All The Grocer articles in 18 November 2006 – Page 4
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Comment & Opinion
Letter of the week
The revelation that the Competition Commission is demanding pricing information from major suppliers was great news for wholesalers. This data represents the last piece of the jigsaw that the Commission must have in order...
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Profiles
From meat to seafood
Robert Mitchell has been appointed group commercial manager at Macrae Food Group. In a new role for the company, Mitchell will improve the management of key customer accounts operated by Macrae and its parent company Young's...
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News
Record volumes for Nisa-Today's
Nisa-Today's has recruited UK leisure group Pontin's as a member and announced record sales volumes. Both developments take the group nearer to its goal of boosting distribution volumes to compete with supermarket buying...
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News
Tamar Ridge offers rare Riesling to UK
A Tasmanian wine producer has bottled a rare Riesling and is offering it to the UK off-trade market. Tamar Ridge is launching Botrytis Riesling, which comes from selected areas of the Kayena Estate vineyards around the winery. The...
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News
Price Survey
The retail cost of red seedless grapes has remained largely stable this week following the rise of 11.8% seen in last week's report. The only retailer to have increased the price of its 1kg punnet was Waitrose, which over the past seven...
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News
Retail Surgery
Mulji Kotecha Retailer. Says: Price cuts can effectively boost sales, but I have found bogofs most effective. Because I know every one of my customers by name, I just tell them about these offers. I don't need sales materials, I...
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News
Top-Up shop
Who we visited. Total Bonjour, Surbiton, Surrey. Nisa, Woodford, Manchester. Midlands Co-op Measham, Derbyshire. Londis Surbiton, Surrey. Tesco Express, Clifton, Bristol. How they performed. Our...
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News
Vision buys Northern Foods' businesses
Private equity firm Vision Capital has acquired Northern Foods' speciality bread, chilled pastry, cakes and flour milling businesses for £160m.The sale, which is expected to be completed in January and subject to shareholder approval,...
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News
Discovery Foods considers sale
Mexican and regional American foods manufacturer Discovery Foods has appointed financial advisers and is considering selling part of the company to private equity.“We're certainly looking for more investment. There is always more need for...
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News
In Brief: Bee Movie promo; Higgidy additions; Hunger-stoppers
Bee Movie promo Honey Monster Foods has teamed up with Paramount DreamWorks' film Bee Movie for an on-pack promotion on Sugar Puffs to coincide with the film's launch on 14 December. Shoppers can win an XBox 360 and copy of the...
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News
Dorset Cereals plans bagged snack launch
Dorset Cereals is moving into bagged snacks next year as part of ambitious expansion plans it hopes will double sales to more than £40m.During 2008 the business will launch into more cereal products before breaking into new markets, with...
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News
Coca-Cola drink to prevent blood clots
Coca-Cola and Unilever are throwing their weights behind groundbreaking new products containing an ingredient said to help prevent blood clots.Coca-Cola plans to launch a mass-market drink containing the tomato-based ingredient...
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News
Ski chiefs say brand is not on a slippery slope
Lactalis-Nestlé is investing £5m in Ski to allay fears that the future of the brand is in doubt following the axing of breakfast drinking yoghurt Ski Up & Go.The product, one of the least overtly health-oriented in the sector, has been...
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