All The Grocer articles in 30 December 2006
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The Grocer urges FSA to Weigh It Up!
Honey can no longer be advertised to children. Cheese is a definite no-no for kids and as for cornflakes, beware, you young ones - eating them will make you fat. Apparently.The Grocer launched its Weigh It Up! campaign in February,...
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Relations turn very frosty
Iceland's advertising portrays it as such a friendly and caring place. It's where mums go, isn't it? That may be so, but suppliers felt anything but benign towards the retailer in December when the chain's holding company Icebox...
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Kwik Save is dead. Long live FreshXpress?
Struggling discount chain Kwik Save bade farewell to the high street in July but not without a fight or controversy. In February ex-CEO Paul Niklas returned with a consortium of private investors to save the chain but despite promises of...
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The deal no-one saw coming
Plenty of City watchers were calling Charles Wilson a madman two years ago. Stuart Rose's trusted lieutenant had been widely credited with delivering £250m of cost savings in less than two years at M&S and had been tipped as a successor to...
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Groceries inquiry blow for c-stores
The Competition Commission's provisional findings in the Groceries Inquiry made bleak reading for independent retailers.Not only did the commission reject the notion that c-stores and wholesalers were in decline, it also said parts of...
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NMA rebels who wouldn't go away
Nisa-Today's had been hoping for a quiet 2007 following the chaos that surrounded the collapse in 2006 of its proposed merger with Costcutter. For a while it appeared that peace had broken out between the rebel Nisa Members' Association,...
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Asda cheeky? You'd butter believe it
"What's the point of stocking both Utterly Butterly and I Can't Believe It's Not Butter? It's only marge!"With an insouciant flourish, Asda's food trading director Darren Blackhurst explained his rationale for delisting similar products...
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looking ahead
Here comes the crunch!The credit crunch and rising inflation will make it even more important to provide competitive prices and work hard on good availability and excellent serviceThe coming year promises to be one of the...
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The pillar of best practiceManufacturers who have put sustainability at the centre of their operations will be best placed to cope with the extreme cost pressures that are coming to bear this yearRecent financial...
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It's green for traffic lightsThis year the food industry will accept the traffic-light labelling system, while green issues such as the carbon footprint will become more important with the publicThere are several things...
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We will lead in low pricesLow prices will remain at the heart of everything Asda does, especially as household purse strings are tightened in 2008. But innovation, choice and quality are also key to our offerMy new year's...
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Let's keep up the paceIndependent and symbol c-stores shouldn't get obsessed with the Competition Commission. They should get on with the business of offering modern, appealing storesIt ain't over yet. Nothing is yet...
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Health will be driving force By providing good produce and clear information, stores can tap into the rising interest in healthy lifestyles and encourage sales of fresh, local and organic foodFor Tesco, a lot of 2008 will...
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Wealmoor in the spotlight after blaze
Claiming the lives of four firefighters, the tragic blaze at Wealmoor's vegetable packhouse in Atherstone, Warwickshire, on 2 November sparked a media frenzy.A barrage of national headlines focused on the production methods of vegetable...
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Kwik Save customers 'voting with their feet'
Kwik Save may have improved its availability, but judging by sales figures leaked to The Grocer it is still very much in the midst of a crisis.Last week we reported that the beleaguered soft discounter, which is still believed to be...
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This year's Christmas dinner hits shoppers in the pocket
The average price of a Christmas lunch at the big four supermarkets has leapt by more than 10% over the past year, according to exclusive research by The Grocer.Our findings, based on The Grocer 33, show the average cost of a 10-item...