All The Grocer articles in 17 March 2001 – Page 2
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Milk rounds take water aboard
The Classic Mineral Water Company has linked up with Dale Farm Milk to deliver water on milk rounds in Northern Ireland. The water firm plans to sell bulk packs 6x2litre and 3x5litre boxes from Dale Farm's milk floats, which distributes...
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Suppliers: Geest achieves double digit growth
Strong demand for fresh prepared food in the UK and on the continent helped prepared food specialist Geest deliver double digit earnings and sales growth during 2000. Finance director Mark Pullen said the group will open at least four new UK...
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Suppliers: Princes restructures to spread further across EU
Princes Group has restructured as it gears up to expand its operations in continental Europe. Canned meat, fish, sandwich spreads, canned fruit and vegetables, cooking sauces, pastas and oil operations are all affected in the shake-up. The...
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Belgium: Strike action threatened as GB knuckles down to Car
Belgium's GB stores are expected to close today (Saturday) as staff strike in protest at pay and conditions. A spokesman said that the introduction of night shifts and selected salary increases, rather than across the board raises, had prompted...
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Safeway: Fresh to Go adds flourish
Safeway is to roll out its flamboyant Fresh to Go hot food offer as 50 of its larger stores nationwide are revamped. It is also putting a freshly cooked food area into its smaller stores as they are refitted and redesigned. Staff nationwide are...
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Human resources: Why c-stores must look after their most val
Convenience store bosses must attract and retain high quality staff if they are to exploit their main strength service. Trevor Dixon, Association of Convenience Stores chief executive, told delegates to the annual conference in Birmingham this...
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Courvoisier aims for cognac crown
The balance of the power in the UK cognac market is shifting. The cognac market grew 4.2% (volume) last year [ACNielsen]. Most of this was generated by grocery multiples with other trade channels in decline. Martell, soon to be acquired by...
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Tasting panel: Golden Glory Ale
Fron Badger Brewery TARGET CONSUMER Tim Ireland, 37, is head of product development for a loudspeaker manufacturer When it comes to beer I fall into the traditional camp. Brought up on a diet of cask ales and the odd continental lager, I find the...
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Andre takes his game to Xtremes
Wilkinson Sword has signed up tennis ace Andre Agassi to front the marketing campaign for Xtreme III, its latest razor launch. Xtreme III is positioned to combine the performance of system razors with the convenience of disposable razors. With…
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Another healthy dose of Reale-ity
Pasta Reale has added a new variant to its fresh organic pasta range. Tortelloni Mediterranean Vegetables and Cheese is made with organic courgettes, onion, tomatoes and peppers (rsp: £2.29). It joins the existing organic range which was launched a...
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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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A breed apart
Colin Breed, MP for South East Cornwall, & the Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs & Agriculture The foot and mouth outbreak has dominated the agenda and, sadly, looks as if it will continue to do so. While the immediate concern must...
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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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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: 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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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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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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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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