All The Grocer articles in 26 May 2001 – Page 3
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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 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: 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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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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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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ASDA PLAYS COPYCAT
Sir; We were amused to hear of Asda's latest initiative promising to be open and honest with its food labelling at least on 200 lines. As far back as 1995, the Co-op made a commitment to ensure all its labels gave as much clear information as...
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Motorway service areas: Compass motoring with m-way overhaul
The retail offer at Granada motorway service areas is being revamped as part of a general overhaul of the sites. Compass Group, which took over the motorway service areas from Granada earlier this year, is rebranding them as Moto, and as part of...
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APPLES: SA apple imports to rise
Capespan forecasts 40% increase for vintage' Golden Delicious Major increases in South African apple imports to the UK have been forecast by Martin Dunnett, marketing director of Capespan International. With Golden Delicious already being sold in...
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CANNED MEAT: Corned beef appealing to high protein' consume
Foot and mouth disease in South America fails to disrupt export operations Importers are confident there will be no disruption to supplies following the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the south of Brazil. In spite of stringent border...
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Private Label Manufacturers Association's annual exhibition:
Fondue for snackers New product development at the show ranged from the innovative to the bizarre and fanciful. Swiss firm Gerber has turned cheese fondue into a frozen, microwaveable snack. Fondue comes in a single portion tub that can be heated...
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ECR Europe annual conference: Keep it simple, stupid
For much of the ECR Europe gathering, the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre was picketed by a small, but highly vocal, group of anti-globalisation activists who were protesting against the growing power of worldwide fmcg corporations. If...
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Newstrade: Retailer fury at ANMW carriage charges hike
The Association of Newspaper and Magazine Wholesalers has provoked furious reactions across the industry with proposals to increase carriage charges on weekend newspapers. The proposals come as publishers, wholesalers and retailers continue to...
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The Grocer focus on deli and food to go: It's all go at Spar
Spar is fully committed to the food to go concept. "It's highly successful, provided you have the right products, in the right location, at the right time," says trading controller Robert Neal. Spar began with a pilot scheme two years ago in a...
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ECR Europe annual conference: Alive but not kicking
Europe's grocery industry has come a long way since the days of the corner shop. ECR Europe claims to know how to take the industry forward from here. Or does it? Julian Hunt reports Those wandering around the ECR Europe gathering in Glasgow last...
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New Zealand: Lorneville does it again
Criticism of the loss of hundreds of small abattoirs and their replacement by giant slaughterhouses in the UK is put into perspective by record throughput at New Zealand exporter Alliance Group's flagship plant at Lorneville. Lorneville, (where...
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Jac Roper's advice centre: Universal Bank brings post office
Card transactions are now the way of the world and it's good to see the Post Office is finally catching up, by virtue of the lifeline it is being thrown by the government. Around 500 sub post offices are closing each year, and at a rate of around...
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Adkin becomes operations director for AF Blakemore's Tates
Stuart Adkin is the new operations director of Tates, the company owned stores division of Spar wholesaler AF Blakemore. He replaces Geoff Hallam, who became managing director following the retirement of Colin Ellis. Adkin has been with the…
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New product development: Cranswick confidently adds value in
The proof it is possible for a meat product manufacturer to profit by adding value Pork processor Cranswick's confident launch of a range of premium sausages using entirely home-produced raw material highlights the unreliability of common...
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