All The Grocer articles in 28 July 2001 – Page 2
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The Grocer focus on rice: specialities: small but just bubbl
It may be a small sector, but speciality rice shows growth and promise way beyond its size. This tiny niche, worth no more than £3.9m, is achieving 36% value/24% volume yr-on-yr growth [Information Resources, 52 w/e 20 May '01]. Driving forces...
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British exports: Cereals firm fortifies malt whisky
Cereal marketing firm HGCA is pumping £15,000 into schemes to drive British exports of single malt whiskies. Single malt clubs run by Food from Britain managers in Italy, Portugal and Holland were established to boost single malt whisky sales with...
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Retail spotlight: Bridge Market, New York
NYC heat, NYC cool One of New York's most stylish food stores also enjoys some spectacular architecture. Clive Beddall visits teh Bridge Market Midsummer in Manhattan, temperature 90degF with 90deg humidity. You can fry a quail's egg on the...
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Brandwatch profile: whisky
Top 15 brands advertised (by media) £k July '00 - June '01 Total Press Cinema Radio Outdoor ...
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Brandwatch: Mintel category report: Cakes: snacking opens ne
Total sales of ambient cakes, excluding cake bars, reached £1.37bn in 2000. Despite its maturity and fierce competition from other markets, such as cereal bars and cake bars, the cake market has performed relatively well over the past five years. ...
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Interbrew offers branded fridges
Big-spending Interbrew UK has ploughed £3m into backing its chiller message to the trade in the last 12 months, it has revealed. The company said the spend was justified because its research shows there are more sales to be gained from the beer...
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Multiples: Extra pivotal as Tesco works to boost entertainme
Tesco aims to double its turnover of entertainment products online by the end of this year and aims to sell more than 12 million items both at Tesco.com and in store between October and December. At a conference for entertainment suppliers, Tesco...
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Ben & Jerry's pulls the toes out
They must have a lot of long, lonely nights in Wetton, Staffordshire, if this latest sporting activity is anything to go by. The Ben & Jerry's-sponsored World Toe Wrestling Championships took place in the village recently, and saw grown adults...
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Suppliers: Baxters: Even more in a pickle
The Baxters Group of Food Companies will continue on the expansion trail following this week's purchase of Garner's Foods' pickles, chutneys and salad dressings business. Audrey Baxter, chairman and chief executive of Baxters, said: "This is...
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NPD: Bars'n'biscuits
Mars looks set to take its confectionery brands into the biscuit market with the launch of a new Bisc&' range. The biscuits, which combine cookies with Bounty, M&M's, Mars or Bounty, are currently being trialled in the Netherlands. Mars said it...
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Germany's waste laws: Back to square one as deposit plan thr
The German retail lobby was claiming victory this week after the Bundesrat threw out a controversial proposal to impose a mandatory deposit on disposable cans and bottles from January next year. Environment minister Jurgen Trittin provoked a storm...
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Back on Location
Stella Artois is hoping to score another hit with film lovers as it takes its open-air cinema concept on the road for the sixth successive year. This summer, the Stella Screen on Location promotion is going to the beach at Brighton, Queen Square in...
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Bacardi hails the success of Breezer's cranberry variant
Cranberry has gone down a treat with Bacardi Breezer drinkers, its makers have claimed. Bacardi-Martini said the latest addition to its premium packaged spirits (pps) range has gained 59% distribution in multiple grocers in the three months since...
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Brammy Awards: JS fends off Waitrose to grab the Brammy glor
Sainsbury emerged triumphant in this year's Brammy Awards winning two of the product categories and being named best multiple retailer. But the chain faced fierce competition from Waitrose, which came a close second in many of the categories and won...
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Shepherd Neame wins Tesco award
Shepherd Neame is to showcase one of its beers in Tesco after winning the chain's Autumn Beer Challenge. It is the first time the Faversham-based brewer has won the competition, although it has entered beers on a number of occasions. Shepherd...
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French on the defensive over wine in shadow of Australian su
The French wine industry is fighting back against claims the Australians will soon have a bigger share of the UK market. Last year Aussie wine sales in the UK soared at the expense of French wines, while the industry has been predicting that...
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Aston Manor gets into perry sector
Aston Manor has launched Chardolini, a competitively priced sparkling perry. The Midlands company, best known for its price fighting cider Frosty Jack, has won listing for the brand in cash and carries and independents and is in talks with the…
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Cirio Del Monte Group: MD for north Europe arm
Del Monte's new owner Cirio has picked Stephen Thorpe for the top job of md, Northern Europe, for the new Cirio Del Monte Group. Former md Ed Petrie, who recently moved to the UK from South Africa, becomes md for commercial operations, Africa,...
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Dylon brings out white stuff for entry into laundry arena
Dylon is continuing its drive into the laundry market with its first product launch for almost two years. Its new Fabric Care Super-White Tablets also takes the company into a competitive laundry market dominated by the likes of Lever Fabergé and...
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Kraft's search is on for the new face of Angel Delight
Kraft Foods is looking for an angel to star on revamped packs of children's instant dessert Angel Delight. The search for a cherubic child will be promoted both instore and on milk cartons at Tesco in the Midlands, south and Wales, nationally in...
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