All The Grocer articles in 2 May 2009
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Tesco targets a million new Clubcard members
Tesco expects to add one million new Clubcard members into the fold as a result of the £150m revamp of its loyalty card scheme.
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Builder’s Breakfast wins Walkers new flavour contest
Voters have crowned Builder’s Breakfast as the winner of Walkers’ brand-building ‘Do us a Flavour’ campaign.
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Tesco slashes Irish prices to stem euro exodus
Tesco Ireland has slashed prices by almost a quarter at a clutch of stores to stem the flow of cross-border shoppers seeking bargains in Northern Ireland due to the strength of the euro.
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Duval-Leroy debuts champagne ‘easy stopper’
Revellers need no longer be in danger from flying corks thanks to a new ‘easy stopper’ that aims to make opening champagne a risk-free affair.
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Rowntree's Randoms target teens
Nestlé is taking on Haribo by targeting 16 to 24-year-olds with bagged sweets Rowntree's Randoms.The latest product from the confectionery giant is a 50g bag of jelly sweets (rsp 39p) that come in a variety of textures, flavours and 70...
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Totally Frank
Fredericks Daries' Frank Frederick is taking on ice cream's big boys with his own brand. Nick Hughes reports
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New Fridge Raiders flavours get TV push
Mattessons is ploughing £4m into advertising Fridge Raiders this year and is adding two new flavours to keep sales momentum up.A permanent BBQ flavour and limited-edition Hot & Spicy variant were being rolled out now - the first in a series...
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Shoppers rediscover taste for oranges as prices fall
Oranges are back in favour after three years of declining consumption as shoppers take advantage of cheaper prices and promotions. UK consumers ate 6% more oranges last year, according to TNS figures for the 12 months to November 2008,...
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Shortage of tomatoes expected this summer
Supermarkets face a serious tomato shortage this summer.
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The social evolution
Social media are changing the way people interact with brands. Nick Hughes looks at how companies are adapting to the new era
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Comment and Opinion
Saturday Essay: EU membership helps rather than hinders
Initiatives such as the Protected Food Name scheme can give suppliers a unique selling point, argues Caroline Flint
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Comment and Opinion
Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Own-label squash ranges make switch to double strength
Sainsbury's and Asda have converted their own-label squash drinks to double-strength concentrates to reduce packaging and offer shoppers better value. Thirty own-label squash drinks were switched to double strength at Sainsbury's outlets...
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As Dawson News flounders, newstrade 'duopoly' grows
Dawson News has lost contracts to Smiths News and Menzies Distribution, sparking fears of a duopoly. Beth Phillips asks what it means for the industry
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Fresh food making up a third of c-store sales
Almost a third of all c-store sales are now fresh food, marking a huge category growth through this channel over the past five years. C-stores have often been accused of not getting their fresh offer right, but the latest figures from IGD’s...
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Comment and Opinion
Critical Eye... on desperate wives and wasted lives
Swine flu, economic collapse, global warming... many things are beyond our control, but diet is not one of them. Unfortunately, some take control too far - as demonstrated by Desperately Hungry Housewives (10.35pm, BBC1, 28...
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Core range initiative helps Spar fight off slump in wine sales
Spar UK has bucked the recent trend of falling wine sales in the off-trade. The symbol operator’s wine sales for the first three months of 2009 were up 9.7% year-on-year to £17.8m.
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Jelfs joins Costcutter to train sales force as MOT consultants
Costcutter has appointed a retail expert from Musgrave Retail Partners GB to broaden the skills of its sales staff and help roll out its new Costcutter MOT scheme.Duncan Jelfs has been given the newly created role of sales support manager...
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Inflation eases as pressure comes off meat and dairy
Supermarket prices were down 0.6% this month and year-on-year inflation fell sharply though prices continued to rise in many categories. James Ball reports
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Tesco makes plans to grow clothing range
Tesco looks set to extend its Florence & Fred clothing range into sportswear, after trademarking 'F&F Active' and a new logo.Two further extensions also appear likely after 'F&F limited edition' and 'F&F Blue Collection' were also...