All The Grocer articles in 3 December 2005 – Page 4

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    Long chews from Haribo

    2005-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Haribo hopes to get kids (and adults) flocking to their local shop for Pasta Basta, a foot-long chewy sweet aimed at pepping up the countline confectionery category.Designed to be displayed upright in colour-coded shelf-ready boxes, it is...

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    M&S opens new depot for Christmas turkey supplies

    2005-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Marks and Spencer is to open a new distribution centre next week dedicated to supplying all its turkeys around the country this Christmas.The 100,000 sq ft site in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, has been configured to operate as its central turkey...

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    Tesco circling over retail development in Jersey

    2005-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Tesco and a French supermarket are both eyeing a plot of land in Jersey for a move on to the island, according to sources.The Constable of St Helier, Simon Crowcroft, who owns the 125-year lease on the Westmount Quarry site, is considering...

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    Marketing restructured as Morgan goes to City

    2005-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Rob Morgan, marketing director of Golden Wonder, has left the company. A spokesman said that Morgan had left to take up a consultancy role in the City.Morgan joined Golden Wonder in November 2003 and headed the consumer marketing programme....

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    Coke realigns managers for healthier performance

    2005-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Coca-Cola GB has realigned its marketing department to mirror the group’s focus on its three main business areas of health and wellness, performance and carbonated soft drinks.Justin Billingsley, who was previously brand director for Coca-Cola...

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    Stats show ‘sensible consumer spending’

    2005-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Food industry chiefs have claimed that new government consumer spending figures on the nation’s eating habits rubbish calls by consumer groups to move towards a nanny state.A report from the Office for National Statistics out this week revealed...

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    Stats show ‘sensible consumer spending’

    2005-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Food industry chiefs have claimed that new government consumer spending figures on the nation’s eating habits rubbish calls by consumer groups to move towards a nanny state.A report from the Office for National Statistics out this week revealed...

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    Consumer Feedback

    2005-12-03T00:00:00Z

    >>processed forms have greater respectabilityConsumers’ perceptions of cheese – and of what excites them – have been undergoing a quiet revolution over the past decade. One of the key factors driving change has been health –...

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    Consumer Feedback

    2005-12-03T00:00:00Z

    >>processed forms have greater respectabilityConsumers’ perceptions of cheese – and of what excites them – have been undergoing a quiet revolution over the past decade. One of the key factors driving change has been health –...

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    Strong contenders

    2005-12-03T00:00:00Z

    The distinctive and often powerful flavours of British Cheddars and territorials give them ongoing appealWe Brits have a longstanding love affair with Cheddar and the category now makes up slightly more than 50% of all cheese sales...

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    Strong contenders

    2005-12-03T00:00:00Z

    The distinctive and often powerful flavours of British Cheddars and territorials give them ongoing appealWe Brits have a longstanding love affair with Cheddar and the category now makes up slightly more than 50% of all cheese sales...

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    Fast food does the Continental

    2005-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Cheese from across the Channel is increasingly popular with British consumers and is also widening appeal by being offered in convenience, snacking and dinner party formatsContinental cheeses now represent the fastest-growing sector...

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    Fast food does the Continental

    2005-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Cheese from across the Channel is increasingly popular with British consumers and is also widening appeal by being offered in convenience, snacking and dinner party formatsContinental cheeses now represent the fastest-growing sector...

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    Sainsbury in dash to open

    2005-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury will have opened 24 stores in the month leading up to December 25 in a last-minute dash to be ready for the Christmas trading period.The rush comes as Sainsbury begins public consultation on its biggest UK development – a £300m, 22ha...

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    Doyle gets new duties

    2005-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Maurice Doyle, commercial director for Barcadi-Martini UK, has been promoted to the position of managing director for global duty free.Doyle joined Bacardi-Martini in 1987 from P&G as the company’s first new product development manager....

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    Lakeland Willow water drinks in new expertise

    2005-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Willow Water has announced a new top team following its buyout by Swinton Insurance heir Brian Scowcroft.New MD Margaret Hope, a former banker with her own financial consultancy, who helped secure the deal for Scowcroft after the company went...

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    Lakeland Willow water drinks in new expertise

    2005-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Willow Water has announced a new top team following its buyout by Swinton Insurance heir Brian Scowcroft.New MD Margaret Hope, a former banker with her own financial consultancy, who helped secure the deal for Scowcroft after the company went...

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    Look East for more fine food retailers

    2005-12-03T00:00:00Z

    from Matthew Nash, head of the Global Grub consultancySir; I enjoyed reading your special feature on the world’s finest food retailers (The Grocer, November 12, p30-47). I was particularly glad to see two non-European/North...

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    Iddison will ensure the pork pies have it

    2005-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Melton Mowbray Pork Pie producer Dickinson & Morris has appointed Lucy Iddison as its new brand manager.Iddison joins Dickinson & Morris from Northern Foods where she was the Tesco category manager for its chilled pastry savoury...

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    The Saturday Essay

    2005-12-03T00:00:00Z

    >>how to create a more level playing field for smaller retailers – Cliff Goodman, ex trading director, BudgensIt is with dismay that I observe the debate with regards to the power and dominance of the big four multiples and the...