All The Grocer articles in 18 November 2006
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World News - 18th November 2006
United States. Wal-Mart has reported an 11.2% increase in Q3 net profit to $2.65bn (£1.4bn) on sales up 12% at $83.5bn. Like-for-like sales at its US stores rose 1.5%, with net sales up 9.9% at $3.64bn. International sales rose 33.7% to...
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Tastes to shout about in low-cal innovations
WeightWatchers from Heinz is returning to the small screen after a three-year absence as part of a £5m investment in the brand, which will also include six new frozen lines. Three new desserts and three ready meals are joining the range...
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Don't tell them about the honey
Food and drink companies were bracing themselves for Ofcom's ruling on broadcasting restrictions on advertising to children as The Grocer went to press. Ofcom's decision was due yesterday (Friday). The industry predicted it would adopt...
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Depot visit Bestway, Acton
Things have changed a lot since Mohammed Ghulam, general manager of Bestway's depot in Acton, London, entered the cash and carry trade 27 years ago. Much of that change has been for the better, he says. "There's much more professionalism than...
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Conference acts to counteract obesity
This week, ministers from 53 countries met at a conference in Istanbul to sign a European Charter on Counteracting Obesity. Are boardrooms quaking in their boots? I doubt it. But it's the latest sign that politicians realise obesity is to...
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Haven't you ad enough?
Take two ad campaigns. One is a high-budget affair featuring three Guinness drinkers who "evolve" into slimey newt-like prehistoric creatures. The other, also for Diageo coincidentally, is an equally arty big budget campaign featuring...
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It's the end of an era for ads
The Milky bars are on me. I'm a secret lemonade drinker. Tell them about the honey, mummy. These iconic catchphrases come from some of the most admired and loved television commercials of all time. In fact there were 52 adverts for food and...
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Know your gangmaster is unlicensed? Be afraid
Many gangmasters still don't have a licence - and some of the businesses using their workers know it, the Gangmasters Licensing Authority said ahead of new regulations due to come into effect next month.The GLA believes there are...
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This week a year ago the winner was...
The past 12 months have been "business as usual" for Chris Blows, manager of Waitrose's mammoth Food and Home store in Salisbury. However, he has also been busy implementing a number of new company processes to better regulate stock control,...
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Tesco backing trend of reduced alcohol drinks
Tesco is the latest supermarket to put its weight behind the emerging consumer trend for lower alcoholic products. The retailer said its latest sales data showed an increasing number of British drinkers were turning away from strong wines...
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Another lash for Labour's favourite whipping boy
First it was ads. Then came health. Now it seems the government is turning up the heat on the environmental front, as the minister of state for local environment Ben Bradshaw called this week for shoppers to dump food packaging at supermarket...
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Reserve shows off antipodean wines
Buckingham Vintners is launching its Reserve range with the aim of demonstrating outstanding examples of antipodean wines. Building on the success of its Buckingham Estate range, the importer said it saw potential for development and...
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Fairtrade: more appeal than organic
Retailers focusing heavily on organics are failing to meet the growing demand for Fairtrade products - and are losing sales as a result, it has been claimed. A survey of 600 shoppers by juice maker Fruit Passion found 41% of shoppers made...
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Argentina points its beef at Britain
Argentine beef is back on the menu, and producers are planning to carve out a share of the British market. After a year of self-imposed export restrictions, the country is back up to 95% of its 2005 exports and planning to relaunch its...
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ASA slaps wrists
11 January 2006. There was a public complaint against two Young's Brewery posters. One featured a man in a white suit with a ram's head. The ad showed the top of a pint and the Young's logo, with the phrase 'This is a ram's...
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Toaster buyers get change from fiver as Asda extends its non food pricing lead
Asda has extended its lead over Tesco in the fight to be the UK's cheapest supermarket for non food items. The Grocer 33's latest non food report reveals that at £177.62, the cost of Tesco's 33-item shopping basket including clothes is...
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Availability
Asda Stanley Grove, Manchester. 0 Own label long grain rice was not being sold at this store due to the GM rice scare, though it did provide all other items on our list. The store also performed admirably in terms of customer...
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The Co-op bares its soul
Below cost selling, price flexing and applying restrictive covenants to land. Typical of Tesco? Asda? Sainsbury's? No - it's the Co-operative Group. The society, which prides itself on its ethical approach to business, this week published...
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Profiles
In Brief: Board news; OFT policy chief; The craft of logistics; Bradshaw rises; Heart beat
Board news Charlotte Morey, trading manager of MBL and Gavin Tennent, retail development manager of WRVS, which runs hospital shops and cafés, have joined the board of directors of the Association of News Retailing. James Lowman,...