All The Grocer articles in 20 January 2001 – Page 2
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Brandwatch: sector profile chocolate confectionery
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Brandwatch: Minetel category report slimming foods
ways of losing weight Base: 1,026 adults All % Exercise more regularly 60 Cut down on fat 50 Cut down on chocolate 33 Cut down on sugar ...
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Brandwatch: Mintel category report: Slimming foods: sales sl
The market for slimming foods has maintained steady growth between 1995 and 1999. Even when inflation is taken into account, sales have continued to rise. The British consumer continues to get fatter. In 1993, the average weight of an adult man...
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Multiples: Budgens speeds development
Budgens' links with the Irish Musgrave Group are set to deliver benefits to both companies, according to Budgens chief executive Martin Hyson. Musgrave took a stake in Budgens in August and Hyson explained: "The management teams have had time to...
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Symbol groups: A case for cloning
Symbol groups must provide a more consistent offer, but is franchising the best way? Helen Gregory reports Visit a McDonald's in Bolton or Beijing and you can be confident that your burger will not only look and taste the same but you'll be served...
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Multiples: Somerfield runs to catch up
Somerfield's new management team has made the creation of new store formats one of its priorities for the coming year. Chief executive Alan Smith said: "The estate has not had effective investment for quite some time. The competition have been...
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Working practices: Why it's good to celebrate the cultural d
The incorporation of the Human Rights Act into the legal framework of England and Wales is likely to change, fundamentally, the climate in which legal judgements are made and conclusions reached. It follows, therefore, that the Act will be absorbed...
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New CEO for First Quench
Off licence giant First Quench, which operates 2,500 outlets under the Wine Rack, Threshers, Bottoms Up and Victoria Wines fascias, has appointed David Williams chief executive. Williams joins from Burger King Europe where, as president of the...
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Tasting panel: V SPARKLING CHARDONNAY
From Rosemount. An addition to this Australian company's Diamond varietal label which has secured significant UK listings Price: £7.49 Abv: 12.5% TARGET CONSUMER Sarah Tucker, 36, is a travel writer and broadcaster who lives in Chelmsford I...
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Ireland: Fruit and veg is sold too cheap'
A fresh confrontation is looming in the Irish Republic between food producers and multiples over the latest price war initiated by Tesco. After a battle over cut-price milk (which they lost) and over frozen New Zealand lamb (which they won), Irish...
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The Grocer focus on logistics: Costco clubbin'
- Costco operates members only warehouse clubs in the US, Canada, Mexico and south-east Asia, serving trade and private customers who pay an annual membership fee. - Costco entered the UK in 1992, and claims to have been "solidly profitable"...
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Poultry: Grampian looks to hi-tech' convenience
Redeveloped facility will focus on intermediate prepared products Edinburgh's booming real estate market promises capital to fund more investment by Grampian Country Food Group in convenience foods production. Aberdeen based Grampian, the biggest...
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Co-ops: UN offers store tip-off rewards
United Norwest Co-op is offering to pay suppliers a bounty of £1,000 for tip-offs that lead to store acquisitions. General manager Paul Griffiths told an audience of 700 at its annual supplier conference: "We will pay £1,000 for every c-store lead...
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Light at the end of Coors' tunnel
Bud Light's withdrawal from the market has left the way open for Coors Light, the only other major brand in the light beer sector. Anheuser Busch found pushing the idea of a Light beer tough going in the UK despite its success in the US (The Grocer...
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The Grocer focus on logistics: Costco: speed is of the essen
Costco is an expert at pushing just in time' to its limits as Elaine Watson discovers in Lutterworth Pay a late afternoon visit to plot 4400 at Lutterworth's Magna Park industrial estate and it's hard to believe you're in a central distribution...
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Rooster's dawn
GF Lovell is bringing out a new cereal bar aimed at health conscious snackers. Rooster is made with oat flakes and crisped rice and comes in two variants: chocolate chip and apricot. It contains 3g of fat. Commercial director Stephen Angle said:...
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Manufacturers: Derby head office goes as Hazlewood is decent
Hazlewood Foods' new owner Greencore has introduced sweeping changes to the structure of the convenience foods specialist just weeks after completing the £258m purchase. Hazlewood's Derby head office will be scrapped as the first step in a...
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Suppliers: Sir Ross decides the time is right to retire
Uniq's high profile chief executive Sir Ross Buckland is to retire in April more than 18 months earlier than expected. Sir Ross told The Grocer that the imminent demerger of the Wincanton business meant the timing was right for his early...
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Multiples: Sainsbury shakes up trading division
Exclusive Julian Hunt Sainsbury has rejigged its trading division with a raft of changes that it hopes will make the business more effective in responding to the needs of consumers and suppliers. The changes will also result in 75 job losses....
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The Grocer focus on logistics: in the driving seat with sate
Until recently one big gap in the supply chain has been the ability to know the precise location of delivery trucks once they leave the warehouse. Mobile phone communication is expensive and open to abuse as drivers can easily give a false location....
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