All The Grocer articles in 21 October 2006 – Page 4
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gamble on food
Why do off-licence forays into food always seem to go off-course? Witness the attempts of market leader Thresher Group, which was forced to abandon its Threshers+Food trial last January after failing to persuade sufficient customers to buy into...
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General manager: Peter Mullen
Peter Mullen started on his career with Parfetts 25 years ago when he was brought in to help out with some odd jobs at the Stockport depot. And never left. Over the years he has worked his way up the career ladder at the business and done just...
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Growers hail reversal on holiday pay hikes
Growers scored a significant victory last week when they convinced the Agricultural Wages Board to back down on holiday pay hikes for workers.The move left the Transport and General Workers Union furious and considering legal action...
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Q&A with Hassi Singardia Manager of the Week
Was this store operating under a different banner recently? This used to be a Safeway store. I was already the manager here when Somerfield bought this store from Morrisons. We went through a conversion and refurbishment process a year...
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Orange shortage hits juice manufacturers
A world shortage of juicing oranges is developing due to frost and poor crops in the main growing areas.Juice manufacturers are complaining that the cost of raw materials has risen by up to 50% this year, and warn that prices may have to...
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No smooth ride likely for Tesco in India
Tesco's entry into India may not be the smooth ride hoped for as a new local supermarket operator with a UK influence looks set to become the country's leading food chain.The brand proposition behind Reliance Retail, which has plans for...
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Key licences
The big film tie-ins this year include Pixar's Cars, Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest, and the much awaited Christmas blockbuster Happy Feet.Movies debuting in 2007, which are all likely to have manufacturers champing at the...
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Letter of the week
I agree with Mike Keeble's plea for an understanding of the need for the sustainability of British farming (The Grocer, Comment, 7 October, p32). However, he also says: "The combination of UK/EU agri-policy forcing farmers to become subsidy-free...
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Throat lozengers
It was probably not a miraculous disappearance of sore throats and the like across the nation that caused sales of cough sweets and throat lozenges to fall in the past year by 5%.Grocers, independent pharmacies and c-stores, the largest...
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Nesquik Magic Straws
Celebrating the launch of new Nesquik Magic Straws, The Grocer is giving readers the chance to win this exciting new Nesquik product that magically flavours milk into a delicious milkshake.The clear plastic drinking straws contain...
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'This makes no sense'
Kwik Save store managers have reacted with astonishment to the company's purchase of 45 Somerfield stores at a time when it is still struggling with availability.Managers willing to speak to The Grocer claimed they had been warned off...
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M&S praised for welfare
Marks and Spencer has won the RSPCA's good business award for animal welfare, stealing the crown from Waitrose.Judges praised the fact the store's welfare policies covered all tiers of meat, led by its 'look behind the label'...
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Research Notes
The winter remedies market is worth £198.7m, and experienced a growth of 3.5% from the previous year after a substantial decline of nearly 8% the year before. The category is growing ahead of over the counter (OTC) healthcare, which is in 2.6%...
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Pharmacies
The in-store pharmacy is rising in importance within supermarkets, particularly since changes to the rules on opening new ones came into force in April last year. This means that stores opening for more than 100 hours a week or which are...
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Retailers say... supermarkets are too powerful
Everyone, including planning authorities, is powerless to stop supermarkets expanding where, when and how they like and small shops will disappear as a result, say independent retailers.That's the message from The Grocer's latest...
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Price Survey
Tesco scored its first victory in The Grocer 33 this month, with Sainsbury displaced from its lead last week and Asda pushed into second place two weeks on the trot. Asda had come in cheapest in seven of the previous nine surveys, but...