All The Grocer articles in 29 August 2009 – Page 3

  • FRIDGE RAIDERS MIGHTY BITE
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    Acid Test: Mattessons Fridge Raiders Mighty Bite

    2009-08-29T00:00:00Z

    A chicken lollipop, you say? Who wouldn't like that?

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    3663 buffs up buffet offering for Christmas

    2009-08-29T00:00:00Z

    There are signs the worst of the recession is over, but 3663 First For Foodservice is still expecting its customers to economise this Christmas.In anticipation that many office parties will be downgraded from sit-down meals to finger...

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    Grocer 33: Tesco top on availability and service

    2009-08-29T00:00:00Z

    Two retailers provided a full basket and impressive service this week, but Tesco in Amersham beat Waitrose by a whisker thanks to its shorter queue and a particularly "efficient and friendly" checkout assistant.

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    Bree brings surprise touch of glamour to £3m Rooster TV ad

    2009-08-29T00:00:00Z

    Albert Bartlett has pulled off arguably the unlikeliest advertising coup of the year by signing Desperate Housewives star Marcia Cross as the new face of its Rooster potato brand.Cross, who plays Bree Van De Kamp in the hit American TV...

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    Other Movers 29/8/09

    2009-08-29T00:00:00Z

    Former Sainsbury's non-food trading director Keith Evans is the new CEO of British Retail Consortium Trading. Evans was most recently at DSGi, where he held senior positions including commercial director for Currys.

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    World News 29/8/09

    2009-08-29T00:00:00Z

    Metro Group has laid down its expansion policy for the next decade, saying it plans to focus on Asia and Eastern Europe at the expense of the US. "The US is not on our top-priority list," said deputy chief executive Thomas Unger.