All The Grocer articles in 2 June 2001
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Cadbury's Animals 200g Price promotion 69p Gondola end
Cadbury's cake bars 5 Buy one get one half price Gondola end Tesco Cadbury's ice creams Buy one get one free Gondola end Sainsbury Cadbury's Instant Hot Chocolate Break 400g ...
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Whichever party is elected to government on June 7, it has a
Not surprisingly, a debate is already raging in Whitehall. Whether there is a food and farming commission as promised by Labour is beside the point. Something like it will happen by other routes. Three questions loom. First, who should conduct the...
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The van world is buzzing with activity. Market leader Ford i
Vauxhall has just brought out Vivaro, effectively a rebadged Renault Trafic which it helped co-develop and which, incidentally, is also going to be sold as a Nissan. Citroën has recently introduced a new aftersales support package called Peace of...
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Steak-loving Americans will soon have a new word to add to t
Quorn got the go-ahead from MAFF in the UK back in 1985 when the first product to hit the shelves was Sainsbury's Quorn pie. The myco-protein now turns over $150m in the UK and Europe including the Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden and extends its...
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Adult soft drinks: the rise and rise
The adult soft drinks category first became established as a separate market segment in the 1980s with the launch of Aqua Libra. Other products soon followed, such as the Bottle Green range. Being a relatively young market, there is no unanimous...
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Asda again steals show with the cheapest baskets full to the
Sheila Eggleston Asda has again emerged as Britain's best value supermarket, accounting for 24 of the cheapest baskets reported in The Grocer 33 shopping survey during the past year. The only blot on Asda's phenomenal record came this week, when...
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Delegates heed alert on reform
The Co-operative Commission report into the future of the co-operative movement was overwhelmingly endorsed by delegates at this year's annual Co-operative Congress in Birmingham. After a series of warnings from congress president Len Fyfe and TUC...
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Ambrosia custard goes Splat! when it comes to defeating alie
New TV ads for Ambrosia's Splat! in-a-tube ambient custard snacks poke fun at the gimmicky toys offered with many kids' products. On screens throughout this month and again in September for the start of the new school term, the ads are aimed at...
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If anything can give your business a much needed all-round b
Best of all, now is an excellent time to buy. Not only has there been a significant number of superb new vans introduced since the last time The Grocer ran its annual van round up, but buying methods and practices have also changed and you don't...
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low-tech alternative
Sir; While reading with interest how some of the large grocery stores can now offer vouchers in exchange for loose change (The Grocer, May 26, p10), can I suggest that a system I saw recently in Boston, US, has much to commend it, especially in...
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Butcher's Pet Care makes two senior board appointments
Northamptonshire-based Butcher's Pet Care has announced two senior board appointments. Mark Ashworth becomes the company's chief executive, while Mike Bedford takes the dual post of finance director and company secretary. Ashworth joined Butcher's...
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Asda cheapest in survey for fourth year running
Exclusive Sheila Eggleston Asda is still Britain's cheapest food retailer despite facing intense competition from arch rival Tesco. For the fourth year running, the Wal-Mart subsidiary has notched up the highest number of cheapest baskets in...
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Asda's decision to turn honest labelling into a competitive
When launching its 200-strong range of Good for you! products, Asda said: "We took a red pen approach and crossed out all the false and misleading product descriptions which can misinform and confuse customers. The result is a range which states the...
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Showing considerable restraint, we began with an assessment
The name Cielo the Italian name for sky is pretty meaningless. I guess it's meant to relate to the light, fluffy texture of the product. The side of pack copy tells us this is a truly modern product'! But why an Italian name from a German...
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Bacardi Breezer's dancing cat
"When Barcardi's agency originally pitched the idea for a dancing tomcat, I am sure that the Barcardi team did not envisage the impact (and merchandising opportunities) that this advert would create. In one of the fastest growing categories in the...
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School's out and youngsters get summer treats into the barga
The summer theme continues in store, but has grown more dominant with its focus on products which appeal to children a tie in with the half-term school holiday. The category chart particularly highlights the central summer theme with soft...
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Whitworths has been bought by its management, headed by chie
A reward for information leading to conviction of a gang of shop raiders has been doubled to £10,000 by Leeds Co-op, Yorkshire Co-op, Jacksons Stores and T&S Stores. Nield Group, which claims to be the biggest independent wholesale distributor and...
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Scottish Courage now seizes the UK rights to Peroni beers
Hot on the heels of the addition of the Austrian beer Zipfer to its portfolio, Scottish Courage has announced its acquisition of the UK rights to the Italian Peroni beers. It will be selling Nastro Azzurro and Gran Riserva in the off-trade from the...
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New mds take Bibendum helm
Bibendum managing director Tom Heywood-Lonsdale has stepped down after 13 years at the wine merchant. He is succeeded by joint mds Dan Jago and Michael Saunders. Heywood-Lonsdale said: "Thirteen years in the same job is sufficient. I need a new...
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Walkers is launching limited edition six-pack Bolognese flav
Consumers can win a sports car in a summer on-pack promotion for Findus' lasagne and macaroni pasta ready meal range. Dragonfly Teas has added Moroccan Mint and Moonlight Jasmine to its organic portfolio. Marlow Foods has brought out Quorn...