All The Grocer articles in 19 December 2009

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  • UNILEVER-GRIMBY
    News

    Unilever ponders billion-pound ad spend shake-up

    2009-12-22T10:51:00.423Z

    Unilever is reviewing its media and advertising spending and could take a £281m marketing contract away from advertising giant WPP, according to the Daily Mail.

  • HOVIS-LAD
    News

    Hovis crowned in The Grocer’s Top Products 2009

    2009-12-21T10:47:26.910Z

    Hovis stormed into pole position in The Grocer’s 2009 Top Products Survey chart, with the biggest growth in value of all the products across 76 key categories.

  • News

    Waitrose wine boss heads for Direct Wines

    2009-12-21T10:20:49.770Z

    Direct Wines has completed a swoop for Waitrose wine chief Justin Howard-Sneyd.

  • News

    Mugabe henchmen storm Nestlé HQ

    2009-12-21T09:59:55.973Z

    The Zimabawean office of Nestlé has been blockaded after the Swiss manufacturer stopped buying milk from a farm owned by President Robert Mugabe’s wife, Grace.

  • TESCO
    News

    Yorkshire Tesco plan sent to court

    2009-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Plans for a new Tesco in the Yorkshire town of Driffield have been delayed after a judicial review into planning consent was called.

  • News

    Rutherford set to retire from Seafish

    2009-12-19T00:00:00Z

    John Rutherford, the outspoken CEO of Seafish, is to retire by the end of June next year."I have had the privilege of serving the seafood industry in what must rank as one of the industry's best jobs for the past eight years," he said....

  • News

    Quality Test: Standard own-label mince pies

    2009-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Asda's mince pie was the worst. With a very sharp filling and a weak structure to the pastry, it was also noticeably smaller than the others.

  • News

    Tesco trials One Stop at superstore garages

    2009-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Tesco is converting forecourt stores at its Dudley and Cannock superstores to the One Stop format.Tesco, which owns c-store chain One Stop, said the trial would give consumers more variety and choice at the sites. A national roll-out...

  • News

    Waitrose launches ‘vital’ frozen range

    2009-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose is relaunching its frozen food range to offer a "vital store cupboard" that includes scratch ingredients, bakery lines, risotto and slow-cook dishes.The 50-strong Waitrose Frozen range has been developed by chef Nigel Nugent to...

  • News

    Defra guidance over Palestinian/Israeli labelling welcomed

    2009-12-19T00:00:00Z

    New Defra guidance on the labelling of products sourced from the West Bank has been hailed as a victory for consumer empowerment. "Traders and retailers may wish to indicate whether the product originated from an Israeli settlement or...

  • News

    Former Innocent MD to run Daylesford Organics

    2009-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Former Innocent MD Jamie Mitchell is set to become the new chief executive of Daylesford Organic, The Grocer has learned.Mitchell officially takes up his role on 4 January although he is already familiarising himself with the company at...

  • News

    The Cornish sardine gets PGI status

    2009-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Cornish sardines have become the 40th UK food to be granted protected food name status by the EC.The sardines, better known as pilchards, were awarded PGI status because of the way they are caught and their historic links with...

  • ADAM LEYLAND
    Comment and Opinion

    Editor's Comment: Grocery not only weathered the recession, but delivered a host of surprises

    2009-12-19T00:00:00Z

    If some of the more memorable themes of this year's Top Products Survey seem familiar own-label losing share to brands; promotions reaching record levels; food price inflation; supplier consolidation; and the revival of several big...

  • News

    Second Opinion: Who’ll be the Christmas winner?

    2009-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose and Morrisons will do well, and Tesco is set to improve on 2008, says Clive Black

  • News

    The Thresher chest

    2009-12-19T00:00:00Z

    First Quench Retailing may have gone, but its customers haven't. What should c-stores be doing to take advantage? Graham Holter reports

  • News

    MPs call for review of porn mag display

    2009-12-19T00:00:00Z

    MPs are calling for an urgent review of how pornographic magazines are displayed in shops.As The Grocer went to press, more than 50 MPs had signed an Early Day Motion calling for the government to review the positioning of the magazines...

  • CADBURY-SHARE-PRICES
    News

    Me, myself & Irene: Cadbury chief Todd Stitzer talks

    2009-12-19T00:00:00Z

    In the 14 weeks since Kraft went hostile, Takeover Panel rules have limited Todd Stitzer and the Cadbury senior management team to now-tired rhetoric around Kraft's "derisory offer". On Monday day 32 in the rigidly timetabled takeover...

  • News

    Partnering with charity can make good business sense

    2009-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Charities in the grocery sector are taking a more professional and commercially minded approach as they scale up their activities, as Alex Black reports

  • Comment and Opinion

    Geoff Burch Talks Shop: Croots Farm Shop & Kitchen

    2009-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Hidden away down a winding lane in Derbyshire, Steve Croot and his rural retail palace are showing just how much you can do with good-quality local produce and your own labelling machine

  • News

    First Milk on the road to recovery, says boss

    2009-12-19T00:00:00Z

    First Milk's chairman and interim CEO Bill Mustoe has insisted the company is "in the recovery pattern" and is well placed for a stable and successful future.In his first major interview since joining the company in October, Mustoe told...