All The Grocer articles in 30 October 2010 – Page 2
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Retail Prices: Bread brand prices rise as global wheat shortage hits
Commodity pressures in bread have finally hit home in the past month, with the prices of bakery lines rising by 2.7% on average. Elinor Zuke reports
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NewsWarburtons set to refresh brand with pack design
Warburtons is stepping away from its 134-year-old heritage with a striking redesign of its brand logo. From the new year, Britain's biggest bakery will introduce the new motif which does away with the red crest and 'Since 1876' emblem...
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NewsMovie Marketing: Why brands are going movie mad
Clipper Tea went to Wonderland, Pom-Bear got cosy with Shrek and Müller dived into Sex and the City 2. The number of movie tie-ups has soared, but who’s chasing them, the brands... or the studios, asks Stuart Smith. When Shrek Forever racked up a cool $70m in its first weekend ...
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Comment & Opinion
Third Party: Legislation will force brands to think harder
The OFT’s new standards should help cut unhelpful promo wars – and make marketing more clever, says Becky Munday
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NewsSSP goes for old-fashioned British fare
Travel food company SSP is to provide an alternative to panini and ciabatta in a new 'Best of British' on-the-go kiosk set to open in Manchester Piccadilly railway station in the next few weeks. Bread Box will serve "no-nonsense food and...
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Corky’s vodka gets burlesque treatment
Global Brands is embracing the burlesque appeal of circus freak shows as part of a £1m investment to reinvigorate its vodka liqueur brand Corky's. Billed by Global as the biggest investment in Corky's seven-year history, The Curious...
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Former RNS owner grows c-store chain
Richard Higgins, who sold his 15-strong c-store chain RNS Holdings to Southern Co-operatives, is expanding his new business. Higgins sold up in August 2006 but launched a new c-store business, Culverhill Retail, in February 2007. The...
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ProfilesEx-Hollands Pies chief lands MD role at Peter’s
Neil Court-Johnston has returned to the pie industry less than six months after being suspended from Hollands by parent company Northern Foods over a management buyout dispute. The former Hollands MD started this week at rival...
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NewsDoes Stokes collapse signal the end of the greengrocer?
The demise of the biggest chain has cast gloom over the sector, but smart players with a more modern approach may still flourish, says Julia Glotz
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: Give us confidence in the future
Deregulation is vital if the private sector is to create thousands of new jobs, says Kevin Hawkins
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NewsFeasters gets fancy and flags low-fat content
Microwaveable burger specialist Feasters has retired its laddish image through a range relaunch. The Eatwell UK-owned business has given the packaging of its microwave-friendly products a new "gourmet menu-style" retro design with 'good...
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Profiles
Spotlight: Interview with Eazy Cuizine founcer, James Cook
Frozen has struggled to shake its ‘cheap as chips’ tag, but Eazy Cuizine is winning sales by pushing posh frozen ready meals to c-stores. Rob Brown speaks to its founder, James Cook. It's never been easy in frozen food. Heavily discounted and hidden away at the back of stores, the ...
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NewsPaice dampens hopes of mandatory origin labels
The government will not introduce new legislation to enforce country-of-origin labelling despite calls from some parts of the industry for mandatory requirements to be brought in. Food and agriculture minister Jim Paice said that...
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Happy national stress day!
I'm sure you usually turn straight to this page of The Grocer so you may have missed the best story of last week, the six-month-early April Fool appointment of Bruno Fromage as UK MD of Danone Dairy.
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NewsScots farmers share tips in QMS project
Quality Meat Scotland is launching a major project aimed at improving efficiency in the Scottish beef and sheep farming sector. As part of the £600,000 initiative, 22 Business Improvement Groups will be set up catering for 350 livestock...
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NewsYoomoo frozen yoghurt looks for growth with two new kiosks
Trendy frozen yoghurt brand Yoomoo is ramping up its expansion plans in a bid to revive frozen yoghurt's UK fortunes and emulate the category's success in the US. The brand, previously only available in Harrods and Bluewater in Kent, is...
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NewsGarofalo to launch pasta range for kids
Italian pasta maker Garofalo is bringing a new premium children's range to the UK to provide them with a premium alternative to "Mickey Mouse" shapes. Launching in Ocado in January, the four-strong La Giostra dei Bambini range will...
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Comment & OpinionJohnson’s pioneers the grope on a rope
Here's the latest innovation in outdoor advertising: nailing three attractive women to a billboard to be groped by passers-by. Johnson's did just that for its 24-Hour Moisture lotion outside the Westfield shopping centre, with one bemused...
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Tesco in £40k poppy play after Hovis spat
Tesco is donating £40,000 to The Poppy Appeal after an investigation by The Grocer revealed the Royal British Legion had become the unwitting victim of a pricing spat.
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NewsAsda crowns King new chief operating officer
Asda has named Simon King as its new chief operating officer. King will be responsible for all of retail, supply chain, customer service and internal communications, in a role that has been vacant since Andy Clarke was promoted to chief executive in May.
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