All The Grocer articles in 18 October 2008 – Page 3
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Pocket Lynx to leave men no excuse for having body odour
Men will no longer have any excuse to pong after a hard day’s work thanks to the launch of Lynx Bullet – the first pocket-sized, portable deodorant. The range will hit shelves in January, supported by a £8m media spend to include a television...
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Is this a statement of the bleeding or the obvious?
The mood among the big cheeses at the IGD conference was a contradictory combination of courage and caution. Nick Hughes reports
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Shoppers’ shift to local benefits co-op societies
Midcounties Co-operative Society and Plymouth & South West Co-operative Society are celebrating stellar half-year results thanks to strong food sales. Midcounties Co-op said food sales in the 26 weeks to 26 July rose 10.7% to £237.7m. Overall sales...
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Iceland’s Walker tipped to swoop on shares in Baugur
Admitting plans to buy Woolworths have been put on the back burner, speculation is rife that Iceland Foods boss Malcolm Walker is mounting a bid to buy out the business outright. In an exclusive interview with The Grocer, Walker refused to rule out...
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Comment and Opinion
Editor's Comment: Silence over bank nationalisation bodes ill for the food and drink industry
Is the glass half full or three quarters empty? Will it get any worse? How long before it gets any better? At this week’s IGD conference, the industry attempted to answer questions normally addressed by economists, soothsayers and astrologists. I’m...
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Wilja welcomed to Asda potato range
Asda has introduced the Wilja potato as part of a revamped traditional tuber line-up for the autumn. Wilja potatoes, which are long and oval with a yellow skin and pale yellow finish, are said to boil particularly well and are versatile for cooking....
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Asda deliveries break into Tesco stronghold
Asda has launched an audacious bid to break Tesco’s dominance of the grocery market in Inverness. It has just launched a home-delivery service from its store in Elgin, 40 miles away from the original Tesco Town. The move comes as it awaits final...
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Comment and OpinionSecond Opinion: A call to arms over food security
Tim Lang asks what priorities the new Council of Food Policy Advisors should have.
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Defra approves New Covent Garden plan
New Covent Garden Market has been given the green light by Defra to push ahead with its redevelopment project. The approval means Covent Garden Market Authority can begin the process of looking for a private development partner for the site, which...
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Ginsters sizes up its pies to fit appetites
Ginsters has overhauled its pie range, reducing the size of its individual pies from 250g to 180g and introducing a range of 550g family-sized pies. The move was prompted by research that suggested many pies on the market were the wrong size, said...
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AF Blakemore picks Carter to be its first marketing director
Spar wholesaler AF Blakemore has appointed change specialist Jed Carter as its first marketing director. He joined this month from Asda where he was general manager of step change and also worked on the George brand relaunch. Carter said he wanted...
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Advertising: Multiples push value message
The battle to win the hearts and minds of Britain’s grocery shoppers is heating up, finds Richard Hemming
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NewsGrocer 33: Morrisons tastes victory in Eccles
In a week of tough competition, Morrisons in Eccles clinches this week’s Service award thanks to 100% availability, well-staffed checkouts and a tidy store
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Beckham’s face fronts omega-3 food range
After endorsing sunglasses, aftershave and mobile phones, David Beckham has ventured into food for the first time, investing in a new range of vitamin and omega-3 enriched frozen food products. Beckham has teamed up with supplement brand GO3,...
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda basket beats closest rival by £2.14
Asda was comfortably this week’s cheapest retailer, with its £49.33 basket coming in at £2.14 less than nearest rival Tesco’s
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Other Movers: 18/10/2008
Andy Hornby has resigned as HBOS chief executive after the company accepted an £11.5bn government cash injection. Hornby joined HBOS in 1999 from Asda, where he was MD of George clothing. l Patrick Bastow, one of the founders of Swedeponic, which...
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World News 18/10/08
CARREFOUR, SYRIA: Carrefour is to enter Syria with a hypermarket that will be the centrepiece of a massive shopping centre. A Dubai investor has ploughed $1bn (£572m) into the project to build Syria’s biggest mall, which will sit in a fast-growing...
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Bread price falls for first time since ’07
Bread prices have fallen for the first time since July 2007 but industry experts warn the drop is down to supermarket competition rather than falling wheat prices. The average price of bakery goods at the big four on The Grocer 33 database has...
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