All The Grocer articles in 18 April 2009 – Page 2
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NewsGeoff Burch Talks Shop: The Londis
In the first of a new series of articles for The Grocer, business guru and presenter of BBC TV programme All Over the Shop Geoff Burch visits a Londis convenience store in Leamington spa to give it his best makeover
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Profiles
Careers File: As my hair gets greyer, people's manners in business get worse
They say that we all turn into our parents eventually. I don't know about that but, as the grey hairs multiply, I do find myself coming out with things that, to the people around me, seem to confirm my inevitable transformation into one of Terry Wogan's TOGs (Terry's Old Geezers).
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Call for investment in dairy manufacturing
The British dairy industry could be reduced to producing little more than raw milk and some high-value cheese if manufacturers do not invest further, an industry analyst has warned. While Britain had become adept at producing premium...
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Campaign Trail: A ripping yarn from Foster's
Foster's is flexing its muscles with Hulk-like strength in S&N's latest ad for the brand's Scuba can. London Tube escalator screens will feature animated images with the metal of a Foster's Scuba can - which contains a lager widget - ripping apart...
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NewsTV campaign pushes Président Emmental
Lactalis McLelland has kicked off a £1.5m TV ad campaign to push its Président Emmental. The three-week campaign, launched this week, features a 20-second commercial running between primetime shows such as Coronation Street, Grand Designs...
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on Great White and the infernal canteen
Hell is other people, it was famously observed by Jean-Paul Sartre. As a miserablist, drug-using Frenchman, he probably had a point. Hell's Kitchen (ITV, weeknights), meanwhile, is reserved for those pseudo-celebrities so crushingly inane that...
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Doritos puts cheese and spice together
Doritos is launching a new crisp variant that it claims brings together two of the most popular flavours on the market.The new Flamin' Cheeseball crisp (rsp: 38p for 40g, £1.77 for 225g), a mixture of cheese and spices, is to be added to the...
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NewsChicago Town claims Takeaway is tastier than Domino's pizza
Chicago Town is aiming to take a slice out of Domino's and Pizza Hut's delivery business with a revamp of its Takeaway frozen range. In a bid to encourage consumers to switch from having pizza delivered, the Dr Oetker brand has added the...
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NewsCommodities: Waiting for meat prices to fall? You'll keep waiting...
Meat prices haven't reflected the falling costs of commodities and the situation isn't about to change. Why, asks Mintec analyst Robert Miles
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Compass signals retail push in wake of McColl hospital swoop
Compass Group has announced major expansion plans for its UK retail business following its £19m swoop for 27 hospital stores from Martin McColl.The £1.9bn turnover caterer, which also owns more than 100 stores in education campuses and 14 in...
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First franchising, then foodservice for Cook
Frozen ready meals retailer Cook is set to open up its offer to other retailers in its first move into franchising.Cook, which has 32 stores in south east England, is finalising a franchise package that will allow other businesses to run...
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NewsOwn Label/PLMA Preview: Ideas that cross frontiers
The recent success of the discounters is a reminder to the UK's grocery establishment that British consumers have a strong appetite for foreign goods and ideas. By Adam Leyland
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NewsM&S red meat volumes soar thanks to price cuts
Marks & Spencer has turned around last year's poor performance on red meat through an aggressive price-cutting programme. The retailer's volume sales of red meat plunged 30% year-on-year in late 2008 as the recession took its toll....
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Price cuts 'trample the green shoots of recovery underfoot'
Milk processors have come under renewed fire from farmers' unions following another round of price cuts.Dairy Farmers of Britain last week announced it was dropping its standard milk price by 2.2ppl to 20.16ppl from April 1, its third...
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Independent View: The march of the discounters
Sales are soaring as recession-conscious, bargain-hunting consumers head to discount indie stores in their droves, reports Beth Phillips
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Comment & Opinion
Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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NewsRachel's drops 'Organic' as packs get fresh look
Yoghurt specialist Rachel's Organic is dropping the word 'Organic' from its name to simplify its brand identity.
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Sausage maker to raise pigs due to supply fear
Debbie & Andrew's is to re-establish its own pig herd due to growing concerns about the long-term availability of British meat.
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Suppliers left with post-Woolies egg mountain
Manufacturers have been left with hundreds of thousands of excess Easter eggs after the supermarkets failed to sell stocks despite eye-watering promotions.
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InBev names line-up for its enlarged operations
InBev UK directors have taken up their new roles as part of the new UK and Ireland management team at Anheuser-Busch InBev at the expense of their A-B counterparts. Steve McAllister, MD for take home retail at InBev UK, becomes divisional...
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