All The Grocer articles in 18 August 2001

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  • News

    Smartcards: what's in store with Smartcards

    2001-08-18T00:00:00Z

    "Smartcards have finally got interesting," according to Dave Birch, a self-confessed smartcard nerd. Birch is a director with digital consultants Consult Hyperion and says smartcards have applications far beyond merely stopping fraud. He says in...

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    Quaker synergies for PEPSICO

    2001-08-18T00:00:00Z

    US soft drinks and snack company PepsiCo's acquisition of Quaker Oats has brought cost savings of $400m, up from the $239m initially predicted. PepsiCo told analysts it would make the increased savings through lower purchasing costs as it exploited...

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    Smartcards: The smart money

    2001-08-18T00:00:00Z

    A fair division of the spoils is the sticking point between retailers and banks as the smartcard is hailed as the ultimate weapon against credit card fraud. Ed Bedington reports Crime-busting smartcards are the answer to a bank's prayers and...

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    Profile: Michel Roux

    2001-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Michel's main course Helen Gregory meets the chef who has achieved supreme status simply by catering to his own tastes Sitting in pristine chef's whites, surrounded by slick waiters in the rarefied atmosphere of his gourmet restaurant, Michel...

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    Trebor's the master

    2001-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Cadbury Trebor Bassett plans to breathe fresh life into its mint range by creating a Trebor masterbrand, adding two new products and relaunching the rest with new branding. The company said the masterbrand, which will encompass all brands in the...

  • News

    News special: Lies and the land

    2001-08-18T00:00:00Z

    NFU president Ben Gill reads the papers. He doesn't take kindly to stories about farmers' foot and mouth rip-offs, intentional infection, ingratitude and odd phials. And as for Lord Haskins... Exclusive, Clive Beddall reports Ben Gill came out...

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    New MD for Kellogg Nordics

    2001-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Kellogg UK sales director Stephen Twaddell has been appointed managing director of Kellogg Nordics. The promotion, which takes effect from September 17, will make Twaddell responsible for the company's business in Denmark, Finland, Norway and...

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    Retail spotlight: Jacksons in Hull

    2001-08-18T00:00:00Z

    For crown and gown Jacksons in Hull stole the show at the Top Shop Convenience Store awards and followed the victory with a second coup. Elaine Watson reports As soon as the results of the Top Shop Convenience Store of the Year awards were...

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    Playful personality gets squashed

    2001-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Toffee Crisp's crunchiness is the focus for a new ad campaign featuring a new animated character. Named Toffee Crisp Cheery Chocolate Chum, the character stars in three ads, in a bar, a cinema and at a pool table. These start on September 3. Each...

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    Sainsbury: SIXTY STORES TO GET HOME SHOP

    2001-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury aims to put its expanded cookware range into 60 stores in the next two years. The Home Shop is now in 22 stores and will go into Harrogate and Burton-on-Trent next month; the range is usually introduced when shops are "reinvigorated"....

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    Marks and Spencer: M&S to trial Indian franchise stores

    2001-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Marks and Spencer is to tackle India with plans to open two trial franchises in October. The company has formed a partnership with Planet Sports for stores in Bombay and New Delhi, scaled down from the usual 40,000 sq ft to 8,000 sq ft, and selling...

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    The Grocer focus on speciality & fine foods:

    2001-08-18T00:00:00Z

    analysis by Sheila Eggleston - Market is a moveable feast - Regions will take centre stage - FFB mission should add cash - Fringe products are missing a trick Defining the term speciality is getting trickier as the spectrum of food and drink...

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    The Grocer focus on speciality & fine foods: They're feeling

    2001-08-18T00:00:00Z

    More than 300 exhibitors will be showcasing an extensive menu of premium food and drink products to deli and fine food retailers at the Speciality & Fine Food Fairs in Leeds and London in September. Small individual producers, such as traditional...

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    Slap in the face for newsagents

    2001-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Sir; Federation of Wholesale Distributors director general Alan Toft is spot on in his criticism of the Daily Telegraph (The Grocer, August 11, p9). The Daily Telegraph's campaign to denigrate the work done by Customs & Excise was encouraging...

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    United States: Wal-Mart warns of impact of slowing economy o

    2001-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Wal-Mart's healthy first half figures were overclouded by a warning that second half performance would be at the lower end of expectations as US shoppers felt the pinch of a slowing economy. In a conference call, chief executive Lee Scott said: "It...

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    The Grocer focus on speciality & fine foods: trends & develo

    2001-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Dickinson & Morris claims that consumer interest in the provenance of food has helped boost the speciality sector. Each of its pies are baked without a supporting hoop or tin to give it a distinctive shape, while its sausages are made with premium...

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    Commission on the Future of Farming and Food: Curry declares

    2001-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Exclusive Clive Beddall The farmer and former meat industry executive charged by Tony Blair to head the Commission on the Future of Farming and Food has given a swift retort to consumer group critics who claim he will be unable to take an...

  • News

    First impressions: Comfort Vaporesse

    2001-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Unilever's Vaporesse ­ which is poured into a steam iron ­ offers reluctant ironers' a way to make life easier. Our guinea pig takes up the challenge. Paul Soanes is joint managing director of brand experience agency iD The reason why I retired...

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    Cleaning clout of Fairy goes into scourers and sponges

    2001-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Hands that do dishes are to get new help with the washing up as the famous Fairy brand is extended into sponges and scourers. The 41-year-old brand, synonymous with washing up liquid and protecting housewives' hands, has three products in the...

  • News

    Sheepmeat: Welsh get more cash to help sales of lamb

    2001-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Wales uniquely dependent on light lamb sales to continental markets More money for lamb promotion is being made available by the Welsh Development Agency as the industry in the principality struggles to cope with the deepening crisis caused by FMD....