All The Grocer articles in 30 October 2004
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Organic farmer scoops top award
Lincolnshire-based mixed farmer Andrew Dennis has been named Producer of the Year in the Soil Association’s Organic Food Awards.Dennis, who produces beef, turkeys, sheep and a range of organic vegetable and salads, impressed judges with how he...
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Tesco Ireland explains high prices
Tesco’s operating costs in the Irish Republic are on average 20% higher than in the UK, according to the chain’s Irish chief executive, Gordon Fryett.This, he said, explained why Tesco’s prices for some goods “tend to be higher” in the Republic...
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Spar targets 5000 stores
Spar UK MD Jerry Marwood revealed that he is aiming to operate as many as 5,000 stores - to the highest standard.He told delegates at the group’s conference in Cape Town yesterday (Thursday) that Spar’s goal is to evolve into the UK’s biggest...
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UK mill to double in size
Carr’s Milling Industries is set to double the size of its flour business by acquiring two new flour mills.The company has conditionally agreed to buy Meneba UK Holdings, which owns a mill in Fife and another in Essex, for about £4.7 million....
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Northern seafood sale
Northern Foods has agreed to sell the Cavaghan & Gray Seafood chilled and frozen fish business to IFP Holdings, a subsidiary of Icelandic Group, for £12.6m.The seafood company processes and manufactures added value fish products, particularly...
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Fareshare calls for government rethink
Tony Lowe, chief executive of new national food charity, Fareshare, has called upon members of the food industry to write to chancellor Gordon Brown in a bid to get the government to rethink its decision making the charity ineligible for funding...
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Non-food drives Asda profit
Asda has revealed that that’s its profits rose by 10.4% last year, due to strong growth in non-food. The retailer reported a profit of £670.8m for the year to January 31 this year, on sales that grew 10% to £13bn.Asda said that new non-food...
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Whitbread quits Somerfield
The resignation of Robin Whitbread, Somerfield Group’s buying and marketing director and MD of Kwik Save, has sparked City speculation that he believed he was being sidelined.“I suspect he became disillusioned when he did not get the chief...
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Uniq’s ‘parts worth more than whole’
Private equity company Duke Street Capital has been outed as the mystery bidder for Uniq after it emerged that the company has been steadily building up a stake in Uniq in recent weeks.A spokesman for the VC firm, which has no food interests,...
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Research Notes
>>chocolate biscuit bars are out of favourThe biscuits market has grown 2.3% in the latest year although this is driven entirely by an increase in the average price paid, reflecting a shift towards more premium sectors....
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Spam’s portraits of a nation
Spam is to make its television advertising debut after 63 years on shelf as part of a £2m advertising spend behind the brand.Hormel Foods’ chopped pork and ham product was introduced to the UK during the Second World War as part of the US...
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Multi-cultural sizzle
The industry has an outspoken new player. Simon Mowbray meets the man they call ‘The Black Farmer’To say that Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones has had a varied career would be an understatement. Born in Jamaica, the 47-year-old businessman...
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Still making waves
A year on from our first feature on ten key players in wholesale, Sonya Hook finds out how they they have driven business forwardThis time last year we identified and profiled the ten delivered wholesale and cash and carry operators...
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n lurpak sea saltLurpak butter brand owner Arla Foods has formed a trade alliance with a traditional Danish sea salt producer.Laeso Saltsyderi, a small-scale artisan salt works based in Denmark, is understood to have agreed to produce five tonnes of sea salt...
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Those in the know
Vendor-managed inventory is back in fashion, it seems, with even the big hitters enthusiastic about its benefits. But how far does it go as a solution to availability problems, asks Elaine WatsonIf you thought VMI was one acronym the...
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I’m OK and you’re OK
Later this month, members of the HR profession will gather for the annual conference of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) in Harrogate. One of the most thought-provoking issues on the agenda is the set-up-to-fail syndrome,...
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Highs and lows of the week
Consumers are keen on low fat lines but they are not giving up on indulgenceBig headlines warning of an obesity epidemic have struck a chord with chubby shoppers who are filling their baskets with healthier cakes and biscuits.The...
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Night of glittering stars
The tenth GRAMIA awards celebrated advertising campaigns of exceptional qualityThe Grocer launched its first Grocery Advertising and Marketing Industry Awards (GRAMIAs) 10 years ago, and the success of the event has led to it becoming...