All The Grocer articles in 28 November 2009 – Page 3
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Celery gets boost as growers launch PGI bid for heritage crop
A heritage celery variety could become the next British food with protected European status. Cambridgeshire salad company G's Marketing plans to apply to the EC for Protected Geographical Indication for Fenland celery within the next few...
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Dr Oetker revamps its baking lines
Dr Oetker is ditching the Supercook logo from its home-baking range as part of a design revamp of its 100-strong portfolio.
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Timcon fights back at plastic pallet makers
Manufacturers of wooden pallets are targeting MPs to convince them of the benefits of timber over plastic.The Timber Packaging and Pallet Confederation is holding a lunch at the Scottish Parliament next week to convince MSPs of the...
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NewsBakkavör is back from the brink, says Gudmundsson
In an exclusive interview with James Ball, Bakkavör chief executive Ágúst Gudmundsson says the business’s worst times are behind it
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New flagship Asda to souk it and see
It's not every day you launch a prestigious new supermarket store in a virgin market so how odd that Asda recently lifted the proverbial fez off its first retailopolis in Egypt with such little fanfare.Merchandising masterminds for the...
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Police arrest two over store raids in the north east
Two men have been arrested by police investigating a spate of armed raids on major supermarkets across the north east of England.The suspects have been charged with five armed robberies and six burglaries, committed between July 2008 and...
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Fine to retire as FSA announces shake-up of its management
Food Standards Agency director of consumer choice and dietary health Gill Fine is to leave after five years.Fine, who joined the FSA from Sainsbury's in 2004, cut a controversial figure in the industry as she championed the agency's...
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Arla buys Fonterra’s Anchor butter stake
Arla amba has underlined its growth ambitions by buying up full control of Anchor butter in the UK.The Danish dairy giant, which stunned the industry last week by announcing plans for a one billion litre mega-dairy in London, bought out...
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NewsHaldanes, Asco & Alworths: counting on counter-intuition
With three new chains - two supermarkets and a variety store - opening this month, what makes the owners think they'll work? Rachel Barnes reports
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Comment and Opinion
The FSA is always led by science
The Grocer has, over the past couple of weeks, aimed a number of serious accusations at the Food Standards Agency over our handling of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition’s (SACN) draft report on energy. You have accused us of…
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Meat snacks muscle in as alternative to crisps
The nation's lust for chewy meat has helped sales of meat snacks to boom over the past year. Figures from TNS reveal that sales of meat snacks are up 24.3% in value and 34.9% in volume, as the category wins over consumers looking for an...
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My Alternative CV: Simon Turrell, Matthew Walker's Christmas pudding expert
Simon Turrell, Matthew Walker's Christmas pudding expert, on Batman, Dawn French and fly fishing
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All eyes on Price, but could McKenna replace Marc Bolland at Morrisons?
While most people's money is on Mark Price taking over from Marc Bolland at Morrisons, Asda FD Judith McKenna remains a highly fancied outsider.
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A man for all seasons
Turkey is for life, not jsut for Christmas. Jeff Halliwell talks to Michael Barker about his plans for Bernard Matthews
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NewsDon Pumsey on why Aldi's Burgered off
Talk about fast food! Armin Burger has to be the quickest takeaway in Aldi's increasingly revolting history, unexpectedly following Paul Foley into a fully merited obscurity. Still, you'd have thought a man with such a name would have had a bit...
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Barnes could share Aldi reins with CEO ‘partner’
Matthew Barnes will take control of Aldi UK and Ireland in March next year, but he may have to share the job with a partner, according to sources in the industry.
With the shockwaves still being felt from the exit of Armin Burger last… -
Profiles and QandAs
The Human Angle: Donna Alder
What’s it like to work for your company? Fantastic. I walk in each morning and really have influence over what will happen.
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Daylesford Organic adds Ocado listing
Daylesford Organic has secured online distribution with Ocado for 57 of its products as it seeks to extend availability beyond its luxury shop estate.Condiments, jams, sweet and savoury biscuits, milk, drinking yoghurts and meals made...
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NewsAcid Test: Loyd Grossman Classic Margherita pizza
I would normally buy Pizza Express-branded chilled pizzas as they are of a decent quality, but after trying Loyd Grossman's Margherita my loyalty has switched despite the fact that they are about...
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Harry Tuffins eyes £60m sales as it acquires two stores from The Co-op
Harry Tuffins has snapped up two Somerfield stores in Gloucestershire from The Co-operative Group. The shops, in Coleford and Lydney, takes the retailer's estate to nine and are its first stores in the county.
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