All The Grocer articles in 3 June 2006 – Page 2
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Comment and Opinion
Heart of the matter
Is the industry tackling state health targets? Caroline Flint talks exclusively to Siân Harrington. If the mainstream media and NGOs are to be believed, the food and drink industry scores a big fat zero in helping the nation...
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News
Health: no laughing matter
How has the current relentless obsession with healthy eating affected the huge crisps and snacks sector? Is it crunch time for easy pickings? Jaq Bayles reportsThe nation&'s favourite bagged snack has had a rocky ride media-wise...
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News
Are the multiples guilty of greenwash?
Tesco's £100m environment fund for developing sustainable technologies has been praised. But how green is it really, asks Simon Creasey. It's timing can't be faulted. On the same day that Tesco announced profits of...
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News
Ireland, India... Tesco keeps up global pace
Tesco is set to make its presence felt in the whole of the Republic of Ireland. According to reports in the Irish press, it plans to open a store in Kilkenny - the only county where it does not have one. The news came as more...
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News
Free to grab shoppers in an irresistible way
Somerfield is raising its promotional game and has particular enthusiasm for the free-standing display unit's power in-store. Merchandised displays play an important part in optimising visibility for brands in-store. They often...
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News
"Our food price inflation figures won't grab headlines but the story is no less interesting for that"
As of this week Somerfield will no longer feature in The Grocer 33. You can call it foresight, if you wish, as The Co-operative Group confirmed its interest, on Wednesday, in swallowing it whole, but in fact we took the decision for a very...
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News
"The FSA panel's proposals offer welcome encouragement to suppliers to reformulate, but do not go far enough"
At last some encouraging news for the breakfast cereal category. When we discovered that 80% of cereals, including Bran Flakes, Special K, Cheerios, Corn Flakes and even porridge, would be banned by Ofcom from advertising on TV to children using...
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News
Hot eats: new restaurants
This is the third branch of the seasonal, fresh, fast-food concept created by business consultant John Vincent, &'ex-chef&' Henry Dimbleby and chef Allegra McEvedy, formerly of the River Café.The menu promises to...
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News
Running your own store is a dream you won't regret
Mark richardson Budgens' Newent franchise owner says walking out of a safe job to set up a business is not for the fainthearted, but it offers rewards At the age of 37, with two children and a partner, working for MBL as a franchise...
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News
A Dr who travels in retail space
Peter Franks wants to run a £200m business by 2011. Siân Harrington hears about his plan to make it big in frozen, ambient and chilled. There's not much to connect Peter Franks and David Tennant - no sidekick in the form of...
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News
Spotlight: "They are a living food, not a cut plant, harvested just as they sprout"
Philippa Swattridge and the enthusiastic team at Aconbury Sprouts are showing how a small vegetable supplier can really hit the big time in the healthy eating...
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News
Custard joins sponge in tin
Sponge and custard fans can get their dessert fix together in a tin for the first time, according to pudding manufacturer Simpsons. The company has come up with what it claims is the sector's first combined tinned pudding,...
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News
'Vodka fatigue' to be cured by golden rum
Golden and flavoured rums are poised to steal market share from white spirits, according to an in-depth analysis of the market. The 2006 Rum Report, by consultancy The Insight Connection, revealed a growing trend in premium bars in...
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News
Tests start on new crisp oil
Walkers may have bagged the world&'s supply of Sunseed oil for its new-look crisps (The Grocer, 18 February, p40), but there could still be another option for rivals keen to find their own healthy oil. United Oilseeds has been...
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News
P&G pushes Gourmet credentials of Pringles
Procter & Gamble is responding to the recent relaunch of Walkers' Sensations by further pushing the premium credentials of its Pringles brand. The company is developing a Pringles Gourmet range, with the flavours expected...
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News
JS creates premium non food sub-brand
Sainsbury is creating a new premium non food sub-brand which it hopes will improve the appeal of its offer and ensure it hits its financial targets for the category. 'Designed for Sainsbury&' will sit across all categories...
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News
Plea for co-ops to be freed up to compete
Britain's farming co-operatives need to be freed from the constraints of competition law to enable them to raise their game and become class acts like their counterparts abroad, according to a report from First Milk. The...
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Comment and Opinion
Editor's comment: What would Walker do with Woolworths?
The man who “masterminded” the sale of Focus DIY to Cerberus for £1. On paper, it hardly looks like an achievement – until you realise Steve Johnson sold with it £174m of debt while negotiating a £40m payment to bondholders. It’s a little bit like...
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News
Inside track: Jeff Clark-Meads, music industry consultant
There are three words that make music saleable in 2006: telly, telly, telly
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News
"It's clear that supermarket CEOs are the new politicians."
The construction industry is a horrific polluter. And I read recently that to make a simple gold ring requires five tons of water, consumes 40kg of CO2 and produces 20 tonnes of mine waste. But the food and drink industry is always top of mind...