All The Grocer articles in 30 June 2001 – Page 2

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    Genetically modified food: Brazil issues warning over non-GM

    2001-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Retailers' GM free policies could prove unsustainable as sources of non-GM soya dry up and prices rocket, according to reports from Brazil, a leading source of GM-free soya. Brazil's State Seed Producers and Dealers Association (Apassal) says that...

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    FSA ORDERS GERMAN BSE PROBE

    2001-06-30T00:00:00Z

    The Food Standards Agency has called for a thorough investigation of a German meat plant it claims has repeatedly breached BSE regulations. It is urging EU food safety commissioner David Byrne to press the German authorities to investigate the...

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    Calapuno goes gift style

    2001-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Mars plans to expand its newly launched Bounty Calapuno portfolio with a new 300g pack due on shelf in September. Although aimed initially at Christmas sales, the pack, which holds 25 chocolates, will become a permanent line. It is a gifting style...

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    Category management: Inspire the public urges IGD

    2001-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Manufacturers and retailers need to think outside the ready meal category and more about meal management to help simplify people's lives and food choices. According to the latest IGD report, Meal Solutions ­ Simplifying Food Choice, giving...

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    Dairy: Demand for cheese puts pressure on milk supply

    2001-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Upward trend in cheese consumption almost universal Cheese consumption in the EU is expected to grow by over 2% this year to nearly 19kg per head. This follows a similar growth rate last year and means the EU as a whole is eating its way through...

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    The Grocer debate: children's food

    2001-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Shaping a nation Our new series, The Grocer Debate, kicks off with the subject of children's food and what responsibilities manufacturers and retailers have in helping to shape sensible eating patterns. Helen Gregory was in the chair Who's who in...

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    Multiples: IGD survey shows consumers cling to myth of Rip-o

    2001-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Consumers still believe the food and grocery industry is profiteering at their expense ­ to the tune of 84p in every £1 spent. That's the startling conclusion in a survey from IGD's Consumer Watch division. The report reveals little change in...

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    Covermounts keep good company

    2001-06-30T00:00:00Z

    The August issue of Company magazine has a halterneck top in red, blue or black bagged onto the cover as the summer covermounting competition hots up. Fellow women's glossies Marie Claire, Shape, Elle and Bliss have all given away covermounted...

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    The Grocer focus on crisps, nuts & snacks: market research n

    2001-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Price pressures peg value Lionel Wiggins, client service director, TNS Impulse The bagged snacks market is growing in volume terms (+4%) but has hardly moved forward in value. This is because of a number of factors particularly within the core...

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    THE GROCER FOCUS ON CRISPS, NUTS & SNACKS

    2001-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Analysis by Janet Kelly While research shows that shoppers have got the munchies for crisps, nuts and snacks, it also demonstrates that these consumers are a promiscuous bunch, who'll graze the fixtures for the best deals out. According to a year...

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    The Grocer focus on crisps, nuts & snacks

    2001-06-30T00:00:00Z

    analysis by Sarah Hardcastle - multiples blamed for static value - innovation gathers pace - children keep growing - spice is king Crisps, nuts and bagged snacks is the third biggest market in packaged grocery and right in tune with the big...

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    THE GROCER FOCUS ON CRISPS, NUTS & SNACKS

    2001-06-30T00:00:00Z

    TORTILLA GIANT IS HOT TO TROT IN UK US-based Mission Foods, tortilla and tortilla chip manufacturer, is opening its European headquarters and production facilities in Coventry Business Park, creating the most advanced factory of its kind in...

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    The Grocer focus on crisps, nuts & snacks: Fixtures: the old

    2001-06-30T00:00:00Z

    It's high time the category was segmented according to usage occasion says Sarah Hardcastle A big shake up is planned in the way crisps, nuts and bagged snacks are displayed and merchandised. KP and Golden Wonder are advocating a completely new...

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    THE GROCER FOCUS ON CRISPS, NUTS & SNACKS

    2001-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Hall of fame leads stylsih assault on the snack market Snackhouse is the new name to be reckoned with in the snacks market. Bringing together Bensons Crisps, Country Harvest and K Snack Foods, the newly incorporated company has plans to make a big...

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    The Grocer focus on crisps, nuts & snacks: NUTS: A GREAT WAY

    2001-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Sales of nuts are ahead of most other snacks and the time is right to encourage more consumers to come out of their shell Nuts is a huge area of opportunity for retailers," says KP Nuts marketing director Mandy Ferguson. "As the largest branded...

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    The Grocer focus on crisps, nuts & snacks: new product monit

    2001-06-30T00:00:00Z

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    The Grocer focus on crisps, nuts & snacks: NPD: profusion of

    2001-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Innovation is positively bursting onto a market which already has 500 brands, extensions and variants, spoiling the consumer for choice Retailers who think the crisps and bagged snacks market is saturated should take cover ­ even more products are...

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    Dairy: First Milk in joint venture with Dairygold

    2001-06-30T00:00:00Z

    First Milk, Britain's largest farmer-owned dairy business, and leading Irish farmers' co-operative Dairygold have announced a joint venture partnership. First Milk and Dairygold have become partners in Aeron Valley Cheese. John Duncan, First Milk...

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    United States: Tesco delivers to US Safeway

    2001-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Tesco.com is exporting its successful online shopping model across the Atlantic in a bid to turn around the fortunes of Safeway Inc's flagging net shopping division Grocery Works. Under the deal, Tesco will license its store based technology to...

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    Multiples: Kingfisher: Can new Woolworths formats really dev

    2001-06-30T00:00:00Z

    As new store formats go, Big W and Woolworths General Store created plenty of interest when they were unveiled by Kingfisher two years ago. But progress on the roll out of the formats has been slow, prompting some to dismiss them as an experiment...