All The Grocer articles in 29 March 2003 – Page 2
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Three go in Tesco's distribution shake-up
Rod Addy A radical shake-up in Tesco's supply chain operations has seen the departure of three key personnel. The merger of two supply chain divisions follows rumours that Tesco has been suffering distribution problems. Resignations came...
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Multiples defend DoH rebuff
Ed Bedington Tesco and Sainsbury are defending their refusal to sign up to the government's 5-a-day campaign. Neither retailer has agreed to adopt the Department of Health logo, but each insists it fully supports the aims of the government...
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A necessary evil but at what cost?
When we investigated the e-auction phenomenon early last summer we found own label suppliers were outraged at what they saw as the introduction of a blunt tool which was being used to hammer down their margins. Whatever the benefits for...
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Coors Light premature'
Rosie Davenport Retailers have expressed surprise at plans by Coors Brewers for a nationwide launch of Coors Light. Details of Coors' aspirations for the 4.5% abv beer come nearly four years after Carlsberg-Tetley and Ubevco which...
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Household goods company Robert McBride has pulled off a hat-
Despite having a low profile outside the trade, the prolific producer, which supplies every retailer in Europe, not only won the household category, but pulled in the most votes from buyers across all 10 categories for the third consecutive year....
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Chicken gets a roasting
A new range of potentially award winning chicken products has been launched by Grampian Country Foods. Already short listed for the prestigious Grampian Food Awards, the added-value range was unveiled at IFE this week under the company's...
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Thomas swells the Waitrose buying team
Waitrose has made Rupert Thomas central buyer for one of its core grocery divisions. His responsibilities include home baking, condiments, spices and packet sauce, sugar, pasta, rice and pulses. He will also manage buying for canned fish and...
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Business brisk as show takes new heart
The Grocer News Team The International Food and Drink Exhibition has bounced back from the hit it took during the 2001 foot and mouth crisis, with organisers claiming that this year's show was a resounding success. As The Grocer went to...
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A quarter of the major fmcg brands' websites contain no info
However, on the whole, the market has begun to embrace the internet as a valuable tool for communication, with 11% more brands having a product specific web presence than last year and 7% more brands having a web presence generally. Our...
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In the blue corner we have Tesco.com sticking resolutely to
Although both can argue strongly for their respective strategies, they have their limitations. While Tesco.com may be slightly profitable, when volumes increase, the picking of goods instore will ultimately interfere with the day-to-day running of...
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Tesco fever reaches Eastern Bloc
Tesco is preparing to make a major impact on the fledgling supermarket scene in Romania. That was the view of local food industry figures in the eastern European state as they gathered in the Carpathian mountains for Romanian grocery's major trade...
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Brewer backs beer school
A new course aimed at educating buyers and retailers about beer and the brewing process has been supported by Refresh UK. The brewer, the name behind Wychwood and Brakspear, is sponsoring the Beer Academy which takes the form of six two-hour...
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What is your career background?
My first experience of retail was when I joined Tesco in 1990 as a training manager. A year later, I became a customer service manager and after that I switched focus to human resources and became a HR manager. I moved to become marketing...
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Dutch ratchet up pig assurance scheme
Ed Bedington The Dutch pig industry has invested an additional one million euros to improve its quality assurance system. The voluntary IKB scheme, established 10 years ago, covers the entire food chain and around 90% of the country's pigs....
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Asda plays at leapfrog
In the retailer chart this week the top two have swapped positions, so Asda tops the chart and Morrisons is in second place. The shift continues Asda's increase in percentage points over the past couple of weeks. Positions three to six...
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Suppliers' call to ARM
Elaine Watson Sainsbury has embarked on a radical overhaul of its b2b systems in a bid to drive on-shelf availability to new levels through closer collaboration with suppliers. Over 100 suppliers have signed up to Sainsbury's Alerts and...
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Express and Arla deal set to cut overcapacity
Anne Bruce and Ed Bedington Major rationalisation of Arla and Express Dairies operations are expected if their proposed merger goes ahead. The merger between Arla Foods' UK subsidiary and Express, two of the UK's leading dairy companies, is...
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Euro onions set to cry all the way to the bank
There were definitely no tears being shed at stand number 1525 where Surrey broker The Food Masters was showing off cans of fried onions under the Eazy banner. Produced by Spanish manufacturer Eurocebollas (literal translation Euro onions'),...
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Wade through any article about Wal-Mart, and you won't get f
Plough through the 2000 Competition Commission report into the sector and there was little evidence that Asda's US parentage was securing it a better deal on a packet of biscuits, while Tesco's global sourcing efforts were initially focused on...
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For years independent retailers have complained bitterly abo
A few have been so incensed by the 0.5% commission rate and the 13p cap on individual transactions that they have thrown out the terminal, but the vast majority have just got on with it. After all, there are always plenty of other areas of the...
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