All The Grocer articles in 18 November 2006 – Page 3
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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'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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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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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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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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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,...
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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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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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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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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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