All The Grocer articles in 17 November 2001 – Page 3

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    Paterson Arran has re-packaged its range of Oatcakes with a

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    Bernard Matthews' range of cooked meats has taken top spot in Slimming Magazine's Light & Low Awards for the second time. Its range of sliced cooked poultry product was voted top meat product for the second time in two years. Vitabiotics'...

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    Safeway has announced plans to become the first retailer to

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    As part of Safeway's support for local sourcing, customers in the north east of England will be able to buy branded Northumbrian lamb from this week. Northumbria was particularly badly hit by foot and mouth. By sourcing Northumberland lamb...

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    Spar must amass stores to defeat multiple c-force

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    Spar must acquire more stores if it is to eliminate the price advantage suppliers give to multiple competitors, who are now entering the convenience arena in force, said Spar UK chairman Peter Blakemore. Speaking at the Central Meridian Spar Guild...

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    PC Answers has them all

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    PC Answers magazine's 101st edition comes packaged as a special purple and gold boxed set. On sale on November 25, the special edition of the Future Publishing title focuses on how to protect your PC from viruses and hackers. A free pocket...

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    Appleby FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS

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    South west Spar wholesaler Appleby Westward has moved from sixth to fifth place in terms of turnover in the rankings of Spar wholesalers, said Wessex Guild of Spar chairman John Hart. Almost a third of the stores converting to the Millennium Store...

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    Bass brings an ale icon back home for trial in Sainsbury

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    Tim Palmer The UK's leading beer export Bass Pale Ale is being sold in the UK for the first time in over 200 years. The beer that has been doing very well over there ­ it sells a total of 330,000 pints a day in more than 50 ...

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    Scandia lager grows feisty with age

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    Landmark has launched a collection of offers on Scandia, its own label lager range. The 21-year-old brand has also been given a new look to help it compete with the keen pricing from the major brands. A spokesman said: "It competes on quality and...

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    Oh, my God. Not Bin Laden again!" The Boston c-store owner g

    2001-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Two months on from the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, an American Airlines Airbus had crashed shortly after take-off from John F Kennedy airport. A hush descended on the downtown shop as staff and Monday morning customers gathered...

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    n From a very naive start up' with an £18K kitchen and a ti

    2001-11-17T00:00:00Z

    For many, the words frozen food conjure up images of cheap and cheerful products such as peas, pizza and fish fingers. Given that, and the fact that the sector is dominated by the supermarkets and specialists such as Iceland, what potential is...

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    The terrorist attacks on the US on September 11 and the subs

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    The latest economic view from PricewaterhouseCoopers' Macroeconomics unit is that a slowdown is more likely in the UK than an outright recession. Consumer spending is forecast to grow by 3.75% for 2001 as a whole, before dropping to 2.75% in 2002,...

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    A record £100,000 was raised by 800 diners at the annual lun

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    Tesco says it will soon be opening a number of standalone Express convenience stores around the country. Dairy Crest CEO John Houliston is to retire after 11 years when the company holds its annual meeting on July 18, 2002. He will be replaced by...