All The Grocer articles in 24 January 2009 – Page 2
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Mystery Shop: Indies get down with the kids
In addition to the usual 10 essential products, we decided to also test this month's indies on another footfall driver - infant care. Balihar Khalsa reports
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Do Sainsbury's directors have right experience?
Analysts have expressed concern that senior trading directors appointed as part of Sainsbury's head office shake-up, which could cause up to 250 job losses, lack commercial or trading experience.New directors Helen Buck and Luke Jensen come...
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Wine market set to defy the recession
The UK wine market will grow over the next five years but at a slower rate, predicts new research.Figures compiled for wine exhibition organiser Vinexpo forecast five-year growth of just over 6%, a marked slowdown from the 12% uplift in UK...
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Walkers Sensations turns to the dark side to revive sales
PepsiCo is relaunching Walkers Sensations with dramatic new black packaging and an elaborate logo in a bid to rejuvenate flagging sales.The new-look packs, which are being rolled out now, have a black background and an s-shaped logo with...
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Farrington picked to design Costcutter's new store formats
Costcutter has appointed Craig Farrington as head of store development, tasked with designing five new shop formats.Farrington joins from Musgrave Retail Partners GB, where he was head of format development for Budgens and Londis...
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Editor's Comment: Spayne Lindsay's intriguing new private equity fund
As a result of the recession, there’s a heightened sense of anticipation in every announcement at the moment, good or bad, but C4’s devotion of seemingly its entire late-January schedule to food and drink-based issues is such, to paraphrase the late…
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Long Clawson given OK over Hartington
Long Clawson's acquisition of Dairy Crest's Hartington Creamery has been given the go-ahead by the Competition Commission.Following a three-month investigation, the commission concluded last week that the creamery would have been closed by...
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Irish suppliers call for government protection
Suppliers in the Irish Republic have called for the establishment of a new legal framework to protect them from "coercive practices" being employed by the multiples. Food and Drink Industry Ireland (FDII), the representative body, claims that...
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UK businesses welcome return of export refunds
The European Commission has reintroduced export refunds to ease falling EU dairy commodity prices in a move welcomed by the UK dairy industry.The EC suspended export refunds in June 2007 following a period of high prices for EU dairy...
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Dunbia buys Stevenson pork business
Northern Ireland's Dunbia has acquired Stevenson's pork processing business.Dunbia claims the move will save 100 jobs and create a further 70 at the Cullybackey facility.Stevenson had previously said the site would have to close due to...
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Former Gü director turns outrageous with Mr Bunbury
The January dieting rush hasn’t deterred Sainsbury's from stocking a new and indulgent chocolate cake range created by the former commercial director of Gü Puds.Mr Bunbury was set up last May to supply two independent London cafés with...
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Does British pork really want this much loving from Jamie?
British pork producers feared Jamie Oliver's new programme could damage them. Thankfully, the celebrity chef is firmly on their side, Richard Ford reports
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Jamie's Brit pork plea heeded by multiples
Retailers are bracing themselves for a surge in demand for cheap British pork cuts following next week's Jamie Saves Our Bacon programme. In Oliver's much-anticipated show, seen by The Grocer, the celebrity chef urges consumers to buy cheaper...
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Bottlegreen offers more pressé for the same price
Adult soft drinks specialist Bottlegreen is attempting to boost its appeal with cash-strapped shoppers by increasing bottle sizes - but not prices.The brand's single-serve, Sparkling Pressé range was previously sold in 250ml bottles but will...
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Home-grown popularity could boost UK flowers
Promoting domestic flowers as “British” could be the way for growers to reverse declining sales, according to a new report.
“UK floriculture production is showing a decline, as a large share of the companies are rather out-of-date, have… -
Comment and OpinionCritical Eye... on big egos and little chefs
There was loads of must-see TV this week, what with Obama's inauguration speech (and, ahem, the Burnley Tottenham game). But the drama that most grabbed my attention was not the one about remaking America. It was the one about remaking Little Chef.
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Cereal brands being ditched for own label
Consumers are turning away from branded breakfast cereals in favour of own label to save money. The Grocer's Focus On cereals feature also reveals shoppers are opting for bigger packs and cutting the number of cereals they buy from an average...
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Spar begins massive revamp of own label
Spar is planning a massive overhaul of its 900-strong own-label range this year in what it claims is the company's biggest initiative since Eight Till Late.Next month, the company will relaunch its value range as Spar Extra Value to help...
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Jamie's bacon crusade goes easy on multiples
Jamie Oliver will take a gentler than expected approach toward the multiples in his crusade to save the British pig industry, The Grocer can reveal. In Jamie Saves Our Bacon, which airs on 29 January on Channel 4, Oliver does not spare the...
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Coming soon to a sat-nav near you: Asda logos
Motorists with sat-nav systems will soon find their maps dotted with bold green logos, after Asda paid to have all its stores marked on Navteq maps. Now, instead of a generic supermarket logo, all Asda stores will be clearly labelled with...
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