All The Grocer articles in 22 November 2003 – Page 2
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Late Florida crop picture upbeat
Florida citrus growers have been hit by bad weather and a later developing crop.However, initial estimates are that the yield this season is looking good, said Mike Burge,marketing specialist with the Florida Department of Citrus.“We...
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Late Florida crop picture upbeat
Florida citrus growers have been hit by bad weather and a later developing crop.However, initial estimates are that the yield this season is looking good, said Mike Burge,marketing specialist with the Florida Department of Citrus.“We...
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Sugro diversifies with online offer
Sugro is targeting c-stores and forecourts with a new national online delivery service and is also looking to pick up business from manufacturers hit by factory gate pricing.The wholesale buying group, which specialises in impulse lines, plans...
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Manager’s double win
The manager of a Mace store in Scotland has been crowned the winner of the Top Shop Awards, organised by The Grocer’s sister publication Convenience Store.Scott Cran, aged just 25, runs the 3,500sq ft store at Newmacher in Aberdeenshire, which...
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RFID welcome but Eas stays important
from Neil Matthews, MD, Checkpoint Systems UKSir; I was pleased to see the announcements by Tesco and Wal-Mart with reference to the move into RFID-tagging of cases and pallets by their key suppliers over the next two to thee years....
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Safeway fields estate offers
Safeway has been fielding offers from rivals interested in tranches of its estate after the DTI’s relaxation of a blanket ban on bids for stores other than the 53 Morrisons would have to divest.Safeway director of communications Kevin Hawkins...
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Water, water everywhere
Bottled water is a success story with a great future still ahead of it, says Liam McLoughlin The botted water market in the UK is still relatively young and dynamic and has the highest growth in the soft drinks sector. A range of European and...
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Wrigley finds Extra power by linking up with King
Wrigley is hoping to tap into the magic of Gandalf, Frodo and company with a high-profile cinema campaign behind its new Extra Mints brand.Ads for the new line, whichaims to give Wrigley a tilt at extending its business beyond gum, hit the...
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Food and tobacco: legislation timelines
Obesity and food advertising: May 2002: WHO report ‘Diet, nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic diseases’ is published. To speed up the publication, normal internal WHO procedures are not fully respected (the report is not...
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Glanbia in talks
Irish dairy giant Glanbia has confirmed it is in talks with one of the UK’s leading milk co-operatives. In a statement, Glanbia played down talk of a takeover of Milk Link, but said it was “discussing potential opportunities for partnership in...
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Semi-skim growth
Sales of semi-skimmed milk continued to gain ground over the past year according to a survey commissioned by the Milk Development Council. While whole milk turnover declined 6.8% in the year to mid-October, those of semi-skimmed milk rose 4.1% and...
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M&S names Helfgott as King’s successor
Marks and Spencer’s new executive director of food is Maurice Helfgott who replaces Justin King, the newly appointed chief executive of Sainsbury.Helfgott, director of menswear, joined Marks and Spencer in 1988. He has spent much of his...
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A ‘hospital pass’?
>>Pricing challenge awaits kingSainsbury’s share price jumped almost 5% on the day it released its interim statement. But that seems to have been more to do with the news of Justin King’s appointment as chief executive rather...
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The jars option
Twinings is throwing its limited edition Options range of hot drinks into jars this winter for the first time.The hot beverages expert, which bought the Options brand from Novartis at the end of last year, said Banoffee flavour would be the...
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…But will the M& S man and Sir Peter be able to steer Sainsbury on a course for growth? Sean McAllister reports
When Justin King sails into Sainsbury’s HQ in Holborn on March 29 next year, he will no doubt be expected to map out his… -
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Piggy in the middle
British producers are caught between declining pig numbers and increasing imports of lookalike brandsThe UK market has suffered from a decline in domestic pig numbers, but according to the Meat and Livestock Commission, there is light...
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Sainsbury has much to play for
With the run up period to Christmas now in full swing evidence is emerging that food sales are holding up well this year for most of the major food retailers.The underlying growth in sales for the out-of-town sector is an encouraging 7% over...
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Plenty of scope in NPD
>>’we need to play about with rasher counts and pack sizesA key way to innovate in bacon is through packaging and added convenience.Ben Wheeley, bacon buyer with Sainsbury, says the last real NPD launch in bacon was...
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‘Rizla started this’ says Zig Zag
Simon MowbrayCigarette paper manufacturer Zig Zag has admitted waging a tit-for-tat battle with Rizla over advertising complaints.The producer made its astonishing revelation after the Advertising Standards Authority, prompted by a...
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WorldWide slice sold
The UK’s largest apple and pear grower-based marketing group Northcourt has bought out Geest’s stake in WorldWide Fruit. The move gives it a 50% share as joint owner alongside Turners and Growers New Zealand (Enza). Geest said the net assets it...
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