All The Grocer articles in 24 November 2007 – Page 3
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Pimms aims to lift sales with teapot
Diageo is hoping Pimm’s served in teapots will save the brand’s fortunes this year after a poor summer.
The company is investing £100,000 in an off-trade campaign promoting Pimm’s Winter Cup in the run up to Christmas.
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Talking shop - The annual Brussels jamboree of setting EU-wide fishing quotas is approaching once again
The annual Brussels jamboree of setting EU-wide fishing quotas is approaching once again, but Scottish fishermen are feeling cautiously optimistic, says Bertie Armstrong, chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation It's been a reasonably...
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Baby formula suppliers face crackdown on advertising
Baby formula suppliers face tough new rules controlling the advertising and labelling of their products.Under measures proposed by the Department of Health and the FSA this week, they will be banned from promoting infant formula...
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Can S&N turn the game to its advantage?
It's a do or die situation. The wrong result could see you lose everything. But get it right and your future lies in taking on the big guns of Europe. Sounds familiar? Maybe, but this is beer we're talking about, not England versus Croatia. For...
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In Brief: Trendy additions; Seasonal mix-up; Vodka's UK revamp
Trendy additions Organic wine brand Terra Organica has been relaunched with a more modern look and new wines have been added. Brand owner Thierry's said it had taken inspiration from brands in other sectors. Seasonal mix-up Malibu and cranberry...
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Morrisons fresh ad vindicated by ASA
Morrisons' fresh food credentials have been given a boost by the Advertising Standards Authority, which this week threw out complaints about the supermarket's advertising campaign.Seven viewers protested to the ASA about an ad in which...
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Bread's going out of fashion for ABF
Asale to Warburtons or Premier is surely out of the question without a lengthy and potentially damaging investigation. But despite official denials, a well-placed source has confirmed that Associated British Foods is in "exclusive, confidential...
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Parfetts duo take on Local4U format
Parfetts Cash & Carry has created a retail operations team to develop its company-owned convenience format Local4U.The team will be based at Parfetts' Somercotes depot and will be led by retail operations manager Richard Mason, who was...
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What the papers said - 24th November 2007
The number of adverts for alcohol on television has risen, with some ads making drink look more attractive to youngsters, the Telegraph has reported. According to Young People and Advertising, a study by Ofcom and the Advertising Standards...
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Comment and Opinion
our man from drip Don Pumsey - 24th November 2007
Ginger Bond would struggle to look suave in a £5k whistle from Savile Row, let alone a £35 plastic tux from George. But you've got to admire his daring. Timing his intimate tête-à-tête with half the retail hacks in London to clash with King Justin's...
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Tesco trialling organic rosé veal in 10 stores
Tesco is courting controversy by launching an organic British veal line in a bid to capitalise on growing demand from shoppers for speciality products.Despite ongoing criticism by animal rights campaigners of the use of calves for veal,...
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Bacon hits £1bn as shoppers switch to premium products
Bacon sales are sizzling again, according to new figures that provide much-needed cheer for a category rocked by claims that cutting it out of the diet could reduce the risk of cancer.The value of the bacon market has risen 6% to £1bn...
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Gü planning Europe-wide expansion for its desserts
UK company Gü is taking its dessert brand nationwide in France ahead of a wider European expansion.Sales across the Channel already account for 20% of the company's total volumes, worth €6m (£4.3m) at retail, after debuting in 2006 and...
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Spar c-store of the future is unveiled
Northern Irish Spar wholesaler Henderson Group has unveiled the first new shop to emerge from Spar's Stores of the Future initiative.The 4,600 sq ft forecourt site in Lurgan features Spar's latest thinking on what busy shoppers on the...
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Commission: Tesco sale has not set a precedent
The Competition Commission has said the forced sell-off of a Tesco-owned supermarket this week did not make it more likely that the groceries inquiry would result in a large-scale divestment of stores.On Wednesday, the commission ruled...
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Climbing the ladder - Stephen Waugh
What was your first ever job? Working for NatWest in the City - my school said I should have a 'proper' career. Give us a quick run down on your career to date After banking and a short career in retail sales, I started as a field representative...
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Anti-additives campaigners set up website
A consumer website has been set up to name and shame companies that use so-called "temper tantrum" additives.The site, www.actiononadditives.com, lists more than 275 food, drink and medicine products - brands and own label - that it...
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Accommodate various ways of getting what you desire
Accommodating, compromising, competing, collaborating or avoiding. Which approach will work the best in negotiations?Thomas Kilman, the eminent psychologist, identifies five different personality types that resolve conflict. These are:...
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