All The Grocer articles in 26 November 2011
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NewsDoor-to-door boxes to flog black-market lamb
The amount of illegal lamb’s meat entering the food chain has soared by as much as 250% this year.
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Analysis & Features
Still speeding ahead
As the economy stalls, many UK suppliers are stuck in first gear. But a few are powering on. Who are they - and how have they kept the momentum up
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Profiles
How do you get noticed in the current employment market?
Recent newspaper reports have highlighted rising levels of unemployment among young people in the UK, now estimated to be up to a staggering one million youngsters aged 16 to 24. In addition, a survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development has indicated that many businesses are now actively holding ...
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ProfilesSainsbury’s takes on its 1,000th worker through Remploy
Sainsbury’s has recruited its 1,000th worker through a partnership scheme with Remploy.
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Profiles
Human Angle: Becki Murphy
What’s it like to work for your company? Busy, fastpaced, interesting and fun. You are constantly learning and always on the go.
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Analysis & Features
Are rocketing firework prices coming back down to earth?
Bonfire Night, Diwali and (soon) New Year’s Eve - fireworks are again burning holes in pockets. But their sky-high wholesale costs look like they might fall, says Robert Mile
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NewsScottish beer sales fall as multibuy ban bites
Volume sales of beer have crashed in Scotland following a ban on bogofs and other multibuy alcohol deals.
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NewsTulip buys premium player Parkam Foods
Pork supplier Tulip has its sights set on the premium meat sector after announcing the acquisition of a portfolio of companies from Parkam Food Group.
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NewsDairy Crest unveils online Chedds game
The tie-up between Dairy Crest’s Chedds brand and Cartoon Network has kicked off with an online game featuring the characters of the Chedds TV ad.
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NewsJN Dairies gets final damages from Johal
The bitter legal dispute between JN Dairies and Johal Dairies has ended as JN has now received all monies awarded it by the courts
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NewsDovecote Park pays Angus farmers more
Dovecote Park has been praised for raising the price it pays to its beef farmers supplying Aberdeen Angus breed cattle.
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NewsSalad bags EU funds to help freshen up image
The British leafy salads sector has won more than £120,000 of EU match funding for a new three-year campaign to give salad sales a lift and boost the industry’s reputation after the E.coli scare.
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NewsMorpol plans to boost salmon with new site
Salmon processor Morpol is to open what it claims will be the most advanced added-value salmon processing site in the world, near Edinburgh.
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NewsHerring roe set to return to Waitrose
Canadian herring roe has returned to Waitrose following a temporary disappearance from shelves because of soaring demand.
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NewsHeinz ‘committed’ to cutting health scare chemical BPA
Heinz has vowed to further reduce its use of a chemical at the centre of a canned soup health scare.
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Analysis & FeaturesXmas Crackers
Take one celebrity, add kids, tinsel and a lot of packshots. Throw in fake snow and a festive jingle and hey presto - a Christmas TV ad! So how does the class of 2011 rate? We commissioned a survey, trawled web forums and spoke to ad industry execs to find out.
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NewsA £3.4m helping hand for home-grown talent
The government and UK suppliers have pledged to guarantee hundreds of jobs for UK nationals in a bid to reduce the food and drink industry’s reliance on migrant workers.
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NewsBracknell store offers glimpse of Waitrose’s greener future
Waitrose opened its greenest- ever store this week close to its Berkshire HQ.
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News‘Water may prevent dehydration – but that’s not a disease’
The EU has not banned the industry from claiming that water prevents dehydration – contrary to this week’s press reports.
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Comment & Opinion
We can’t afford a repeat of Christmas 2010
Last year, retailers lost out because of poor logistics. They’ll need to raise their games this year