All The Grocer articles in 30 June 2001
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The Grocer focus on crisps, nuts & snacks: Top 10 brands lau
sales value £m 1. Walkers Doritos 3Ds 13.77 2. Pringles Right 13.59 3. Wotsits Wafflers 6.34 4. Wotsits Weenies 3.40 ...
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Asda: Cuts fuelled with £100m
Asda is setting the scene for another summer of supermarket price wars as it raises the stakes on the £70m investment Tesco announced earlier this month. The multiple is taking over £100m off its complete range over the next four months in a bid...
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Retail crime: C-stores get £15m to beat thugs
The government has given small stores a cash boost to help fight crime as fresh industry figures reveal an increase in violent attacks on staff and theft. Robberies in grocery stores ran at the rate of eight per 100 outlets. Small shops were...
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JBB Europe wins major accolades
One of the most prestigious awards in the global spirits industry, the International Distiller of the Year has been won by JBB Europe. This was formerly the Whyte and Mackay Group and is a subsidiary of US company Fortune Brands. The company...
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Convenience stores: AW's Hart attacks critics of Spar tv ad
Appleby Westward marketing director John Hart hit out at critics of Spar's new £2m TV advertising campaign at the company's annual trade show at Westpoint, Exeter. Referring to recent letters in The Grocer and a follow-up letter from Londis to Spar...
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Should a distinction be made between adults' and kids' food?
Annabel Karmel Having children's food as a specific category can do more harm than good because it's usually coated in breadcrumbs and high in fat, sugar or salt because manufacturers know kids will eat it. We hope that children will suddenly stop...
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Germany: Metro boss joins fight against drink packaging non
Metro chief executive Hans Joachim Koerber has slammed controversial government plans to introduce stringent new laws to tackle waste packaging in Germany. He joins a growing list of German retailers bitterly opposed to proposals to impose a...
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Employee relations: Stress? Not a problem among our staff sa
Leading supermarkets have defended their record on creating a stress free workplace after a report by the Health and Safety Executive blamed poor management for widespread stress among staff in the UK's shops, factories and offices. Sainsbury,...
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Non-food brands: Overhaul for Andrex
Kimberly-Clark is aiming to shake up the market with a major overhaul of its Andrex toilet tissue brand. The thickness of the toilet rolls will be increased by 18% and prices slashed by 14% to reflect the change. A four-pack will fall from an rsp...
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A passion that needs no apology
Sir; I wanted to take this opportunity to respond to the article in The Grocer last week headed Spreading a passion for organics'. Tom Krog Nielson is quoted as saying, "we have a problem getting certification from organics movements like the Soil...
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Opinion: Time for grocery to hit back
IGD's revelation that consumers still have an exaggerated view of the size of the profits made in food and grocery is a shocking indictment of the industry's PR machinery. Listening to speeches during the election campaign and reading some of the...
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BRUSSELS BEEF REFORM: Backlash on intensive
Political correctness clashing with production reality is creating a dilemma for the British meat industry, demonstrated by the muddled responses to the EU beef reform package. "Suddenly everybody wants grass-fed beef and that's precisely what...
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Balla-Balla for Haribo range
Haribo is swelling the ranks of its countline gums and jellies with the launch of Balla-Balla a long 5p jelly sweet with a creamy fruit centre. The launch is part of Haribo's £3.75m investment in marketing and npd this year. Available in three...
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Scotch beef or Scottish beef?
What is the difference between Scotch beef and Scottish beef? Only the latter is sure to be from cattle born north of the border; much of the rest is from store stock bought in England and Wales. The distinction is a longstanding source of tension...
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Beef: NBA sees opportunity as controls relaxed
Restrictions denied producers access to slaughterhouses of their choice Increased supply causing prices to rise is an economic paradox surprisingly common in food commodity markets. It is about to happen again in the British beef sector if...
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BEME.com keeps big brother on the boil
IPC Media is set to raise its profile by providing the entertainment and news content for the Big Brother website. IPC's award-winning site, BEME.com has been asked to provide the Big Brother site with daily stories from its entertainment and news...
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Bordeaux noise irrelevant to UK but could damage' French im
The hype surrounding the high prices being asked for the 2000 vintage wines from the top Bordeaux chateaux is potentially damaging for the French wine industry. En primeur prices for the claret grand crus are 75% up on last year but for most in the...
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S&A launches Perween brand
Exclusive Karen Dempsey S&A Foods best known for its ethnic own label products such as Curry Pot and Noodle Bar is launching its first ever branded range. Called Perween after company founder Perween Warsi the first products in the range...
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Brandwatch profile: wine
Top 15 brands advertised (by media) £k Mar '00 - Feb '01 Total Press Cinema Radio Outdoor TV Totals 11,871 7,980 ...
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Brandwatch Mintel category report: soft drinks: Carbonates:
A number of factors drive the carbonates market, not least of which are the under-15s. These account for approximately one third of volume consumption, and have greater spending money for an increased availability of product, not to mention the...