All The Grocer articles in 2 March 2002 – Page 2

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    Name: Richard Broadhead

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Position: Senior logistics manager Company: Jacksons Stores The job: Broadhead reports to trading director Richard Lancaster and will be responsible for warehousing and transport. Lancaster said Jacksons was ...

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    McNeil Consumer Nutritionals brought cholesterol-reduction t

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Made from a rice, oats and honey base, the bars come in in apricot, raisin and nut and milk chocolate chip and hazelnut variants and all have fewer than 100 calories. The company recommends two to three servings of Benecol each day to get the ...

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    Stubbs plans to build enthusiasm for wine in Safeway

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Safeway has recruited former Seagram wine director Matthew Stubbs as wine buying manager. He will report to commercial manager for beers, wine and spirits Tom Brooks. Stubbs will be responsible for the overall direction of the Safeway wine range. ...

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    Chilled goes down a treat for own label and mum gets busy in

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Asda has dramatically increased its domination of the chart and stands at number one, a full 12 percentage points ahead of Sainsbury. Asda has a strong Mother's Day theme which most certainly contributes to its position in the chart. The...

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    Buy local' deserves cash

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Running a close second on the emotion scale to the GM food/organics furore, the challenges around local sourcing are rarely out of sight, as was demonstrated at this week's Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee hearing. Anecdotal...

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    Defensive buying drives shares up

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    A flat market has given a boost to grocery retailers and manufacturers and our basket's well ahead of the game A flat market has pushed up The Grocer's shares this month as investors bought into the defensive qualities of the sector. However, in...

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    Slow gin looks to Gordon's as it changes shape and returns t

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Tim Palmer Gordon's has been given its most radical change for 60 years as part of Guinness UDV's plans to revitalise the gin stalwart. The pack has had a major facelift and the brand will go back on TV for the first time in five years. To ...

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    Tesco works to reward individual at checkouts

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has started trialling promotional initiatives utilising Clubcard data to target customers with ultra-specific deals at the checkout. Dunnhumby, the consultancy helping Tesco develop Clubcard, said trials had started in January in a cluster of...

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    More cheek from Malibu

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    The fashion industry is the latest target for ridicule in Malibu's Life Less Serious campaign. A £1m cinema ad will run nationally from now until the end of June and is part of a £3.8m budget for the brand this year. Senior brand manager Elsa...

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    New Zealand, Chile and France are the three most competitive

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    They took overall first, second and third place respectively in competitive rankings for the world's major apple suppliers. The US report, compiled by Belrose, studied each country's production efficiency, infrastructure and imports, finance and...

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    Israel's largest citrus grower and exporter Mehadrin Tnuport

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    MTE says the instore promotions will include discounts and special offers through a coupon system and the chance to win family holiday prizes. Dov Warmen, md, said the activity would establish Jaffa as a serious player. MTE produces 260,000 tonnes...

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    MPs put local sourcing claims on trial

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    MPs have slammed representatives from the major supermarkets for claiming they take local sourcing seriously. Sainsbury, Tesco, Asda, Safeway, the Co-operative Group and Netto were witnesses as the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Select...

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    UK firm clinches Galbani deal

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    UK private equity firm BC Partners has beaten off competition from Parmalat to buy Italian cheese and cured meat maker Galbani from Danone in a E1.015bn deal. Galbani has a significant presence in the UK market supplying Italian cheeses for...

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    HEINZ SURPRISES WITH COLOUR trial

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Heinz is to broaden the spectrum of its US EZ Squirt tomato ketchup range with the launch of another colour. It is rolling out one million camouflaged bottles containing either pink, orange or teal (greeny-blue) sauce. Consumers won't know which...

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    get an edge in a competitive environment

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Exhibitors are ready to unveil a raft of launches and a wealth of new ideas to give c-store operators the edge in an increasingly competitive marketplace With nearly 150 exhibitors, the Convenience Retailing Show will be packed with products for...

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    so completely at your convenience

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Revitalised and ready for a record number of visitors, the CRS is a unique and impressive window on the world of convenience retailing Everything for the efficient running of a c-store business can be found at the Convenience Retailing Show 2002...

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    CONCERN AT DATA SWITCH

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Sir; Over the last decade Asda has released its EPoS or Named Account Data to its suppliers. However in view of its withdrawal of this data, it will leave many companies such as ourselves in the dark. Our company has built our trading relationship...

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    Each of these four Indian condiments is described on the jar

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    The three of us ordered a huge take away ­ a variety of curries, rice, naans and onion bhajis. We are all lovers of Indian food ­ I was largely brought up on it ­ and were interested in how the sauces would complement the food. To me Shere ...

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    n The realities of modern consumer demands mean the supermar

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    It is perhaps unfair to compare seasoned environmentalists with Charles Dickens' miserable character Scrooge, yet both seem reluctant to enjoy Christmas. While the star of A Christmas Carol insists that anyone with Merry Christmas on their lips...

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    Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes ­ Good Excuses

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Created by: J Walter Thompson Launched: 2000 This gentle ad presented ordinary people indulging in an extra bowl of Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes at breakfast to the sound of Maurice Williams singing Stay (just a little bit longer). The captions spelt...