All The Grocer articles in 3 February 2001 – Page 2

  • News

    Chupa Chups hogs the limelight

    2001-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Chupa Chups' Hedgehog will be at large from February 10 as frontman for the sugar lollipop brand's 2001 ad campaign, which is due to top last year's £1m budget. The ads feature the short-sighted hedgehog falling in love with a Chupa Chups display...

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    Capsule revolution for Persil

    2001-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Exclusive Mary Carmichael Lever Fabergé is confident that its new Persil Capsules, due for launch in April, will do for liquids what tablets have done for powders, and it's prepared to back the claim with nearly £9m. The capsules offer a...

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    The Grocer focus on canned goods: New product development

    2001-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Players turn to pots, pouches and great shape cans to show the market's can-do mentality Keen to shake off its dusty image, canned goods firms have developed innovative ways to attract more consumers to the fixture. New shapes and sizes, and the...

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    The Grocer focus on canned goods: finding Meal Solutions

    2001-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's category has expanded to include meal solutions in addition to the traditional canned stalwarts. Typical meal solutions include pouch soups, canned meat or vegetable curries, vol-au-vent fillings and chicken in white sauce. Canned...

  • News

    The Grocer focus on canned goods

    2001-02-03T00:00:00Z

    analysis by Peter Crosskey Don't listen to food writers in the women's magazines. Canned food is not in the doldrums, and some sectors are doing well. Taylor Nelson Sofres' statistics points to a stable market at £3bn, although the success of...

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    Diversification: Sainsbury hosts IT training at Calcot

    2001-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's has opened up 3,000 square feet of previously redundant space at the back of its Calcot Savacentre in Reading to make space for a state of the art IT training facility for the local community. Sainsbury's new concept development manager...

  • News

    SAFEWAY FINETUNES CAFE IDEA

    2001-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Safeway has delayed the opening of its new supermarket café concept in High Wycombe until the end of March or beginning of April. The multiple hopes the concept ­ due to be unveiled this month ­ will set new standards by encouraging consumers to...

  • Category Report

    Brandwatch: Mintel category report: Milk

    2001-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Milk ­ the household market Penetration of milk in the household market has almost reached saturation point. The 1990s saw a shift away from whole milk towards semi-skimmed milk to the point where semi-skimmed now accounts for more than half of...

  • News

    He was a great boss

    2001-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Sir; Your half page tribute to Safeway's former chairman Sir Alistair Grant (The Grocer, last week, p10) was spot on to say he was unique. I first met him as a Fine Fare management trainee at his' Bridge O'Dee, Aberdeen, superstore in 1970 and was...

  • News

    Booker builds Malt House

    2001-02-03T00:00:00Z

    The first two in a selection of new wines to be added to the Malt House Vintners range have been unveiled by Booker. The two are both oak aged. The first is a Claret with a wholesale price of £19.99 for six and an rsp of £4.99. The ...

  • News

    WKD gets blue mate and boost to spend

    2001-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Exclusive Beverage Brands has increased the stakes in the premium packaged spirits market with a new variant for WKD and a 40% increase in the marketing budget for the brand. The Devon based company is bringing out Original Vodka Blue to partner...

  • News

    Channel Islands: Le Riche brings out Guernsey big gun

    2001-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Channel Islands based food group Le Riche is stepping up its assault against Safeway with a new hypermarket in Guernsey under the Checkers fascia. At 52,000 sq ft, the store will dwarf other retailing outlets on the island. The opening is...

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    Brandwatch profile: hot beverages

    2001-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Top 15 brands advertised (by media) £k Dec '99 ­ Nov '00 Total Press Cinema Radio Outdoor TV ...

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    You have been warned

    2001-02-03T00:00:00Z

    The food and drink industry has always served up verbal ammo for parliamentary hopefuls pressing flesh outside Tesco during an Election. Thus one of the early campaign features traditionally sees an army of would-be MPs plundering this magazine for...

  • News

    Beef: German meat unlikely to tempt UK multiples

    2001-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Sides and boxes of German bull beef are now circulating in the British wholesale trade at prices about 40% lower than the supermarkets are paying for home produced steer and heifer meat. Some of the product from Germany is visible on Smithfield...

  • News

    Retail spotlight: Eroski Grupo, Basque Spain

    2001-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Playing at leapfrog Eroski Grupo is raining on Carrefour's parade as it makes its way along the motorway in the Basque region of Spain. Anne Bruce looks at its offer Rivals Carrefour and Eroski Grupo are staking their claims to the Basque...

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    Manor Bakeries: exceedingly revamped

    2001-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Manor Bakeries is giving Mr Kipling a new look, new advertising and its first web site in a major revamp of the 34 year old cake brand. While keeping details of the £5m ad campaign under wraps for now, the company's aim is to give the brand a more...

  • News

    Badger's Glory

    2001-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Badger has called its latest Tesco Beer Challenge winner Golden Glory Ale. It is hoping to repeat the success of Golden Champion, which topped the spring 1998 competition. Last year Badger's volume sales rose 54% and its volume shares of the premium...

  • News

    Organics: Asda move sparks SA fury over escalating organic

    2001-02-03T00:00:00Z

    The Soil Association has slammed Asda for cutting more organic prices. "We are extremely worried about what appears to be an escalating organic price war, currently led by Asda," said Soil Association director Patrick Holden. Asda cut prices by...

  • News

    Wholesale arm for Petty, wood

    2001-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Petty, Wood is adding a field sales force to its wholesale division ready for a blitz on the wholesale and impulse sectors. The Andover based brands supplier wants to improve penetration in cash and carries and independent forecourts as well as its...