All The Grocer articles in 23 June 2001
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National Vegetarian Week: A week for the veggies
The Co-operative Group and Tesco are marking National Vegetarian Week (June 25-July 1) with a series of instore initiatives and promotions. The event is organised by the Vegetarian Society, which is also launching an awards ceremony to recognise...
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Queen's speech: Joy at legislation omissions'
Independent retailers are set to benefit from two omissions from this week's Queen's Speech outlining government plans for the next parliamentary session. Bills were expected to ban tobacco advertising and introduce 24 hour drinks trading, but both...
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Petty, Wood pulls in three new recruits for its management
Marketing and distribution company Petty, Wood has announced three new management appointments. Brian Arnett has joined as brand manager to look after a portfolio of biscuit and grocery brands. He was recruited from the Adminstore Group, parent...
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Harry Potter, how sweet
Mars is developing a range of confectionery based on the weird and wonderful sweets described in publishing phenomena the Harry Potter books. It has signed a deal with Warner Bros to produce a range of sugar and chocolate sweets for sale outside...
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Haiti at Waitrose
A Haitian liqueur is beginning to make inroads in the UK off-trade. Toussaint Dry coffee liqueur first became available in leading London on-trade accounts and its UK agent InSpirit has now negotiated a listing for it in 54 Waitrose outlets. The...
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Milk's going Splish Splash Splosh
Staple Dairy Products is expanding its portfolio of mainstream brands with the launch of three Splish Splash Splosh flavoured milk drinks. The screw-capped 500ml bottles come in three variants chocolate, strawberry and banana. All are made with...
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Things go sour for Skittles
Mars Confectionery is adding more flavours to the Skittles portfolio with the launch of Skittles Sours. The five new flavours in the Sours bag are pineapple, mandarin, raspberry, apple and cherry and will be available from next month. Mars plans...
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Profile: Stewart Gilliland, Interbrew UK
Interbrew UK's MD is just where he wants to be in his career. Tim Palmer sets out to discover how he got there Stewart Gilliland is a happy man. And so he should be. By skill, judgement and a slice of good luck he is further up his career ...
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Tropicana targets impulse sector as its single serve range g
Fruit juice specialist Tropicana is targeting its relaunched single serve range at the impulse sector this month. A £1m campaign includes outdoor advertising in the London area throughout July and August, as well as radio, on-pack promotions in...
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The Grocer: OC&C Index of food manufacturers and processors:
Food and beverage producers have experienced a continuing decline in sales coupled with the first decline in profit margins for four years, say OC&C Strategy Consultants in their analysis of the 2001 Coporate Index compiled exclusively for The…
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The Grocer focus on frozen food
Analysis by Peter Robinson and Sarah Hardcastle - Tackling the might of chilled - Feeling Great! rivals Enjoy! - More store flamboyance needed There's nothing like a flat market to galvanise manufacturers into action. Faced with a second...
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The Grocer Focus on frozen food
STOCK OUTS: NOT ON SAYS SAFEWAY Working with frozen foods is always difficult but Safeway is taking a zero tolerance attitude to out of stocks says Sheila Eggleston Three little words that strike fear into any multiple's logistics department ...
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The Grocer Focus on frozen food
Analysis by Sarah Hardcastle Frozen food is back on form. After a disappointing couple of years in which growth slowed, in 1999 it put in a very positive gain of 4.1%, pushing the total market to £3.8bn, excluding ice cream. This year the...
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First impressions: Highland Spring Looney Tunes
Highland Spring aims to make bottled water aspirational for kids with Looney Tunes licensing. Does it work? Jason Butler, creative head of brands at Appetite, does the writing and Annie and Holly do the drinking I don't suppose my family is any...
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Morrisons: First of seven stores opened
Morrisons opened the first of seven stores planned for 2001 in Jarrow, near Newcastle this week. The new 70,000 sq ft store carries over 20,000 product lines and extends Morrisons market street concept - a collection of individual in-store fresh...
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Multiples: Waitrose puts puts faces to fruit on PoS
Waitrose is featuring its English growers in store for the first time on point of sale material to emphasise quality, seasonality and the close relationship which they have built up. Strawberry producers Harry Hall of Hall Hunter, Wokingham, and...
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Exotics: Mania for mangoes
Sainsbury and Safeway have already given their support to a Mango Week from August 17-27 to coincide with the peak arrivals from Puerto Rico and Israel. Sant Mehta, chairman of the UK's largest supplier Minor Weir & Willis, aims to create an...
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Spanish wine gets generic drive
A £1m campaign has been launched to help boost the market for Spanish wines in this country. The generic initiative by Wines from Spain features photography by Lord Snowdon which wil be seen on 48-sheet poster sites and weekend supplements until...
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Dragon stirs it up
Pan-Oriental specialist Blue Dragon aims to spice up its stir-fry portfolio with the launch of three new additions. Black Pepper Stir Fry Sauce for pork or beef and Chow Mein Stir Fry Sauce for chicken, vegetables and noodles join the...
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Mr Oliver dresses down for Sainsbury
Sainsbury has been celebrating the improvement of its store in Rustington in West Sussex by sending the locals a manifesto style leaflet which features a grinning Mr Jamie Oliver. But this is odd. The two Naked Chef books portray him as a hunk, a...