All The Grocer articles in 18 August 2001
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The Grocer focus on speciality & fine foods: passionate abou
A major part of any retailer's speciality food portfolio is cheese. But to make it special it has to have that certain something and, according to Waitrose cheese buyer Graham Cassie, that is passion. One of their main characteristics is that they...
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My favourite ad: The Famous Grouse
Mark Goode, customer marketing controller, Fox's Biscuits "The Famous Grouse ad is still, for me, the best on TV. I like its distinctive simplicity, the element of suspense involved in waiting to see how the bird will act and the fact the whole...
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Jac Roper's advice centre: How to tell the difference twixt
There must have been many times when you've received visits from pushy reps offering profit-enhancing deals if you will sign up immediately. No need to read the contract because the salesman's patter will tell you all you need to know. It's risk...
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Jac Roper's advice centre: Beware a consultant'
By the time you read this, the Rating Act 2001, which gained royal assent in May, should have trickled down to the local authorities. It will provide 50% mandatory rate relief to village shops with rateable values up to £6,000 in rural areas with...
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Multiples: Asda doing well again' with strong sales growth
Asda has returned from the "relative doldrums" of six to nine months ago and is now outtrading the rest of the industry, said analysts as Wal-Mart released its half-year results this week. Parent company Wal-Mart does not publish separate figures...
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Opinion: The right man to clear the air
It would not have mattered if the new food and farming commission had consisted entirely of archbishops and been jointlychaired by the Archangel Gabriel and Mother Teresa. Someone out there would have found fault with its construction. So I...
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EUROPEAN UNION: Brussels' German meat price probe alarms UK
Fischler suspects intermediaries in food chain of increasing profit margins Nerves are on edge in the British meat retail sector following news Brussels is to investigate German supermarkets' beef pricing practices. EU farm commissioner Franz...
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Sainsbury: Taste Network axed, then Angela Megson moves on
Sainsbury has suffered its second blow in the e-commerce arena with the resignation of home shopping supremo Angela Megson. The chain has just pulled the plug on its digital tv channel the Taste Network a joint venture with Carlton Communications...
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EU apples: Industry being reshaped by bicoloured varieties
Golden and Red Delicious tonnages are now stabilising Golden Delicious still remains the largest variety grown in the EU and will show a marginal 1% increase in the coming season, reaching 2,537,000 tonnes. However, according to crop levels...
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Apples: Global oversupply feared
European apple crops may be down this year by 9% to 7,497,000 tonnes. But producers have claimed that there is an international crisis ahead because of an explosion in world production. That's the view of Noel Devisch, president of the Belgian NFU...
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Tasting panel: Isle of Arran Blonde
From Isle of Arran Brewery. Voted Champion Wheat Beer' by the Society of Independent Brewers. Abv: 5% Price £1.95 TARGET CONSUMER Barry Savage, building maintenance surveyor, age 44, from Sydenham, London The name sounds like an eighties...
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Online retailing: Tesco targets Mothercare with baby site
Tesco has launched a new web site offering parents and prospective parents advice, information, shopping facilities and chatrooms to talk to other parents about their experiences. The You and Your Child site accessed via Tesco.com deals with issues...
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Business barometer: The mixed weather has flattened sales in
When asked about current trading levels, 24% said sales were up on this time last year, whereas last month the figure was 21%. This time round, 45% said sales were the same and 31% believed they were worse. The respective figures last month were 47%...
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Xmas in the bathroom
Lever Fabergé has unveiled its gift set range for Christmas 2001. Lynx fans have nine gift combinations to choose from, ranging from £4.49 to £13.95. All fragrances are available and new Lynx hair and shaving ranges are included. There are four...
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Pop down to Kwik Save to see Becks
We all love sucking up to celebs. But you don't need to go party hopping with the wannabes in London night spots to be able to fawn around the rich and famous try your local Kwik Save. Our northern correspondent tells us that the fair ladies of...
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Co-op decides honesty the best policy for selling own label
The Co-op is extending its honest-labelling policy to cover its entire range of own-label wines and is celebrating the move in its first ever women's press campaign. The £1m push, which aims to highlight the group's self-proclaimed position as a...
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Brandwatch Mintel category report: Hot beverages get a cold
The market for hot beverages suffered a significant decline over the last decade. Household consumption of tea and other hot beverages fell by 30% in the case of tea and 17% for coffee, while consumption of hot chocolate and branded food drinks has...
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Spar: Tates set for biggest ever
Spar UK's most powerful member is planning to build its biggest ever store. Tates, the company owned stores division of Spar UK's biggest wholesaler AF Blakemore, is awaiting planing permission for a store in mid Wales of about 6,000 sq ft, and...
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Biscuit break
Green & Black's is using its eponymous organic chocolate brand to break into the biscuit fixture with the launch of milk and dark Organic Chocolate Butter Biscuits in mid September. The half-coated biscuits come in cream packaging with purple or...
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Cadbury Schweppes: Bitter buys for Mott's
Cadbury Schweppes' Mott's subsidiary is focusing on profitable niche brands with the acquisition of the North American ReaLemon and ReaLime superbrands. Motts is to pay $128m (£90m) for the Eagle Family Foods brands, which last year had sales of...