All The Grocer articles in 23 May 2009 – Page 2
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Further debt woe for struggling Bakkavör
Bakkavör has had a shaky start to the financial year having failed to meet a £140m debt repayment.In the week it unveiled its first quarter results, the ready meals giant admitted it had asked lenders to extend the maturity dates on its...
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Scots set to benefit from Chilean salmon collapse
Scotland's salmon farming industry is set to capitalise on global supply shortages by increasing export sales.
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Campaign Trail: Lineker gets on his bike
Gary Lineker is up to mischief again in PepsiCo's latest on-pack campaign for its Walkers brand. Gary's Great Trips is similar to last year's Brit Trips, which encouraged consumers to collect on-pack points for discounted days out at British...
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Birds Eye puts sizzle into midweek meals with new Chargrills
A Tex-Mex-inspired relaunch of Birds Eye's Chicken Chargrills range, including a collaboration with Dragons' Den star Levi Roots, aims to spice up midweek family meals.The five-strong range, which hits shelves next week, includes two new...
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Blackthorn revamp doubles Tesco sales
Gaymer Cider Company is reaping the rewards of Blackthorn's overhaul with storming off-trade sales growth since the makeover.Since the brand's re-launch in March, its sales volumes have increased by 110% in Tesco, 99% in Morrisons and 66% in...
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Dairy Crest ramps up focus on brand stable
Dairy Crest plans to increase its focus on brands after their impressive performance over the past year, chief executive Mark Allen has revealed.Sales of Clover and Country Life spreads had both risen 29% by volume in the year to 31 March,...
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NewsEditor's Comment: Pringles are no more cakes than Mr Kipling French Fancies are crisps
So the Pringle is a crisp after all. And not a cake, as the P&G's lawyers had argued (see p5). Quite right, too, I say. Pringles can be described as many things - a tasty snack, a clever gimmick, an early example of premiumisation, a party...
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: Why are we wasting our calves?
A shift to dual-purpose breeds could improve food supply and welfare, says Joanna Blythman
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CJ Lang wins gong for drink sales training
CJ Lang was the Supreme Winner of last week's British Institute of Innkeepers National Training Awards.The wholesaler and symbol operator also scooped the Best Development Programme for Consumption off the Premises award and was highly...
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Tesco in spotlight over Republic profit claims
Tesco Ireland may have slashed its prices in stores along the Irish border, but its bosses are set to be quizzed by a Parliamentary committee over its high profit margins.
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Unpaid staff counting cost of Jenks collapse
Staff at grocery outsourcing firm Jenks have not been paid since April, it has emerged in the wake of the firm’s shock collapse this week.
Jenks entered administration this week and officially stopped trading on Monday. The majority of its… -
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Southern Comfort targets take-home
Southern Comfort is adding an RTD premix to its drinks portfolio to cash in on growth in the take-home booze market.Southern Comfort Lemonade & Lime launches next month in 250ml single cans (rsp £1.59) and four-packs priced £5.99. The 5% abv...
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Comment & OpinionSaturday Essay: We must cut food waste as well as packaging
Yes, packaging is a problem retailers must address. But sometimes it can also be part of the solution, says Marc Bolland
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NewsDanone fuels growth of functional market
Strong sales of Danone's Activia and Actimel brands have prevented the struggling functional food and drink category from slipping into the red, according to new figures. Sales of Activia yoghurt increased 38.3% to £182.9m, while probiotic...
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Wiseman determined to keep increasing volumes
Robert Wiseman Dairies has vowed to go on investing in and increasing volumes on the back of solid results this week, despite a tough outlook for the sector.Turnover rose 17.4% to £848m for the 53 weeks to 4 April, with operating profit up...
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DFB sells Nene Valley Foods to Meadow
Dairy Farmers of Britain has sold Nene Valley Foods to Meadow Foods for an undisclosed sum. Nene Valley, which processes packaged cream for the food ingredients market, will continue to run its Peterborough site alongside Meadow's facilities...
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Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Once upon a time in the East
The East of England Co-operative is decking out its stores with new deli counters, food ranges and graphics but not The Co-operative Group fascia. Beth Phillips finds out why
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Gloomy food retail FDs fear tills will stop ringing
More than half the UK's food retail financial directors expect sales and profits to fall in the next year, a new survey has revealed.Despite the big four reporting healthy sales and profits growth, FDs painted a grim picture of the year...
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Picture This... Hasta la vista, Hank
When Arnie uttered the now immortal line "I'll be back" in The Terminator 25 years ago, he probably never imagined that one day he'd be upstaged by a bottle. But in the latest online campaign by FEVE - The European Container Glass Association - he...
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