All The Grocer articles in 29 September 2001 – Page 3
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CAKE MIXES: RISING NICELY
Higher quality and a particular appeal to children are key factors for success says Sheila Eggleston N ot since the heady days of the Viota sponge mixes in the '60s has there been such a resurgence of interest in cake mixes. ACNielsen's new...
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M&S Café Revive goes into packs
Marks and Spencer is looking to build on the success of its instore café concept Café Revive with the launch of retail packs of coffee under the same brand. Made from Arabica beans ground at ultra cool temperatures within minutes of roasting,...
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Receivers fail to find buyer for Tinsley
Lincoln based Tinsley Foods has closed after receivers failed to find a buyer prepared to take it as a going concern. Receivers KPMG said they were surprised the business had attracted so little interest given major customers Marks and Spencer and...
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New regional management team overhauls Budgens operations
Budgens has beefed up its operations team with the appointment of four executives, each of whom will take responsibility for running in the region of 14 stores. Former store manager and 26-year Budgens veteran David Lee takes responsibility for 14...
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The Grouse borrows a thing or two from maturing malt
Maxxium has added two new styles to its Famous Grouse brand in an effort to attract consumers back to blended whisky. The company has borrowed techniques from its malt whisky business and introduced special wood finishes to the blend to create...
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Tesco boosts wine online
Tesco is taking on specialist wine retailers with a new online Wine Warehouse offering 800 wines by the case at rock bottom prices. Tesco.com chief executive John Browett said: "Our aim is to be the best wine by case delivery service in the UK."...
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DEVON START FOR BIGGER STORE
The first of Safeway's brand new hypermarket formats is due to open in Plymstock, Devon, by mid-December. It will be followed by four more hypermarkets by next March said CEO Carlos Criado-Perez. He said the hypermarkets would be created by...
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Beckett blasts CAP and calls for market orientated productio
Helen Gregory In her most forthright speech since becoming DEFRA secretary of state, Margaret Beckett warned farmers and food industry executives from across Europe this week that radical policy change was needed to secure the industry's future....
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Stepping back into a cold war
Former Iceland founder and frozen food supremo Malcolm Walker thinks there's still plenty of life in the frozen food discounting business. So much so he's even come out of retirement to launch his brand new chain Cooltrader. However, things have...
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Phenomenal success' of first CBC net auction
A major new procurement initiative from Nisa-Today's has demonstrated internet auctions are not only for the big boys. Nisa CBC members Londis, Budgens and Somerfield used their first web auction to procure four million cases of soft drinks on...
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NFU offers rural business marketing and planning assistance
National Farmers Union Services is to help farmers and other rural business people develop their marketing acumen through a programme of workshops beginning this autumn. Twenty "stratagems for successful entrepreneurship" sessions will focus on...
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Tesco closes in on Asda while Walkers gives snacks a leg up
Competition becomes more fierce in the fascia chart this week with only two percentage points separating the top three. Asda and Tesco retain first and second positions respectively with Safeway rising to third place. Heinz slips to fourth...
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Asda hits top gear for non food drive
Asda has launched an aggressive bid to boost non food sales with the introduction of 5,000 new home and leisure products. The new range of microwaves, DVDs and bikes has been sourced through Wal-Mart's global general merchandise supplier PREL,...
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THERE'S NO STOPPING THIS ARMY OF WORLD-BEATING EXPORTERS
The Brits are winning worldwide acclaim for innovation in convenience foods and next month they gain global exposure at Anuga. Despite foot and mouth, the outlook is excellent for exporters, believes Food from Britain Britain is boosting its...
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New look Armagnac in good spirit
Importer and distributor Winefare is hoping to breathe life into the Armagnac sector with the launch of the revamped range of Comte de Lauvia. Winefare chairman James Rackham said: "We researched the UK market carefully and felt interest in the...
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appleby westward
Spar trading chief blasts suppliers' poor service Companies supplying Spar's south west wholesaler Appleby Westward have come in for a roasting from trading director Nigel Taylor for their poor service levels. Speaking at the Spar Wessex Guild's...
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Analysts fear for Unilever
Unilever failed to impress investors this week with a disappointing third quarter trading update. Its shares tumbled despite food companies having proved relatively safe stock market havens since the US terror attacks on September 11. Unilever...
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