All The Grocer articles in 3 October 2009 – Page 3
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Waitrose debut for hot Swedish salmon
Luxury Swedish food brand Distinctly Scandinavia has won its first UK listing for its hot smoked salmon.The ready-to-eat salmon, smoked using traditional Swedish methods, went into 77 Waitrose stores last week [rsp: £4.94 for 180g].
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Comment & OpinionDon Pumsey nails the flag to Lord Mandelson's pole
What a week. In my unflinching fervour to deliver maximum value for hard-working families and also to get my end away I've been crashing at a dodgy Brighton seafront hotel while attending fringe events at the Labour Party Conference.
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Efficiencies drive up profits at JW Filshill
Scottish wholesaler JW Filshill has increased its pre-tax profits by 7% to £2m, despite a sales growth of just 1% to £163m.The increased profitability in the year to January 2009 was brought about by driving unnecessary cost out of the...
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As Nature Intended fails in Manchester
As Nature Intended, the organic supermarket chain founded by Iceland boss Malcolm Walker's daughter, has closed its store in Hale near Manchester due to lack of demand from northern customers. "It wasn't successful and it wasn't worth us...
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National Trust set to launch range of food
The National Trust insisted it was not "doing a Duchy" as it unveiled ambitious plans to launch a 100-line food and drink range into the supermarkets.The charity, which already sells a limited range of ambient goods through its own...
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NewsInnocent pins hopes on kids push to get smoothies growing
Innocent Drinks is making its kids offer a top priority as it strives to restore ailing smoothie sales to growth. The company is next week launching its first TV ad aimed directly at kids as part of an attempt to raise its current 48%...
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Time for a great milk shake-up
Jodie Farran and Andrew Howie's premium Shaken Udder milkshakes, launched last year, are rapidly gaining listings. Could they be the next Innocent, asks Richard Ford
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Walker snapped up Woodward for a quid
Iceland boss Malcolm Walker paid just £1 in cash to purchase DBC Foodservice's parent company the Woodward Group in May, according to accounts filed this week.The sum, paid to DBC's previous owners Baugur and Fons Eignarhaldsfelag, was...
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Who’s winning in Westminster?
The grocery industry spends millions of pounds each year beanding the ear of politicians and making sure the industry's needs are understood by policy makers. Nick Hughes reports
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NewsTesco eyes Xmas Clubcard push as profits inch up to £1.4bn
Tesco has reported a modest rise of 1.5% in pre-tax profits to £1.42bn, as like-for-like sales in the UK edged up by just under 3%.
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NewsHealy quits First Quench as Van de Steen takes reins
Martin Healy, the acting chief executive of Threshers owner First Quench Retailing, is to leave the business.
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NewsSainsbury’s sales growth slows
Sainsbury’s has posted like-for-like sales growth of 4.6% for the past three months – down from the 7% rate of the previous quarter.
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Unilever cleans up with Diversey divestment
Consumer goods giant Unilever has diluted its stake in industrial cleaning business JohnsonDiversey, in a deal worth more than $400m.
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Supermarkets' brand data 'mostly wrong'
An incredible 80% of the information held on supermarket IT systems about branded goods is wrong.
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NewsAsda is UK’s biggest clothing retailer
Asda has hit its target of becoming Britain’s biggest clothing retailer 18 months early, with George achieving market share of 10.1% by volume, according to TNS data.
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