All The Grocer articles in 25 November 2006 – Page 2
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Profiles and QandAs
Defra lends Young to lead FDF sustainability
As the Government turns up the heat on environmental issues, the Food and Drink Federation has named Callton Young as its new director of sustainability and competitiveness. Young, who takes up the position with immediate effect, has...
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Pernod Ricard is quite happy to stay in dark
Drinks giant Pernod Ricard is putting its weight behind dark spirits with a raft of upmarket extensions for its core The Glenlivet, Martell and Havana Club brands. The producer has added a premium line to its The Glenlivet single-malt...
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Dairy store Disneyland
Stew Leonard's has just three outlets in the US, but its shoppers are devoted. They vote with their wallets, with each store raking in millions to create a £300m turnover business. As Simon Dunn, MD of food broker Product Chain says:...
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A culinary epicentre
Paris' stylish Place de la Madeleine has been home to this French food emporium for 120 years. The business was founded in 1886 by grocer Auguste Felix Fauchon when he set up a fine foods cart in Paris specialising in French products....
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Own-label is latest target for copycats
Copycat branding in grocery is a growing problem and retailers are even mimicking each other's own label products, it has been claimed. A survey of 100 brand managers found 60% believed plagiarism of their brands by competitors was a...
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Co-op Group is OK with me
Sir; I was rather surprised to see that the Co-operative Group was being criticised for the content of its submissions to the Competition Commission grocery inquiry ('The Co-op bares its soul', 18 November, p6). All supermarket groups at...
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Climbing the ladder
How did you get where you are today? I started in the retail arena with the Co-op back in 1986 and then moved into sales with Mars Confectionery in 1989. I stayed on the sales side with Mars for over seven years and was then made a NAM. From...
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McCain oven chips go for a green light
McCain has developed what it claims is the first oven chip to score green across the board under the FSA's traffic light labelling system. Its new Rustic Oven Chips are cut thicker than standard products and also have the skins left on....
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Taylor new chief at Long Clawson
Stilton producer Long Clawson Dairy has appointed Martin Taylor as chief executive. Taylor, who takes up his new role in the New Year, has held a number of senior management positions in the dairy sector, including general manager of...
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Chelmsford latest to sign up to unity
Chelmsford Star Co-operative is to adopt the Co-operative Group's unifying fascia at its largest store as part of a revamp. The Essex-based society is to trial the fascia at its supermarket in Kings Road, Chelmsford, for three months from...
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Walkers challenged over 'wet' potatoes
Potato growers are angry about a Carbon Trust report that says they add water to their spuds. The trust's Carbon Footprints in the Supply Chain looked at how PepsiCo sources and processes potatoes for Walkers crisps. It concluded the...
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Mills makes fresh central to strategy
Mills Group has launched an intense focus on quality fresh food in an effort to fuel growth. At its annual conference in Newcastle-upon-Tyne this week, the independent retailer announced that the category would be its core focus for 2007...
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Great coconut cake
Where the English see Fortnum and Mason, the Americans see Dean & Deluca. The offer of high-end gourmet foods, wine and kitchenware started in 1977 when entrepreneurs Joel Dean, Giorgio Deluca and Jack Ceglic opened the flagship store in SoHo,...
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A virtuous circle as Cafédirect rebrands
Cafédirect is revamping its packaging with a new corporate logo to reinforce its Fairtrade credentials and to unite its family of products. It is also adding new Intense and Special Selection products to its freeze-dried instant coffee...
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Coke targets Red Bull with relentless spend
CCE is investing another £1.5m on its energy drink brand Relentless next year as it aims to steal a greater share of the Red Bull-dominated sector through targeted marketing. It is eschewing TV ads in favour of sponsorship and sampling...
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Iconic brand bows to state health pressure
Heinz is responding to calls for healthier product formulations with a reduced salt and sugar variant of its iconic tomato ketchup. Due to hit shelves at the beginning of the new year and timed to coincide with healthy eating resolutions,...
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In Brief: Out goes brown; Malta on the rack; British bottle
Out goes brown The low alcohol German beer brand Clausthaler has had a makeover. Its brown bottle has been replaced by green to represent the brand's premium positioning and to give it a more up-to-date look, according to the...
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Serious investment boosts traditional values
The Northern English chain Booths has made the cut for the second time - a real feat for a British supermarket chain that is one of the smallest in the country. But once again, the quality of its offer, its focus on local sourcing and...
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Campaign trail: Dolmio's is boosting its sponsorship of ITV chat show This Morning
Dolmio's is boosting its sponsorship of ITV chat show This Morning with 22 new creatives that will be shown alongside the programme for the next eight months. Kicking off this week, the new idents will continue the brand's 'When'sa your...
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Book reviews Bureaucracy rules
Have you ever thrown your arms up in despair while trying to complete an official form and asked yourself what is the point? You're not alone. Ross Clark, a journalist, has done the same, and he has written a book exposing some of the...
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