All The Grocer articles in 27 November 2004
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Ocado acquires £20m loan
Ocado, the online grocery business in partnership with Waitrose, has announced it has acquired a £20m loan from Lloyds TSB Corporate.The company reported a sales increase of 240% for the last financial year, and it plans to use the funding...
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Superquinn offers new recruitment approach
Irish chain Superquinn has developed a new approach to store recruitment that focuses more on candidates’ attitudes and willingness to learn rather than previous skills and experience.Instead of asking applicants to send in a CV and attend...
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Totty decides to quit UBUK
United Biscuits UK has stunned the sales world by announcing that Martin Totty is to leave the company in February to pursue his career elsewhere.UBUK created the role of sales director for Totty, who joined him from PepsiCo in May 2003. He...
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Sainsbury’s nightmare before Christmas
One in 10 cases arriving at Sainsbury’s automated distribution centres still doesn’t scan and delivery accuracy to stores remains dire as the critical Christmas period approaches.Although Sainsbury is addressing poor picking accuracy at...
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Vodka looks to become Britain’s favourite
Vodka is increasing in popularity in Britain and is close to overtaking whisky consumption, according to the latest report by Datamonitor.The report found that on average each Briton consumers a litre of vodka every 12 months, which is just...
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Dairy Farm to buy Hero supermarkets
Dairy Farm, the Asian grocery retailer, has announced that its subsidiary, Nalacca BV, will make a tender offer for all the shares of PT Hero Supermarkets that are currently not owned by the Dairy Farm Group.PT Hero is Indonesia’s leading...
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Britain’s most admired company is…
Cadbury Schweppes has won the title of Britain’s Most Admired Company ahead of Unilever, who took second place, followed by BP in third.The winners were announced at Management Today’s Britain’s most Admired Company awards at the MT Summitt,...
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M&S drops prices as Christmas nears
Shares at Marks & Spencer feel to its lowest level yesterday since Philip Green’s bid approach in May this year, amid fears that the retailer would have to add further discounting to shift surplus stock before Christmas.The retailer plans to...
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Sainsbury buys its third c-store chain
Sainsbury has bought its third convenience store operator, Midlands-based JB Beaumont Ltd, which ranked 48 on The Grocer’s Top 50 list.JB Beaumont has six convenience stores across the East Midlands and its turnover for the year ended May 29...
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ACS launches OFT complaint against Post Office contracts
The fight for a fairer contract between the Post Office and retailers who operate them has begun, with the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) raising a complaint to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).Of the 32,000 stores represented by...
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Batleys installs Celtech system
Batleys, the UK cash & carry company, has announced it has implemented Celtech Software’s ab-initio Corporate system in all of its 18 depots to improve its stock and sales information gathered from every ePoS.“The ability to see stock...
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Red Tractor stars in radio ads
A new radio campaign to promote the Little Red Tractor logo will begin next week and they will become the first radio adverts to market farmers and food production in England and Wales.NFU President, Tim Bennett, said: “The new campaign to...
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Glisten buys Halo Foods Group
Glisten, the food group focused on niche sectors, has bought Halo Foods Group, the producer of own-brand snack bars and confectionery, for £5.638m with a further sum of up to £8m depending on performance in 2005 and 2006.Halo Foods produces...
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Webb to close
Arla Foods UK has said it will close its HT Webb imported cheese distribution company early next year.The small financial returns to be made from cutting, wrapping and distributing specialist cheese products manufactured by other companies...
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Are you whiter than white?
A new report out this week suggests UK industry is not playing fair when it comes to employing those from ethnic minorities – and losing talent as a result.Liz Hamson takes a look at what’s happening in food retail to see whether there...
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Wheel turns at Sainsbury
A ‘Wheel of Health’ colour-coded labelling scheme will be introduced at Sainbury to help consumers make choices on healthy eating.The front-of-pack guide will be in the form of a wheel and mark levels of salt, fat, saturated fat, added sugar...
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Stax of publicity
Walkers has advertised new Pringles copycat Stax in the national press in a bid to generate a following for it among consumers.The Grocer last week revealed how Walkers had ordered a low-key trial of Stax through selected Tesco stores and...
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Staff retention looks up
Supermarkets are losing their McJobs image as employees discover the flexibility and benefits of working for the country’s major food retailers.A survey for The Grocer shows that, while the number of staff leaving each year is still high,...