All The Grocer articles in 26 May 2001 – Page 2
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South Korea and Hungary: Tesco backs up rapid growth with ne
Tesco is building the infrastructure to support its rapid growth in South Korea and Hungary this year as work begins on two new state-of-the-art distribution facilities due to open in 2002. Tesco's success in Thailand has been attributed in part to...
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Polo impulse bag first
Polo is bringing out its Polo Smoothies Strawberry & Cream in an impulse-sized bag, in what it claims is a response to requests from retailers. Available from June 4, the impulse bag will contain nine sweets (rsp: 30p). This is the first time that a...
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The Grocer focus on bread, pastries & bake off: INNOVATION:
The industry is driving forward indulgent NPD to bring crumbs of comfort for the market Tasty, crusty, organic innovations have already made their mark, as shown in ACNielsen's new product monitor highlighting the bestselling brands since April...
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The Grocer focus on bread, pastries & bake off: market resea
by Ian Prophet, account director, and Caroline Stockley, senior account executive, TNS Superpanel The British wrapped bread market declined marginally in the year to April 1. Retail sales were estimated at £1.057bn (-1% year on year) with volume...
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The Grocer focus on bread, pastries & bake off: BAKE OFF: a
Classy packaging, upmarket products and practical help from suppliers are giving smaller retailers a fighting chance against the big boys in a sector where price is not an issue Bake off is a dynamic area where a host of operators are not only...
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The Grocer focus on bread, pastries & bake off: new product
Multiple grocers (value sales) £K WRAPPED BREAD Average 4 weekly sales since launch 22/4/00 20/5/00 17/6/00 ...
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The Grocer focus on bread, pastries & bake off
- bread bruised by loss leader role - poor harvest will push a loaf up 2p - economy own label in decline - NPD pushes on regardless Analysis by Sheila Eggleston The continuing drive by the supermarkets to keep bread prices low is having a...
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The Grocer focus on bread, pastries & bake off: specialities
Money is moving into the speciality sector, providing light in the gloom of relentless price squeezes Speciality bread is proving to be the best thing since sliced bread. Whether Irish, Indian or Mediterranean it's there for the asking and...
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The Grocer Club Business barometer
The lack of decent summer weather, plus the foot and mouth crisis, has led to a downturn in sales for independent grocers compared with a year ago. In this month's poll of 100 readers of The Grocer, 44% said sales were up on this time last year,...
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INTERBREW AND BASS: Court finds Interbrew block unfair'
All sides were claiming victory after a ruling by the High Court on Wednesday that has left a question mark over the government's block on Interbrew's takeover of Bass Brewers. At the end of a judicial review of the Competition Commission's...
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Tesco: Online help for the blind
Tesco has adapted its online shopping service to cater for blind and partially sighted people, enabling another two million customers to buy goods from Tesco.com. Tesco collaborated closely with the Royal National Institute for the Blind to create...
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Tasting panel: GRIMBERGEN BLONDE
From Scottish Courage. One of two specialist Belgian brews aimed at the niche for imported premium beers Abv: 6.7% Price: £1.29 TARGET CONSUMER Michael Costello, 33, is practice manager of the PDSA in south London Grimbergen is presented in a...
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Red goes Blue for chilling out
Bass is extending its on-trade premium packaged spirit Red with the introduction of a new colour, Blue. While Red is targeted at the pubs and clubs, Blue is designed for chilling out at home after a night out. It is a 5% abv vodka based drink...
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Drinks: Wine Blueprint success proven by soaring sales
Dramatic increases in wine sales by independents who had adopted the Federation of Wholesale Distributors' Blueprint for Wine were reported at the organisation's Drinksummit conference. Graham Shelley, md of Integrated Marketing and Advertising...
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Brandwatch profile: washing up/ dishwasher products
Top 11 brands advertised (by media) £k Mar '00 - Feb '01 Total Press Radio Outdoor TV ...
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Brandwatch Mintel Category Report: Household cleaning produc
The total market for household cleaners and polishes has experienced a period of stagnation since 1996. The market reached a value of a little over £493m in 2000, representing only 7% growth in 1995-2000. This may be explained by a degree of...
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BRITISH MEAT FEDERATION: Scott rejects calls for return to l
Logic points to producers and plants having to follow the market trend' Further expensive and politically unpopular restructuring of the slaughtering industry, involving closing many more plants, is an essential and inevitable consequence of...
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Major success in growing wine business for independent trade
Sir; After the most successful FWD Drinksummit ever in wholesalers' and suppliers' view, I was disappointed to read your headline Blueprint "useless" in the face of hefty discounting of wines' (The Grocer, May 19, p10). The article did a grave...
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Profile: Dianne Thompson, Camelot
She's just the ticket Dianne Thompson has secured both a sympathetic image and a second franchise for Camelot. Anne Bruce finds out how Reflecting on a career which has just brought her the accolade of Business Woman of the Year, Dianne Thompson...
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Camelot: National Lottery
The Dream Machine The lottery operator has set the balls rolling for the next seven years and come up with plenty of ideas to hlep retailers hit the jackpot. Anne Bruce reports As Camelot prepares for a second seven year stint in office, its...
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