All The Grocer articles in 21 October 2000
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Cuervo's price up by 11% as Mexico runs short of tequila
The worldwide growth in demand for tequila coupled with production problems has put pressure on prices. Global sales of the Mexican spirit have gone from seven million cases in 1988 to 14m in 1999, and most of the growth occurred after 1994. In...
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The Pasta Challenge 2000: Shortlists drawn up for final heat
Next week will see the World Pasta Day Party at The Windows on the World restaurant in the Park Lane Hilton Hotel, where awards for the Pasta Products of the Year for 2000 will be presented alongside prizes for the Best Young Pasta Cook, Pasta Book...
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E-commerce: M-box goes for M25 speed
Hi-tech e-fulfilment service M-box has teamed up with leading courier firm Addison Lee to offer a two hour express delivery service to fulfil multichannel orders within the M25. Using a central computer system called the hub, M-box coordinates the...
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Scotland: Botterills aims for £51m sales with new stores
The 31-strong Scottish Spar chain Botterills Convenience Stores aims to open four or five new stores in the next year, which should take annual sales to approximately £51m. Speaking at the company's awards dinner at the Crutherland Hotel, East...
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Training: Aberness shows how to make gains
Investing in training has proved to be a recipe for success for Aberness Foods winner of this year's John Sainsbury 1990 Award at the IGD Food Industry Awards. The Mace wholesaler for Scotland beat off stiff competition from Sainsbury, Princes...
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The Grocer guide to packaging, an advertising supplement: Ad
The pack that got the cream Addingotn Hendley 45 Belmont Ave Bushey Herts WD23 2JR Tel: 01923 255454 Fax: 01923 245200 email: AddHend@aol.com website: www.iop.co.uk Key personnel Principal consultant Peter Addington The advent of home...
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Grocer TV: Addictive viewing
A pioneer in business to business journalism, GrocerTV has provided a revolutionary service for retailers and key lessons for the evolution of digital television The digital television revolution truly hit the grocery industry six weeks ago when...
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The Grocer guide to packaging, an advertising supplement: KC
Some like it hot KCC Elliot House 12 Bottings Industrial Estate Botley, SouthamptonHampshire SO30 2DY Tel: 01489 789955 Fax: 01489 789966 E-mail: info@k-c-c.co.uk Website: www.k-c-c.co.uk Key personnel Managing director Kevin Clarke...
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Crate ideas really stack up Steco UK Plastic Logistic Solutions Ltd Electra House Crewe Business Park Crewe, Cheshire CW1 6GL Tel: 01270 212458 Fax: 01270 586 857 E-mail: steco@evnet.co.uk Web-site: www.steco.at key personnel Managing...
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The Grocer guide to packaging, an advertising supplement: Bo
Taking the pain out of packaging Boughey Distribution Limited Wardle, Nantwich Cheshire CW5 6RS Tel: 01829 260704 Fax: 01829 260604 E-mail: admin@boughey.co.uk Website: www.boughey.co.uk KEY PERSONNEL Managing director Mike Guest...
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The Grocer guide to packaging, an advertising supplement: Ve
Make it fast and snappy Veriplast International Dragonville Industrial Estate Durham DH1 2RL Tel: 0191 375 1111 Fax: 0191 386 4429 E-mail: foodservices@veriplast.co.uk Website: www.veriplast.com key personnel Chief executive Dr John...
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The Grocer guide to packaging, an advertising supplement: Mo
Film star takes on grocery Mobil Plastics Europe (UK) 1 Towers Place Eton Street Richmond Surrey TW9 1EG Tel: 020 8334 4600 Fax: 020 8334 4611 Website: www.exxonmobilchemical.com Mobil Plastics Europe (Headquarters) 1b rue Thomas Edison...
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Floods: After that deluge praise for public spirited super
Supermarkets have been praised for their help for communities in East Sussex devastated by the recent floods. A Somerfield store in Uckfield and a Safeway store in Lewes will have to be completely refitted after they were flooded with sewage...
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Competition Commission: the aftermath
Code: OFT told to start from scratch Exclusive Clive Beddall Industry hopes that the multiples' proposed voluntary code of trading practice would be the automatic blueprint for the DTI's legally binding version have been dashed by the Office of...
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Denney right to challenge ageism
Sir; IGD chief executive Joanne Denney is to be congratulated on her "challenging ageism" address ( The Grocer, October 14, p80). Unfortunately, her words will fall on deaf ears despite the fact that the new economy will depend upon the over 60s. I...
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AGENCIES DO A PROFESSIONAL JOB
Sir; re: Grumbles About Speed of Reply (The Grocer Letters, October 7). In response to this letter I would like to make several points. Yes, it is discourteous of any business not to answer correspondence, but fortunately such companies are in the...
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Waking up to a rural agony
Given some of the outbursts about countryside matters from certain Labour politicians (should John Prescott really be taken seriously?), not to mention colourful broadsheet headlines, you would think the only issue stirring the shires is the...
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Rosemount and Mondavi form alliance
Two leading players in the New World wine business are combining resources to create new wine ranges they will sell worldwide. The family run businesses of Rosemount Estates from the Hunter Valley in Australia and Robert Mondavi from Oakville in...
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Independents: Alliance formed to battle for the survival of
A new body to support rural stores in England and Wales and campaign on their behalf will be launched next month. The Rural Shops Alliance is being launched by the charity Village Retail Services Association (ViRSA), and is being headed by Sean...
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EU apples: Why Pink Lady's full of promise
Pink Lady production is booming across Europe with the French taking the lead. As the season gets underway Starfruit, the French propagator which holds the exclusive licence for Europe for the fruit discovered in 1973 in Australia, assessed that by...