All The Grocer articles in 17 November 2007 – Page 4

  • News

    Mars promises action on seasonal packaging

    2007-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Mars has pledged to dramatically reduce the amount of packaging used to create its Easter and Christmas products as it also revealed its new product development plans for Easter.The confectionery producer has reduced the thickness of the...

  • News

    Inquiry heads for clash over new planning act

    2007-11-19T00:00:00Z

    There are mounting concerns that the Competition Commission could be heading for a clash with the government over out-of-town planning, following the introduction of the Sustainable Communities Act last month. In its preliminary...

  • News

    Acquisition takes Poupart into cherries

    2007-11-19T00:00:00Z

    The Poupart Group has acquired specialist cherry importer and marketer, Norton Folgate. Poupart chairman Laurence Olins said Norton Folgate would sit comfortably alongside BerryWorld, OrchardWorld and Poupart Citrus, focusing on specific...

  • News

    Tate & Lyle confident about the future

    2007-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Tate & Lyle confident about the future

  • News

    Retail theft costing UK £3bn a year

    2007-11-19T00:00:00Z

    The UK has the highest value of shrinkage in Europe, with retailers losing £3.83bn a year through stock loss from crime and wastage, new figures revealed this week.Theft is the main cause of shrinkage, costing the UK about £3bn a year,...

  • News

    Price Survey - 17th November 2007

    2007-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's was a challenger for the cheapest retailer title this week, but its price cuts were still not enough to stop Asda securing its seventh victory in a row with a £38.74 basket. Tesco and Morrisons have been tussling for the second-cheapest...

  • News

    What the papers said - 17th November 2007

    2007-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Supermarkets sell beer at a lower price than bottled water and risk fuelling the binge-drinking crisis, according to the Telegraph. The paper said that Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda were selling lager at 22p a can, significantly less per pint than...

  • Comment and Opinion

    Letter of the week - How can this 13% not be a barrier?

    2007-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Is it only me who finds the provisional findings on pricing in the Competition Commission's groceries inquiry incomprehensible ('The beginning of the end?', The Grocer, 3 November, p4)? For the second time in seven years it has concluded that a...

  • News

    I would prefer a trial

    2007-11-17T00:00:00Z

    ?A loyalty scheme such as Wedge - which I had not heard of - sounds like it could be a good idea. Any scheme that supports small retailers and gets shoppers to move away from supermarkets would be good. But would I sign up? I'm not sure. I think...

  • News

    Rooney fronts Coke promo

    2007-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Coca-Cola plans to start the new year with a Wayne Rooney-fronted promotion giving football fans the chance to win £25,000 for their club to buy a top youth player.The promotion, which will be supported with a £600,000 marketing...

  • News

    Cadbury's Mr Whippy- style twist

    2007-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Cadbury has launched ice creams that it hopes will position the brand as a more "authentic" proposition in the cone category.The new Cadbury Twist range is made under licence by Fredericks Dairies and uses new technology to give the...

  • News

    'Intelligent' label for Branston pickle

    2007-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Branston Original pickle is the first brand to trial a new smart label that is hoped to put an end to out-of-date store cupboard staples and encourage more frequent repeat repurchase.Premier Foods, which sells 23 million jars of Branston...

  • News

    PG Tips claims title of biggest ethical brand

    2007-11-17T00:00:00Z

    PG Tips will become the UK's biggest ethical food and drink brand following certification of one of its major tea plantations by the Rainforest Alliance, The Grocer can reveal.From January all PG Tips packs will carry the Alliance logo...

  • News

    Future of Gü's frozen puds range hangs in the balance

    2007-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Gü will make a decision next year as to whether it will push on or ditch its struggling venture into frozen.Managing director James Averdieck told The Grocer that it planned to focus on its chilled business, where it still had "so much...

  • News

    Founders of Green & Black's eye retail for bakery venture

    2007-11-17T00:00:00Z

    The founders of Green & Black's are exploring how to launch products from their new bakery venture into retail - using chocolate supplied by the brand.Craig Sams and his wife Josephine Fairley, who sold the business to Cadbury in May...

  • News

    Climbing the ladder - Andy Davis

    2007-11-17T00:00:00Z

    What was your first-ever job? I worked in a butchers while I was at school Give us a quick run-down on your career to date. After I finished college I was a trainee manager at Sainsbury's and then progressed to senior manager of a department. I left...

  • News

    True happiness is about the journey, not the destination

    2007-11-17T00:00:00Z

    True happiness comes when you can not only choose what to do, but also enjoy doing it so much that you become totally absorbed in it. It doesn't just come down to luckAccording to Ken Dodd, it is the greatest gift that we possess....