All The Grocer articles in 23 October 2010 – Page 3
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NewsSweet purple potato first for Tesco Finest
Not to be outdone by Sainsbury's which launched Purple Majesty spuds from Albert Bartlett last week Tesco is introducing a purple potato of its own. Purple Mountain, which is being sold in Tesco's Finest range, is a sweet potato with a...
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Focus On Soup: Four to watch
Yorkshire Provender has added three new flavours - savoy cabbage with puy lentils & ham, butternut squash with ginger & orange and mushroom with juniper & tarragon - to its winter range, boosting the line-up to eight variants.
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Focus On Winter Remedies: Four to watch
Lemsip's latest cold and flu remedy allows consumers to choose how they want to take their medicine as a tablet or dissolved in water as a hot drink.
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NewsFocus On Soup: Twice the price, but twice as nice
You’d expect chilled soup to be out in the cold given the fragile state of the economy. But it's actually the fastest growing sub-category – despite the price tag. Peter Cripps finds out why
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Weather forecaster to give indies time in sun
Independent retailers can now harness the power of the weather to boost sales in the same way as the big box multiples do thanks to the launch of a new forecasting tool. Weather website Netweather has launched a forecasting tool aimed...
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NewsStart-up offers fruit and veg snacks for toddlers
A new children's food company is aiming to fight "early onset junk food eating" with a range of 'spill-proof' fruit, veg and grain-based snacks for toddlers. Benjoy products include crunchy strawberry slices, crunchy grape slices, and...
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Comment & Opinion
Second Opinion: Spending review will mean a wider skills gap
The future workforce needs dignity and good pay as well as qualifications, says Tim Lang
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NewsGreencore set for no landfill waste goal
Greencore plans to send virtually zero waste to landfill across all its UK sites by the end of the year. The own-label giant was minimising waste at source and where this was not possible encouraging segregation to maximise re-use and...
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Mystery shopping Tesco store and service impress
Tesco in South Queensferry, Edinburgh, won this week thanks to its short queues, easy-to-navigate car park and knowledgeable staff. The store was busy because it was Saturday morning but staff were happy to help and on both occasions our shopper...
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Tesco, South Queensferry
What’s new in store? We put in 168 new premium products for the affluent customers we have here. The products have sold really well. It’s not just Tesco Finest but other products those customers buy like guinea pig food and birdseed. We also…
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NewsThe resealable top for sparkling wines
Tesco is launching Zork a new resealable top for sparkling wine that it says will "revolutionise" the market. The retailer has an exclusive deal to launch the new device in the UK, and says it could have a similar impact on sparkling...
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Comment & OpinionVlad the Enabler
Premier Foods needed some good news. Tesco has just de-listed a raft of Hovis lines, it’s in the kind of debt that would give George Osborne nightmares – and to compound things, the company is getting a visit from a bunch of The Grocer’s top hacks later this week.
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NewsPremier may have to sell Hovis, say experts
Premier Foods could be forced to sell its marquee brand Hovis to climb out of its current debt problems, City experts have claimed.
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NewsYoung’s in loss as NPD fails to hook shoppers
Young’s Seafood has blamed hefty internal investment for an alarming slump in profits but admitted it hasn’t secured wide enough distribution for some of its new lines.
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Comment & OpinionDiageo's Champagne moment
Today one of Diageo’s many overseas interests hit the acquisition trail, with East African Breweries splashing out $60m on rival Serengeti. But the Guinness brewer has rather bigger fish to fry on the deal markets.
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NewsBarcode app lets Tesco web shoppers scan on the go
Tesco has pioneered the UK’s first barcode reader for iPhone users.
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NewsJones named chair of Scotland Food & Drink
Ray Jones has been named as the new chairman of Scotland Food & Drink.
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NewsLatest church-baiting Antonio Federici ad banned
Antonio Federici has had another controversial press advert banned – this time featuring two male priests about to kiss.
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Fowl play as Indian chicken firm buys Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers Football Club has been sold to Indian chicken processor Venky’s.
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NewsCirencester store is number 300 for Poundland
Poundland has hit another major landmark in its development after the single-price retailer opened its 300th store.
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