All The Grocer articles in 2 June 2001
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Two for tea
Speciality tea and coffee company, Twinings, has made two appointments to its marketing team. Kathryn Gorin has become product manager responsible for the new product development and marketing of the Twinings speciality tea and gift ranges. She...
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SUPERMARKET style
Huge car supersites have brought supermarket practices to car buying in the UK where a vast selection of piled high sold cheap' vehicles represents massive savings on UK list prices. And now vans and pick-ups are being sold in the same way....
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promotions
Diana margarine stays Van den Bergh is pressing ahead with its Thanks packs of Flora margarine endorsed with the name of Diana, Princess of Wales, despite the public outcry, and claims it is a tacky initiative. A limited number of packs have been...
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Promotions
Promotions pour vast amounts of money down the drain. How can they be made more efficient? Continual evaluation is one answer, as Helen Feary of IRI reports More than 60% of some grocery lines are now sold on promotion, with millions of pounds...
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Promotions
Promote what sells not what doesn't! Independent retailers could be losing customer footfall by promoting the wrong lines and some of the blame must lie with the UK's cash and carry wholesalers. While a number of C&C trade press advertisements...
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Promotions
Promote what sells not what doesn't! Independent retailers could be losing customer footfall by promoting the wrong lines and some of the blame must lie with the UK's cash and carry wholesalers. While a number of C&C trade press advertisements...
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One stop for tobacco
Nisa retailers can now obtain their tobacco requirements through the group's Nisaway central distribution facility. Deliveries will commence on June 4, completing the final link in Nisa-Today's plan to provide a one stop shop for its retail...
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n With the latest results out, is there hard proof Sir Peter
Sainsbury's fortunes have seemed rather like a runaway trolley over the last few years, complete with wobbly wheels. After years of growing market share, it began haemorrhaging customers and profits while arch rivals Tesco and Asda continued their...
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israeli GRAPE
New varieties Airfreighted Israeli Perlette grape has arrived on the UK market earlier than anticipated this season, coinciding with the news that total UK imports will be increased. Rani Friedlander, UK general manager for Agrexco, expects the...
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Hula Hoops XL goes obsessive
A new £2.5m ad campaign for Hula Hoops XL focuses on flavour-obsessed consumers who will go to extremes for their favourite. Three 10-second TV ads, which kick off on June 4, feature Nacho Cheese, Cool Chilli and Curry fan. Posters also include a...
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Can the giant really wake up?
For industry folk with long memories, and this writer is among them, the speeches at last weekend's Co-op Congress in Birmingham had a familiar ring. Sadly, some well meaning Co-op people have, for far too long, indulged in masochistic annual...
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Inquiry will be far-reaching
Prime minister Tony Blair has confirmed that Labour is keen to push ahead with a far-reaching inquiry into farming and not just sponsor an inquest into the outbreak of foot and mouth. There have been fears that the inquiry would be downplayed by...
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Jacksons spends millions on expansion and refurbishment
Hull based c-store chain Jacksons is aiming to double its size in five years and is pumping £5.5m into its store portfolio over the next two years. The 95-strong chain, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, is embarking on an...
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Every Witch way for skin
EC De Witt, the company behind skincare brand Witch, is splashing out £3.5m in a new marketing campaign to push the "natural" positioning of the brand. The campaign which breaks on June 4 and runs on TV and in women's magazines uses the theme ...
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No fears over M&S effect
Northern Foods chief executive Jo Stewart is optimistic that M&S's troubles will not impact on his business. Over exposure to Marks & Spencer, which provides about 30% of Northern's business, is not a cause for concern, Stewart emphasised. ...
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Hamburg stores trial EDLP as Spar shakes up its strategy in
Spar's German operation is trialling EDLP in three of its larger stores in Hamburg in a bid to reverse declining sales, said International Spar MD Gordon Campbell. High/low pricing in stores over 8,000 sq ft doesn't work in the German retail...
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Sally Easton
Master of Wine and wine buyer for Berry Brothers and Rudd This has a lemon colour with a hint of opaqueness. It smells intensely of ripe lemons and a little honey. The palate is gently sparkling with freshening acidity and sufficient sweetness to...
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Foodservice will dominate US spend
The foodservice industry will win its battle to claim a majority share of the US food dollar by 2010, according to a new report. Over the next 10 years foodservice will build up a 51% share in a market which by then will be worth an estimated...
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Enter the Wuning hypermarket in the Putuo district of Shangh
For starters, the store is brightly lit and decorated with garish red and yellow PoS materials, all designed to appeal to the Chinese consumer, according to Jean-Luc Chereau, president of Carrefour China. The red and yellow materials are used to...