All The Grocer articles in 2 March 2002 – Page 3
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Tesco cracking on with
factory gate ambitions Tesco believes its new factory gate pricing initiative will help it slash the £500m currently spent every year moving products from factories into its distribution centres. Group supply chain director David Wild said: "We...
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CTN ready for expansion
M & S News is an established name in its locality a popular residential area of Macclesfield in Cheshire on the outskirts of the town centre. The business which, according to the latest available accounts has an annual turnover of £530,000, could...
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Trade outrage over threat of drinks tax harmony for EU
Brewers and winemakers across Europe have slammed European Commission proposals calling for tax hikes on alcohol in countries like France and Germany to bring rates into line with countries like the UK. A proposal to be debated by the Council of...
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Sainsbury will soon launch an intermediate ECR scorecard for
Thorntons posted a 9.2% rise in pre-tax profit to £10.3m on sales up 3% to £102m for the six months to January 12. The company said it would drive sales through more listings in other retail outlets and even pub chains. Procter & Gamble is...
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sainsbury: engagement in this process is not optional'
The message from Sainsbury on factory gate pricing was equally uncompromising. Yes, the supermarket chain had been keen from day one to work with suppliers to ensure its initiative was as collaborative as possible. But Richard Dickson, Sainsbury's...
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Four England-based mushroom growers are preparing to expand
Fiddleford Mushrooms, in Dorset, Pond Chase Nurseries, in Essex, Shackleford Mushrooms, in Surrey, and Snowcap Mushrooms, near Peterborough, produce 380,000lbs weekly, 95% white and 5% brown and chestnut. This level of production makes SMC one of...
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n The message from grocery retailers to suppliers on factory
Manufacturers who thought they could stick their heads in the sand until the current debate about factory gate pricing died down received a rude wake up call last week when the two main proponents of "we collect" supply chains made it abundantly...
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Making a Wal-Mart man feel at home
Yes!Scottish Grocers' Federation annual conference chairman Jim Cree (left) startles SGF chief executive Scott Landsburgh, ACS chairman Mike Greene, and Walkers Snack's American sales director Tom Kuzio with his jolly Wal-Mart style wave no doubt...
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n The first players found an untapped market. But if the sec
When the Australians let the genie out of the alcopops bottle in 1995 no one realised how radically it would shake up the UK drinks industry. Now, alcopops and their more acceptable successors, flavoured alcoholic beverages (FABs) or premium...
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fish: SUSTAINABILITY
US scientists point to serious concern for global food security' Ocean-wide study reveals collapse of fish stocks The first ocean-wide synthesis of the status of fisheries in the North Atlantic has revealed a grim prognosis. A press conference...
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fish: sustainability
JS fights for tuna As sales of fresh tuna reach an all time high, Sainsbury has announced it is to join forces with the Marine Stewardship Council to fund a project to protect stocks. Consumer spending in the UK on fresh tuna alone ...
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SPONTEX FORECAST
Cleaning products manufacturer Spontex is hoping to bring a bit of sparkle to TV screens with its renewed sponsorship of the GMTV regional weather slot. Four 10-second executions will be rotated to run three times daily on weekdays. The nationwide...
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FUNCTIONAL: MORE THAN JUST WATER
Functional food and drink continues to make the marketplace buzz, and the arrival of Danone Activ a year ago shook up the traditional bottled water market. However, with all products of this kind, educating consumers as to what these products...
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GM: technology will help the poor
Sir; I am responding to the letter from Mark Hipshon titled GM Crops Won't Feed the Poor' (The Grocer, February 23). It is disingenuous on the part of critics of biotechnology to keep saying that there is enough food in the world and thus argue...
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Woods heads sales into grocers
Interbrew UK's director of sales for business development Jon Woods has been appointed director of sales, grocery retail, at the company. Woods, 33, joined Interbrew UK (then Whitbread Beer Company) in 1996 as trade marketing manager. He was...
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