All The Grocer articles in 2 December 2000 – Page 2

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    Soft drinks: Britvic builds CM into the system

    2000-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Britvic Soft Drinks has integrated category management into the way it does business by restructuring its sales and marketing operations. It has combined brand management and category planning under one director, Andrew Marsden, who changes his...

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    Giving buying power without equal

    2000-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Sir; I read with interest The Grocer feature, Catering for all tastes, (November 18) not least of all because I was quoted as having called multiple retailers "the enemy" and was accused of being "rattled"! I am delighted to be publicised as the...

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    Nisa-Today's: Optimism and buzz

    2000-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Independents are making headway in the battle against the multiples, claimed Nisa-Today's group md John Schofield as the group posted a strong set of full year results. "There is a huge feeling of optimism among our members," he said. "Growth and...

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    C&A chief enlists with NAAFI

    2000-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Managing director of C&A UK Neil McCausland, is to join armed forces retail operation NAAFI as chief executive. McCausland has spent the past year at the head of the high street fashion chain after 20 years with Marks and Spencer in a variety of...

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    Retail spotlight: Carluccio's, London

    2000-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Combine harvest Three into one will go, as Elaine Watson discovers in a London deli-caffé which boasts an Italian restaurant, takeaway and shop You'll struggle to find a pot of powdered Sardinian saffron at the local supermarket, but just...

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    Tasting panel: Garnet Point Chardonnay Semillon

    2000-12-02T00:00:00Z

    From Gallo. An addition to the Garnet Point range. launched two years ago, it has become one of the fastest growing wine brands on the market. Price £4.99 Abv: 13% TARGET CONSUMER Liz Ross Martyn, 25, is marketing manager at JCDecaux. She lives...

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    Food and Drink Federation: FDF under Sylvia Jay wants close

    2000-12-02T00:00:00Z

    The new director general of the Food and Drink Federation is raising the profile of the organisation even before she takes up her post on January 15. Sylvia Jay has thrown herself into a round of meetings with opinion formers in the industry, and...

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    Everyday story of Commons folk

    2000-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Given his performance as a buffoon in The Hague last weekend, it was an uncharacteristically sombre John Prescott who stood at the Commons despatch box on Tuesday to present the government's long awaited Rural White Paper. So new Westminster...

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    IGD: Consumers trust multiples most on food safety matters

    2000-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Consumers trust multiple retailers far more than small shops but vote themselves the most trustworthy when it comes to food safety. In an IGD survey that asked respondents to name their top three for food safety, 37% said they trusted major...

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    Couple retire from Exeter c-stores

    2000-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Malcolm & Trudie Platt have been running Willeys Grocery Store in Willeys Avenue, Exeter, since 1988 and two years ago acquired what is now a Booker's Premier Store in Bowhay Lane. The Platts are now retiring and have put both businesses on the...

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    Netherlands: Format retreat is dangerous'

    2000-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Dutch retailer Laurus' radical restructuring plans to axe five of its six store formats, fire half its head office staff and sell non core assets, including its Spar c-stores, have surprised analysts expecting less drastic measures to tackle the...

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    Internet trading exchanges: Join e-marketplace now warns Tra

    2000-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Exclusive Elaine Watson, Vienna Don't mull over investing in b2b e-commerce for 12, six or even three months, Transora chief executive Judy Sprieser warned grocery representatives at Austria's Vienna Centre: "You have to figure it out now....

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    Marks & Spencer: We stay in Europe'

    2000-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Marks & Spencer has denied press reports that it is considering pulling the plug on its continental European operations. The retailer confirmed it has instructed estate agent Healey & Baker to review its property holdings in Spain, France, Germany...

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    Thunderbirds foods, Parker? Yes, from Hazlewood, m'lady

    2000-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Thunderbirds are go this winter with the arrival of a host of licensed products in the wake of the Gerry Anderson classic returning in digitally remastered form on BBC 2. Lady Penelope is truly FAB again on a novelty cake, part of a set of four...

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    Multiples: Fury as multiples stretch Sunday rules

    2000-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Trade bodies representing thousands of independents have reacted furiously over plans by Asda and Sainsbury to extend their Sunday trading' hours by opening for browsing at 9.30am on Christmas Eve. Association of Convenience Stores chief executive...

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    SKB gives Night Nurse a tonic

    2000-12-02T00:00:00Z

    The Night Nurse TV advert with its reggae theme tune returns to screens this week as the winter sniffle season begins. SmithKline Beecham is targeting the core Night Nurse market of women aged 25 to 44 shopping for the household with the £2.4m...

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    Peggy's going

    2000-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Peggy's, on the Hotwells Road in Hotwells, Bristol, is a newsagent on a main commuter route. Run by the current owner for 24 years, there is scope to convert the 600 sq ft sales space into a c-store with development potential into the rear...

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    Scotland: They're great neighbours

    2000-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Retailers in Kilmarnock and West Cumbria scooped the top prizes in this year's Robert Wiseman Dairies Neighbourhood Shop of the Year awards ceremony in Glasgow. Margaret Low, who manages a Spar store in Munro Avenue, Kilmarnock, received the...

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    Young's grows stouthearted

    2000-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Young's hopes to double sales of its Double Chocolate Stout over the festive period with promotional activities in three major multiples. Its key bottled brand is Sainsbury's Beer of the Month for December, and features on a recipe card for...

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    ONIONS: Holus looks to wider horizons

    2000-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Specialist onion importer/ exporter and distributor The Holus Bureau, which last year sold £17m worth of bulbs from its offices near Ely, Cambs, is branching out to embrace other crops. It has set up a two way office in Antwerp and will launch a...