All The Grocer articles in 28 April 2001
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E-fulfilment: Dropzone1 denies Reading axing
Dropzone1 has vehemently denied reports it has axed its e-fulfilment service in Reading after the system proved too burdensome for retailers. "We have not had a single complaint from retailers about the service," said a spokeswoman. "It was a...
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Foot and mouth crisis week 10: MAFF break up plan blasted by
Clive Beddall Rumours that Tony Blair plans to break up MAFF and transfer its responsibilities for the food chain to a variety of government departments have prompted angry responses from leading figures and organisations across grocery. Typical...
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Fish: Squeeze on supply pushes up markets' prices by 100%
With severe national shortages, the price of fish has increased by up to 100% in many of the main markets around the United Kingdom. With the Scottish fishing fleet landing only a fraction of its normal catch and the Icelandic on strike, it was...
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IGD Convenience Retailing 2001 report: Co-ops/symbols do bes
The convenience store market is continuing to grow despite intense competition in the grocery sector, according to the Convenience Retailing 2001 report from the IGD. The annual report, which is used as a benchmark by all the major c-store...
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Coca-Cola spends £30m on ad blitz for five core brands
Coca-Cola is splashing a liberal £30m all over poster sites and TV ad slots in a major advertising blitz for its five core brands. The marketing push for Coke kicked off at the weekend, the first TV and cinema advertising support the brand has had...
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Magazines: IPC tells the 35-plus woman how to make the most
IPC launched Your Life this week, a major new women's weekly that aims to show women who have brought up a family, how to find their own life hence the title. Publishing director Sandy Gale says: "More than five million women in the UK today are...
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Bass reduces Caffrey's abv to remove threat of hangovers
Bass has reacted to consumer feedback which showed drinkers fought shy of drinking large quantities of Caffrey's because of the hangovers it gave them. The brewer's answer has been to cut the alcohol level from 4.8% abv to 4.2%. A poster campaign...
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Brandwatch advertising this week....
Comic actor John Thompson is frontman for Unilever Bestfoods' £8m campaign for Hellmann's mayonnaise and salad dressings. Breaking on May 1, the theme is: People who like food, love Hellmann's' Onken's new Kids Mousse makes its TV debut with...
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Food Standards Agency: Perkins claims proof of innocence
Perkins Frozen Foods claims to have "documentary proof" it is not implicated in the public health scandal surrounding poultry unfit for consumption entering the food chain. The Food Standards Agency claims Perkins may have unknowingly used meat...
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News analysis: Ministry of Agriculture
The year of the cull? Tony Blair's rumoured plans to scrap MAFF when the FMD crisis ends raises the spectre of the food chain's interests being carved up between the DTI and the Treasury says Clive Beddall The knives are out for Nick Brown. But a...
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Symbol groups: Mace Express aims at middle ground
P&H's long awaited new symbol format Mace Express is set to attract "at least 100 independents" during 2001. That was the claim of P&H national symbol sales manager David Ellis as he unveiled the new fascia at the Pro-retail show in Telford this...
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Drinks: Allied Domecq in tussle for Montana
Allied Domecq will find out next month whether it has any chance of getting its hands on top New Zealand winemaker Montana, which was snatched from its clutches in February by Australian brewer Lion Nathan. Montana is New Zealand's largest wine...
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Republic of Ireland: Tesco aloof as OECD sparks below cost r
A call for the abolition of the Irish Republic's Groceries Order which bans below price selling has re-ignited the long-running dispute over the legislation. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, an influential European...
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Republic of Ireland: Another round of cuts by Tesco
Tesco has set off another round of price cuts in the Irish Republic its fourth since last September with an average 12% reduction on 120 food and grocery items in its 76 stores. The cuts were immediately matched by Superquinn which also added...
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Beef: Farmgate prices appear to be holding up despite produc
Prime cattle numbers heading for reduction Margins are probably being squeezed in the beef trade between farm gate and supermarket checkout, reality conflicting with persistent media allegations of profiteering by retailers and processors. While...
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TV drive for Archers
UDV's efforts to put some life back into its peach schnapps brand Archers got under way this month with a TV campaign on terrestrial and satellite channels and a cinema campaign which runs until the middle of June. This is part of a £6m investment...
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BACON REPORT: Foot and mouth disease has hit demand harder t
Resumed Dutch imports give jitters to UK traders Limited shipments of pork and bacon from the Netherlands to British customers were expected to resume on Wednesday after the easing of Dutch restrictions on livestock movement, slaughtering and...
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Independent stores: business barometer
The independent retail sector is buoyant, with many neighbourhood stores reporting an increase in sales compared to last year and even more expecting further improvement over the next three months. The upbeat sales picture comes from results in...
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Magazine scene: health and beauty
Keep on your toes, there's no room for beautiful dreamers The UK magazine market has grown to reflect an increasing interest by consumers in health and beauty. The sector, which only a few years ago consisted of a handful of regular and occasional...
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Lang's beef. Tim Lang, professor of food policy at Thames Va
Have you watched TV this week? If you have, you are a failure as far as the campaign group White Dot, which organised the International Television Turn-off Week, is concerned. We live in a TV obsessed culture, with most people spending half their...