All The Grocer articles in 17 November 2001 – Page 2
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Tastings support De Kuyper range
Instore tastings and advertising in the customer magazines published by grocery multiples will be supporting the De Kuyper liqueur range this winter. Distributor First Drinks Brands is planning to build on last year's pre Christmas performance when...
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Pressure mounts for code's expansion
Rod Addy Renewed calls for the DTI's grocery code of trading practice to increase protection to farmers and small producers from "over-zealous middle men" were voiced as The Grocer went to press on Thursday. The Grocer understands that the issue...
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IPC closes six consumer loss-makers
IPC Media is to close six of its consumer magazines because of their poor performance. Weekly women's title Your Life closes with immediate effect, while the monthly titles Woman's Journal, Your Garden, and Homes & Ideas will also be axed...
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Dailycer first in cereal snacks'
Sir; I read with interest your story on page 50 last week that Weetabix "bagged a first in snacks". This is incorrect as we at Dailycer launched the Big Cereal Company range of cereal snacks into Tesco and Sainsbury in October last year and also...
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Sunday paper comes with a free CD
The Observer has teamed up with The Ministry of Sound to produce a limited edition CD to be given away free with the paper tomorrow (Sunday, November 18). The CD features a selection of tracks from the Ministry of Sound's popular The Chillout...
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C&C standards given a massive thumbs up
Independent retailers have overwhelmingly backed the wholesale trade after accusations that it had rude and unhelpful staff, and its depots were expensive, dirty and often out of stock. The remarks came from restaurateur Paul Clerehugh when he...
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Buyers key to local sourcing says the Prince
Prince Charles has singled out buyers as the catalyst for increasing the amount of local sourcing in the grocery industry. Launching the Business in the Community/IGD guide Growing Rural Business, the Prince said the relationship with "poor old"...
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Staff offered chance to buy into P&H
Employees of Palmer & Harvey McLane will soon be able to buy an equity stake in the UK's top delivered wholesaler under an £80m restructuring of its share ownership. Up to 1,500 staff or 40% of the P&H workforce will benefit from the proposal,...
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One by Ones get three bulge push
Kraft Foods is to throw £750,000 at a nationwide poster campaign for new Toblerone One by Ones in the run up to Christmas. Breaking across 1,800 sites from November 28, the week-long push builds on last year's What?' poster campaign which showed...
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Multiple competition builds in Jersey
Jersey based food group Le Riche is taking on competitors in the Channel Islands with heavy investment in store refurbishment and new space. The group has just opened a 52,000 sq ft Checkers hypermarket at Admiral Park in Guernsey and refitted the...
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What is the land for? The British famously love their garden
But what about the rest of the population? What and whom is the land for? Houses? Food? Recreation? Wildlife? Carbon sinks (soaking up pollution from industrial living)? I was born in Lincoln on the edge of the fens, prime agricultural land, but...
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Haskins plans consultancies as Blackburn prepares to take ov
Lord Haskins who has been doing "a lot of work for the government" will focus on these consultancy roles as he steps down as chairman of Northern Foods and Express Dairies. Northern Foods chairman designate Peter Blackburn has already been...
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Pizza is one of the nation's most popular and best-loved f
Why then has the £580m market slowed in the last year, dropping back from double digit growth in 2000 to a meagre 3% rise in the 52 weeks to the end of September? The culprit is frozen pizza, traditionally the market's driver, which has taken a 3%...
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Cherry-picking kills instore bank
The first instore bank in the Irish Republic, a joint venture between the Superquinn chain and the Trustee Savings Bank, is closing down at the end of the year with losses of around I£6m. 75 staff will be made redundant. Tusa was set up two years...
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M&S wheels in mobile bakeries
Marks and Spencer is experimenting with wheel-in convenience solutions in its foodhalls now they are proving popular in its Simply Food c-stores. M&S started to introduce modular in-store bakeoffs on wheels in its key stores in September and now...
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Dutch bacon to get boost from round two of piggy smashing
Bacon fans will have a chance to smash their way to a cool million pounds next year in a national promotion being run by the Dutch Meat Board. Dubbed smash the million pound piggy', the on-pack promotion is a repeat of a hugely successful...
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From Boston's streets: Blair fare back in favour
Clive Beddall, Boston American shoppers' fears about the safety of British food in the wake of the foot and mouth crisis are diminishing. And Tony Blair's backing for the US bombing raids on Afghanistan is bringing a reciprocal barrage of support...
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Odds are on Asda's Beaujolais
The race to offer the cheapest Beaujolais Nouveau this week was almost certainly won by Asda which was selling the new vintage at £2.98 a bottle. This year's wines are similar in style to last year's according to Patriarche, which launched its...
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asda's secret deli
counter weapon Asda's deli pizza counter sells an astounding 21 million pizzas annually, according to pizza buying manager Tim Cullum. "We call it our secret weapon," says Cullum. Renowned for its value for money, the deli counter's cornerstone...
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