All The Grocer articles in 18 December 2004 – Page 2
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Mince prices starting to firm
There are signs that the fresh beef price war is cooling after it emerged minced beef prices have risen in the stores of arch-rival retailers Tesco and Asda.According to data generated by The Grocer 33 price survey (see p26), the on-shelf cost...
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Filling the LGV gap
Chris Philp, formerly business development director at online wholesaler Blueheath, has launched a company to recruit, train and place drivers for major distributors.The company, known as Clearstone, already has a multi-million pound turnover,...
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Travelling light on the Oriental Express
Oriental Express is bringing out a healthy frozen Chinese meal range under a new China Light sub-brand.The five-strong ready meal range, which rolls out in January, is made up of Honey & Ginger Chicken, Thai Vegetable Curry, Chinese Beef in...
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Ryvita’s plan for exercise
Ryvita will be encouraging consumers to choose its crispbreads as a keep-fit alternative in the new year with a new advertising and promotional campaign.A new ‘Get healthier with 5 minutes of crunches every day’ ad will describe eating Ryvita...
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The exporting of excellence
Quorn has worked meat-free magic for Marlow Foods which won a hat-trick at this year’s Food from Britain Export AwardsMarlow Foods, the maker of Quorn meat-free products, emerged victorious in this year’s Food from Britain Export...
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The Saturday Essay
>>retiring spar chairman morton middleditch wants to see a broad-based strongly competitive grocery sectorAs I come to the end of a career in the trade lasting only weeks short of 35 years, a number of people have asked me what...
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Post office is strangling enterprise
from an independent retailer, name and address suppliedSir; My shop is situated in a rural area of Scotland. The next nearest shop and bank are well over 10 miles away. The shop is open at least 51 hours a week, but when I took it...
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Are you good enough to set a gold standard?
The Grocer Gold Awards 2005 are officially launched this week. Here’s a look back at who earned the honours in our 2004 awardsHave you got what it takes to go for gold? The search is now on for the best in the business with the launch...
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Irish face OTM displacement
The Irish beef industry has been warned that its record exports to the UK will have to be reduced from the middle of next year, when Britain is set to lift its ban on cattle aged over 30 months entering the food chain. According to estimates,...
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Structure that spells supplier defeat
from Grahame Smith, director, Executive Coaching, ExmouthDevonSir; I read with concern the comments on the lack of new product development from your leader and recent letters to the Grocer (‘NPD and the holy widget’,...
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Wall’s Magnum comes to its Senses
Unilever aims to reverse a double-digit drop in the fortunes of its Wall’s Magnum ice cream brand with a new limited edition range for 2005.Backed by a £6.5m advertising spend, including TV, the limited edition Magnum 5 Senses – in Touch,...
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Cosslett checks in to InterContinental role
Cadbury Schweppes’ president, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Andrew Cosslett, has been appointed by InterContinental Hotels Group as its new chief executive. He is to take up his position no later than March.Cosslett has been in his current...
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Smuggling: ‘no change’
Independent retailers have slammed the government’s claims to be combating the smuggling of tobacco and alcohol through the extra resources it has put behind it. In a poll of our reader panel of independents, 84% think that the situation has...
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Solomons is Waitrose supply chain director
Tony Solomons will become the supply chain director at Waitrose on January 30, replacing Geoff Salt who is moving up to his new role as director of selling.Solomons is personnel director at Waitrose, a position he has held since 1995. He had...
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Supply chain woes go on
Sainsbury’s supply chain woes have continued to hamper availability in-store, according to The Grocer 33 data for the last six months.The chain, which has made a concerted effort to tackle problems with its new store replenishment system and...
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Chain of disasters
Was Sainsbury’s automated fulfilment system flawed from the start or was it just badly executed?Tesco may have stolen a march on its rivals in the 1990s when it came to investing in its supply chain, conceded Sainsbury’s director of...
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In profile: Graham Jagger, general manager, Parfetts Cash and Carry, Sheffield
The work has only just begun Graham Jagger and his team at Sheffield worked up to 18 hours a day for three weeks to get their newly-built depot open on time, but now that it is up and...
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GoodCarb carries a special load to the diet market
The low-carb diet market is set for a new contender from a start-up called the GoodCarb Company. The Llanelli-based company has launched two new products that have a naturally low Glycaemic Load (GL). This comprises foods containing fewer, more...
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Top Shop winner builds store numbers
Even by the hectic standards of independent retailers, Atul Amin has had a busy month. It started in early November when his Nisa store in West Bromwich was the national winner in the Top Shop awards, run by The Grocer’s sister publication...
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Bootlegging still hurts
Retailers see little evidence of the government’s proud boast of cutting drinks and tobacco fraudThe government says it is winning its battle against tobacco and alcohol smuggling, and both are on the decline. In last month’s...
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