All The Grocer articles in 18 November 2006 – Page 2
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Tesco to make a splash with beauty launch
Tesco is embarking on its biggest ever beauty product launch next February after recruiting celebrated experts to help it create 180 new products. Gardening expert Rachel de Thame and A Place in The Sun presenter Jasmine Harman are among...
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Recall jitters 'won't hit verdict on bone-in beef'
Analysts say the recall of a batch of Northern Irish beef from supermarkets on safety grounds should not affect public confidence in the meat. But it could not have come at a worse time, days before the EU Food and Veterinary Office...
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In Brief: Benylin set for winter; Yazoo for tag rugby; Ready-to-eat porridge; Superfood cereal
Benylin set for winter Benylin Cold & Flu Max Strength range is getting support from an £8m marketing spend this winter. TV ads showing how the active ingredients work will be backed by outdoor advertising. Yazoo for tag...
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'We have best quality, best value of big four'
Sainsbury's boss Justin King was in a bullish mood this week as he boasted that the supermarket was strongest placed of all the big four to capitalise on future growth. King also claimed the latest advertising campaigns from its rivals...
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JS drive to use Nectar better
Sainsbury's plans to place its Nectar loyalty card at the centre of its marketing in a bid to use the data to understand its shoppers better. It will "significantly improve the exploitation of Nectar", it said in a job advert for a number...
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Northern gets queue of 'sensible' bid levels
Private equity groups and food companies are lining up to bid for the businesses Northern Foods has put up for sale, The Grocer has learned. The news emerged a week after analysts expressed concern in these pages that the troubled...
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Marketing big hitter at bigger Lactalis
Martin Rickenback has been appointed to the new role of group marketing director for Lactalis McLelland, which includes the former Lactalis UK and Ireland operations and Glasgow-based cheesemaker A McLelland & Son. Lactalis said the...
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Seabrook claims it can relate to Blah!
Seabrook Crisps is hosting an unusual on-pack recruitment drive - for the UK's newest political party. Packs of the brand's natural sea salt line will carry a strip featuring key messages from the Blah! Party, along with details of how...
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Bogof's week
At the WRAP press conference this week MP Ben Bradshaw pressed supermarkets to reduce packaging waste. How ironic that the organisers gave out a folder containing 36 sheets of paper. So much for reducing waste. Up to town this week to...
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Cheaper online fags, booze a 'crazy' idea
Online retailers and criminals stand to gain most from an EU ruling that could lower prices for alcohol and tobacco on the internet, wholesalers claim. The European Court of Justice will decide on 23 November whether to accept a...
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Morrisons bows to the inevitable
Morrisons is tiptoeing into the 21st century. The retailer with the famously rudimentary supply chain has announced a plan to shed its supplier-unfriendly image by combining the best of Safeway's and Morrisons' supply chain operations. "We've...
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Jordans hot on trail of healthy breakfast
Jordans is unleashing a broad attack against its major rivals with launches into the porridge, healthy cereal, muesli and cereal bar categories. The company has unveiled seven new products that will rival offerings from Weetabix, Quaker,...
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Most British livestock farmers unprofitable
If you picked a random UK sheep or beef farm, the chances are it would be making a loss, EBLEX says. The end of direct farming subsidies and the true cost of farm labour make most livestock producers unprofitable, according to figures to...
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Splash of colour for distinctive bubbly
Maxxium UK is gearing up for a year of major support for Piper-Heidsieck Champagne, starting with a new advertising campaign next month. The activity - the brand's first UK support in three years - includes adverts in national press,...
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Campaign trail: Coca-Cola Enterprises has taken the wrapping off a Christmas campaign for Coke that builds on the Coke Side of Life theme
Coca-Cola Enterprises has taken the wrapping off a Christmas campaign for Coke that builds on the Coke Side of Life theme. The ads use animation to tell a story aimed at evoking the magic of Christmas and celebrating giving. The...
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Canaries fighting for share on two fronts
Canary Islands tomato growers are fighting to defend their slice of the EU market - but in their eagerness to promote they have launched two unrelated and costly campaigns. They are key suppliers to the UK during the winter season, and...
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Chips to get pricier as potato volume drops
Chip prices could rise after Christmas as supplies of top quality frying potatoes become scarce, according to the British Potato Council. The long, hot summer and low rainfall stressed out the plants, cutting yields and increasing disease...
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Q&A with Chris Rowsby Manager of the Week
How long have you worked at Sainsbury's? I have worked for Sainsbury's for nearly 18 years. I was attracted by the promise of a fast paced environment and the opportunity to work with people and help with their career development. I...
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Unrivalled clout to help develop WKD
Beverage Brands, the owner of WKD, has made Steve Whitlock its new customer marketing controller. Whitlock joins from SHS Sales & Marketing GB where he worked for six years in a commercial role. Prior to that he worked for 10 years at...
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Diet Coke seeks new hunk for the ladies
Coca-Cola GB is seeking a new hunk to front a multimillion-pound Diet Coke TV ad campaign aimed at reinforcing the drink as one for the ladies. Three adverts being shot next month for screening next year on TV and in cinemas will build on...
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