All The Grocer articles in 3 November 2007 – Page 2
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Test may view discounters as ineffective competition
Attempts by Aldi, Lidl and Netto to expand could be hampered by a Competition Commission proposal to introduce a 'competition test' for new store developments. The idea, mooted in the provisional findings, would mean any proposed new...
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Company Profile Mangajo
Launching a tea-based chilled drink in a country that stalwartly regards tea as something that should only be served hot doesn't seem like the most sensible approach for a start-up company. And indeed, in its early years green tea drink company...
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Comment and Opinion
Commission's findings are somewhat of a curate's egg
The interim report on the grocery market is a mix of encouraging statements, frustrating oversights and worrying conclusions I hope you have all enjoyed the 270 pages, plus appendices, offered as provisional findings by the Competition...
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Still Fanta launched as Coke steps up NPD
Coca-Cola is investing more than £9m in non-Coke product launches as it continues to consolidate its position in categories such as juice, sports and energy drinks. A still juice range will join the existing Fanta portfolio, a 50% juice...
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Cigarettes ditched at Lidl in Scotland
Lidl is to stop selling cigarettes in its Scottish stores in a bid to enhance its healthy credentials. From next week, tobacco will no longer be stocked in any of its 78 outlets north of the border, bringing the offer into line with the...
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Super-abundant choice is insane
Excessive food supply creates social, medical and environmental problems. It's time to end the culture of far too much choiceThe Foresight report on obesity published last month should end the yah-boo debates about whether rising obesity...
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The Challenge
Unilever's Lipton Ice Tea brand is the best-known rival to Mangajo although the majority of the products are made from black tea rather than green tea and are marketed as a mainstream source of refreshment rather than a niche product....
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River Cottage chain to grow
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall does not plan to expand his new grocery chain beyond the West Country. The TV chef opened his first branch of River Cottage Stores in Axminster, Devon, two months ago, and is planning more. But the business was...
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Freeman defends his findings from centre of storm
The Grocer So. No mention of a smoking gun. What happened to those 11 million emails you were supposed to be examining during the last months of your inquiry? Did they turn into a damp squib then? Peter Freeman The background was the...
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Freshers goes crackers with leading brands
A new cracker range that unites a selection of established brands with soft cheese Laughing Cow is being launched this month through predominantly own label supplier Freshers Foods. The first lines in the ambient Spreadies range contain...
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Nestlé gift vouchers to boost Easter egg sales
Nestlé hopes to gain a major chunk of the Easter egg market with the lure of massages and golf lessons included in the price of a £4.99 egg. The Experience eggs come with a pamper voucher in an Aero gift set or an activity voucher in a...
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Winterton blasts superstore voting
The Electoral Commission has been urged to stop allowing supermarkets to set up in-store polling stations on the grounds it undermines small retailers. Tory backbencher, Sir Nicholas Winterton made the plea this week during a House of...
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Dunnes to expand in bid to fight off Tesco
Dunnes Stores, the main rival to Tesco in the Irish Republic, is planning to open 42 new stores over the next two years, taking the family-owned chain's total estate to 160. Twelve stores will open next year, with a further 30 scheduled...
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The beginning ofthe end?
Convenience chains could become a target again for the major multiples after the Competition Commission found Tesco's and Sainsbury's move into c-stores had done independent retailers no harm. The commission's surprise verdict in the...
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Talking shop - The Soil Association should focus the spotlight on UK organic growers
The Soil Association should focus the spotlight on UK organic growers before it starts to point the finger at the developing world, says Jo Crawshaw, consultant for africapractice Some environmentalists have accused the Soil Association of backing...
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Profiles and QandAs
Hawley steps down as biscuit association boss
The Biscuit Cake Chocolate and Confectionery Association's director general Penny Hawley is to step down following a decision to transfer the majority of the BCCCA's activities to a sector group within the Food and Drink...
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Outrage as Asda puts full halal meat on sale
Halal meat from animals that have not been stunned before their throats are slashed will go on sale in Asda for the first time next month in a move that has infuriated animal rights activists.
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Asda unveils first supercentre with department-store style
In the next two weeks, Asda will unveil the first of a new breed of large supermarkets boasting a department-store style layout. The retailer's 100,000 sq ft Patchway store, Asda's oldest supercentre, is nearing the end of a three-month...
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Hamilton swaps Asda for Lidl
How the hell did Asda get so much publicity for favouring 22-year-old whizzkid Lewis Hamilton with a free disabled parking space at its Stevenage superstore? Or to put it another way: is it just Bogof who reckons this was a PR stunt...
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