All The Grocer articles in 31 January 2009 – Page 2
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Comment and Opinion
Guest Editor's Comment: Celebrity chefs risk losing touch
II can’t help feeling the latest series of Channel 4’s Great British Food Fight, while entertaining on one level, is slightly past its sell-by date. Hugh may have changed his tune a bit on Freedom Food, but still wants us to pay a pound more for...
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NewsFestive performance paints mixed picture of BWS health
It wasn't the pricing nightmare it can be, but Christmas wasn't a vintage sales period either. Graham Holter separates the flat categories from the fizzing
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News
Ocado founders buy Russian land with view to grow cereal
The three founders of Ocado Jon Faiman, Tim Steiner and Jason Gissing, have bought a chunk of land in Russia and are planning to grow cereals. It emerged this week that Faiman, who held the position of chief operating officer, left the...
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News
Pierhead brings Kross to the UK
Specialist importer Pierhead Purchasing is introducing an unusual Chilean lager to the UK.Kross Pilsner is produced at a 40,000-litre capacity brewery near Santiago, founded by German master brewer Asbjorn Gerlach and Chilean entrepreneur...
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News
Brakes closes down a fourth Woodward site
Brakes is to shut a fourth Woodward Foodservice depot and may close two more.The Inverness depot will close within weeks and the company is consulting on the future of its two Birmingham depots –Darlaston, which employs 80 staff, and Zenith,...
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News
Bond warns suppliers: focus on value not NPD
Retailer insistence on new product development at the expense of value could become the "key strain" this year in the relationship between retailers and suppliers, Andy Bond told The Grocer this week. Briefing reporters at The Grocer's...
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News
SCA puts Plenty of support behind the renaming of Bounty
SCA is throwing £8m behind a rebranding of kitchen towel brand Bounty as Plenty.The new name is part of an agreement forged during SCA’s acquisition of the Bounty brand from P&G in 2007. The deal included the brand being renamed within a...
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Profiles and QandAs
Careers File: Do your sums before resorting to unnecessary redundancies
Startling job loss figures are not as bad as they first appear, argues Sian Harrington
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News
Retail beer sales hold up despite Christmas fears
Surplus supermarket stocks of beer at the end of 2008’s wet summer – and not the worsening economy and duty hikes – were to blame for the dramatic slump in new orders from brewers in the last three months of 2008, according to data supplier...
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News
Beef biltong can be big business
Emory St Marcus introduced South African dried meat snacks into the UK in the 80s. Now he is looking to the sports market for further growth. Joanne Grew reports
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News
Tesco promises to clarify labelling on bacon packs
Tesco has caved in to industry pressure by stating it will change the country-of-origin labelling across its standard own-label bacon and gammon lines. Tesco confirmed its decision this week in a letter to The Grocer, which referred to an...
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Comment and Opinion
Saturday Essay: CSR obligations must not take a back seat
Instead of choosing between ethics and cost-cutting, it's vital we find ways to combine the two, says Nick Vermont
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News
No Drain tuna aims to offer tinned fish without the hassle
John West claims the tuna market will be revolutionised by the introduction of No Drain, Less Mess Tuna – which cuts out the hassle of draining oil or brine from the can.The company has spent 18 months developing a new production process...
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News
Co-operative bans chemicals as it aims to save British bees
The Co-operative Group has launched a major campaign this week to understand – and reverse – the devastating decline in the British honeybee colony. Under its new 10-point Plan Bee, The Co-operative Group will make a donation of £150,000...
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News
Ailing Superquinn is losing expertise and share to discounters
Superquinn, the embattled Irish chain currently shedding 400 jobs and closing one of its stores, has been hit by a triple whammy – the defection of a key staff member, slippage in market share and a corresponding sales surge at...
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NewsAdvertising: Hoy takes Bran Flakes up a gear
After so many of our sporting stars returned from Beijing with gold, brands seeking athletic endorsements from Team GB heroes had plenty to choose from
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News
New GSK lines offer advanced oral care
GSK is adding a raft of new products under its Macleans, Aquafresh and Sensodyne banners, including the first major brand mouth spray, it claimed.The new Macleans Confidence range includes a toothpaste made with iso-active technology, which...
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NewsAd of the Week: Gorilla tactics leave Cadbury's new glass half-empty
Consider the law of diminishing returns in cinema, where sequels that improve on the original are famously limited to The Godfather Part II, Aliens and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. For Cadbury, topping the impact of its already-iconic...
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News
Acid Test: Walkers' Do Us A Flavour
The panel get their laughing gear round Walkers' six new consumer-inspired flavours
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News
Does Change4Life offer a way to escape legislation?
The Change4Life campaign unites Government and industry against obesity. But what will be the impact on the industry if it's a failure, asks Noli Dinkovski
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