream in Bournville chocolate joins the...
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Magazines: It's business as usual as Attic Futura sell-off l
PMP Communications, one of Australia's leading print and publishing companies and parent company of consumer publisher Attic Futura, is to dispose of its UK subsidiary. Attic Futura has a portfolio of eight titles including market leader Sugar and...
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Multiples: Asda to give more space to its non food offering
Asda plans to push its non food offer harder by devoting extra floor space. Twelve superstores will get an extra 5,000 sq ft of non-food space this year by reducing the food hall by 15%. Lines will not be cut back, but footage will be used more...
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Magazines: WH Smith signals distribution arm sale
WH Smith's renewed distribution contract with Frontline has cleared the way for the sale of its magazine and newspaper distribution business. The contract with Frontline runs for three years and is worth about £12m a year in profits to WH Smith....
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A breed apart
Colin Breed MP MP for South East Cornwall, & the Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs & Agriculture At a recent forum to discuss food issues I met representatives of the CWS who explained to me their recent initiative concerning what...
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A breed apart
Colin Breed, MP for South East Cornwall & the Liberal Democrat shadow minister for Agriculture & Rural Affairs I have been advocating the creation of a Department of Rural Affairs for some time now. Why? The case for reform has been plain since the...
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A breed apart
Colin Breed MP for South East Cornwall & the Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs & Agriculture Germany now has a problem with BSE. Disappointingly, it has taken this spread of BSE and new incidences of CJD to kickstart our European...
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