All The Grocer articles in 25 November 2000 – Page 2

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    Monsanto: the case for GM

    2000-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Meet the modifier It's the most vilified development of all time in food science, and has sparked hostility verging on the hysterical among self-appointed defenders of the nation's health. But is there just a chance genetic modification does not...

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    Marketing: Kids' business

    2000-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Kellogg Canada's Apple Jacks breakfast cereal has been marketed for children by children: Helen Gregory reports Kellogg Canada is certain that kids will like their relaunched breakfast cereal Apple Jacks, because kids themselves have relaunched...

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    Multiples: Buoyant Safeway set for a futuristic new format

    2000-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Half-year pretax profits up 10%; pricing to get sharper; merger not on cards Safeway is to open a raft of "futuristic" hypermarkets in a move which aims to exploit its growing customer base. The chain will convert two superstores into the new...

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    Building a Dolls House on the street'

    2000-11-25T00:00:00Z

    The Dolls House Magazine will be celebrating the New Year with a new editor, a new design and a new outlook on the hobby of miniatures. The January issue, which relaunches on December 1, will feature the longest-running soap, Coronation Street,...

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    Dairy: British Creameries falters

    2000-11-25T00:00:00Z

    British Creameries went into receivership this week. The company was formed in October last year with the purchase of West Marton creamery, near Skipton, from Van den Bergh's oils and fats division. Its plans included the development of Van den...

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    It's the reel thing as kids are bowled fruit that's more fun

    2000-11-25T00:00:00Z

    A raft of product launches under new brand Fruit Bowl aims to make the fruit snacking category more appealing to children. Norfolk based company Stream Foods has been developing products over the past year around the theme of "fruit made more fun...

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    Cash and carry: New boss at Booker pledges a revolution

    2000-11-25T00:00:00Z

    The days of cost cutting at Booker are over, says new boss Malcolm Walker, who this week pledged to back the cash and carry business with more investment that would drive its future growth. Walker is taking day to day responsibility for the...

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    Bestway: Best-one's finally in business

    2000-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Exclusive John Wood Bestway finally unveiled the first Best-one store this week, together with a bundle of delivered services to add to its cash and carry offering. The 2,500 sq ft store in Westbourne Grove, London, opened under the Best-one...

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    GM: listen before you damn

    2000-11-25T00:00:00Z

    All revolutions breed extremists. But we believe the genetically modified food issue merits a more considered hearing than has so far been delivered on this side of the Atlantic. So The Grocer makes no apology this week for devoting four pages to...

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    Beef: Quality cattle out of market

    2000-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Protests against imports of meat from 30-month-old animals worry traders Imports of allegedly unsafe beef from relatively old cattle are the latest media scare story, but this twist in the BSE tale is provoking accusations by traders of a lack of...

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    Conkers battle for frozen food

    2000-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Freshbake Foods is running an on-pack kids focused promotion on its frozen pastry products. Consumers buying Freshbake pies, pasties and slices can exchange three promotional tokens for a Battle Conkers' toy. Running until the end of January,...

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    Tasting panel: Banrock Station Sparkling Shiraz

    2000-11-25T00:00:00Z

    from BRL Hardy TARGET CONSUMER The Grocer's marketing editor Karen Dempsey tackles this cherry-ish offering I am a big fan of red wine and fizz but not normally in the same glass. So it was with some trepidation that I approached this...

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    The Grocer focus on bacon

    2000-11-25T00:00:00Z

    NPD: TULIP GETS CREATIVE Tulip is trailblazing development of bacon meal centres and innovative products at its new Vejle factory The bacon fixture is dogged by inherent conservatism. Range reviews usually mean redesigning labels or packaging...

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    The Grocer focus on bacon: UK: Fever keeps pulses racing in

    2000-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Weekly slaughter figures have dropped 20% and created a tough marketplace for the curers R etailers will continue to face growing pressure to pay more for British back rashers because supplies of British pork backs are becoming increasingly tight....

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    The Grocer focus on bacon: the raw and the cooked

    2000-11-25T00:00:00Z

    From being a food service sandwich ingredient, cooked bacon has developed very strongly as a retail sector in its own right over the last 12 months. The retail quantities remain small, but last year saw the rival launches of Streakers by Tulip...

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    The Grocer focus on bacon

    2000-11-25T00:00:00Z

    DENMARK: seeking an equitable life The Danes expect the UK to take a bigger slice of their pigmeat, but believe the market here is working against them. Peter Crosskey reports T he Danish industry's frustration with the climate of the British...

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    The Grocer focus on bacon: what's in store

    2000-11-25T00:00:00Z

    - Sainsbury Sainsbury has launched a new range of bacon on its delicatessen fixture, @west Country Premium Bacon, sourced in the West Country. "It is traditionally cured for a fuller flavour and thicker cut for a meatier texture," says category...

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    The Grocer focus on bacon: MLC campaign Sales were not dama

    2000-11-25T00:00:00Z

    The £4.5m MLC-backed generic pig advertising campaign promoting the British Meat Quality Standard Mark broke on May 11 and provoked a storm of controversy ­ and even within the British industry. It was, of course, deeply resented by pigmeat...

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    The Grocer focus on bacon: making its mark on ready meals

    2000-11-25T00:00:00Z

    B acon has more possibilities than just fried rashers. Richard Cullen, MLC national accounts manager, trade marketing, says: "The opportunities for bacon are there in ready meals. "There is a lot we can develop for bacon and pork. "Ready meals...

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    The Grocer focus on bacon

    2000-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Netherlands: Braced for contraction Green legislation will add to already declining pig numbers, and the industry can no longer delay action The tide of environmental legislation is running against the Dutch pig industry which, in addition to...