All The Grocer articles in 3 November 2001 – Page 2

  • News

    BACON

    2001-11-03T00:00:00Z

    The volumes and value of the retail bacon market have continued to decline gently despite another year of generous volume promotions. And without so much as a chink of light at the end of the tunnel for British pig producers, everyone is looking...

  • News

    More begrudging behaviour on tv

    2001-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Ferrero Rocher's greedy hostess is back on TV in the run-up to Christmas with a £2.8m ad campaign. The new execution continues the Give Ferrero Grudgingly' theme but it features a less formal thirty-somethings' dinner party in a bid to draw a...

  • News

    Reduced purchase volumes not being offset by increases in ex

    2001-11-03T00:00:00Z

    What is wrong with retail pork market? Foot and mouth disease is merely the latest in a series of traumas for the pig industry. Swine fever, the BSE scare on the continent, breeding herd contraction in this country due to financial pressure on...

  • News

    Gill leads war on big four code

    2001-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Simon Mowbray A campaign to tear up the government's "wholly inadequate" code of trading practice between the top four supermarkets and their suppliers was gathering momentum as The Grocer went to press. The long delayed code was finally unveiled...

  • News

    Captain Morgan set for Christmas with bold new look for its

    2001-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Captain Morgan Rum is approaching Christmas in confident mood, claiming an 11% growth in sales over the past year to consolidate its position as the UK's bestselling dark rum. To celebrate, it has produced a new look Christmas gift tin for its 70cl...

  • News

    Fish: bones/odour deter public

    2001-11-03T00:00:00Z

    When examined as a whole, the market for fish in the UK has become stagnant. Volume sales are the same as they were in 1995 at 330,000 tonnes, while value sales have increased by just 8% to £1.6bn in 1995-2000. This level of growth is insufficient...

  • News

    Pillsbury hires integration boss

    2001-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Former Cereal Partners marketing chief Linda Hipkiss has been appointed to oversee the integration of the Pillsbury and General Mills brands in the UK and Eire in the role of commercial director. General Mills acquired Pillsbury this week after...

  • News

    Felwick to be next BRC chairman

    2001-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose David Felwick is to be the next chairman of the British Retail Consortium. He becomes chairman designate on November 27 and takes over as chairman from Sir David Sieff in March 2002 when Sir David retires. Felwick's term of office at the...

  • News

    Budgens snaps up top buyers

    2001-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Three former Sainsbury executives and one from Safeway have joined Budgens as it shapes up to take on the multiples. Steve Carter joins from Sainsbury's Egypt operation as senior trading controller for fresh foods, taking charge of all aspects of...

  • News

    Tropicana strengthens consumer and business marketing teams

    2001-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Tropicana has added two members to its sales and marketing team. Kerstie Drew joins from Dairy Crest as Tropicana senior brand manager. She takes on responsibility for the consumer portfolio and all consumer marketing and sales activities....

  • News

    Multiples' ex-factory gate drive set to push up tension in c

    2001-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury and Tesco are negotiating with suppliers to introduce ex-factory gate pricing across all categories in what looks set to be a fundamental reworking of the grocery supply chain. In the wake of edicts requiring the preparation of new...

  • News

    canned citrus

    2001-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Mandarin crop may be depleted by increased demand from fresh sector Premium for Spaniards despite Chinese supply An increase in the production of Chinese mandarin oranges has been welcomed by European importers, who have switched some of their...

  • News

    n So does it work or doesn't it? Category management may hav

    2001-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Category management isn't exactly a dirty word but it's not debated with the same enthusiasm that it was ten years ago.Buyers and suppliers alike have stored up resentment about the concept. Complaints that it's unwieldy and time consuming, that...

  • News

    household meat consumption

    2001-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Shift of expenditure away from the basic carcase cuts towards processed offers Meat demand holding up Demand for meat in Great Britain, at least as reflected by retail shoppers' expenditure for in-home consumption, seems to be holding up much...

  • News

    There are few industry stalwarts left from the early days o

    2001-11-03T00:00:00Z

    The first self-service store was, by popular consent, opened by the Co-op in Portsmouth in 1947. The chain was then at the forefront of retailing and had 100 factories producing most of its products. Then, store managers were responsible for their...

  • News

    DEVON DESSERTS SALE FINALISED

    2001-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Receiver Grant Thornton is finalising the sale of the Devon Desserts Group as a going concern. It is in final negotiations with one of six bidders after fielding 40 expressions of interest in the chilled and frozen yogurts and desserts company,...

  • News

    Name: Rob Devonport

    2001-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Position: Marketing controller Company: KP Snacks The Job: Devonport takes responsibility for The Real McCoy's, KP Nuts and Phileas Fogg brands. He will spearhead KP Nuts attempts to increase sales by positioning its nuts range into a...

  • News

    Unusual flavours are a major feature of this month's novelti

    2001-11-03T00:00:00Z

    The French jam market is celebrating Hallowe'en with a new seasonal variety of Les Confitures à l'Ancienne. The variant contains candied pumpkin pieces and citrus fruit and is said to have a smooth texture. In the US, Mistic which has...

  • News

    Forty years is an incredibly long time in food retailing and

    2001-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Even Sainsbury had only converted 10% of its stores to self-service by the 1960s, but by the end of the decade it had started moving with the times and half its shops had dispensed with counters. The devoted Sainsbury family were still very much...

  • News

    Ghee whiz

    2001-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Innovation in a mature market can be a sign of boldness, and Sainsbury is striding away with plans to spruce up the fixture in the run-up to Christmas. It will introduce a ghee to the mainstream market for the first time, and the introduction is...