All The Grocer articles in 31 October 2009
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Trade credit giant Atradius extends cover by £1bn
Atradius, the UK’s second-largest trade credit insurer, has increased cover to 13,000 businesses.
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NewsPostlethwaite capture for Cathedral City
Dairy Crest has hired another iconic British star to front one of its major brands by signing up Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite to promote Cathedral City.
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NewsPolman predicts volume growth as Unilever unveils Q3 sales hike
Unilever chief executive Paul Polman said the fmcg giant is “on track to restoring volume growth” after announcing a rise in third-quarter like-for-like sales of 3.4%.
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Bulletin: Twinings job cuts… M&S brands go-ahead… Kraft outlook clouds
Tea brand cuts back as owner makes hay; retail giant to sell Marmite; expectations slump for Cadbury suitor
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NewsM&S extends brands nationwide as profits stay flat
Marks & Spencer is to sell branded products in all its UK stores following a successful trial.
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NewsSpecsavers sues Asda over glasses ad swipe
Asda is facing a legal battle with high street optician Specsavers over adverts by the supermarket claiming it offered shoppers the chance to “be a real spec saver”.
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NewsLea & Perrins secret ‘found in skip’
The secret recipe for Lea & Perrins’ Worcestershire sauce was found in a skip 20 years ago, it has emerged.
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NewsAhold acquisition ‘would make sense’ for Tesco
Tesco has been urged by analysts to snap up Ahold to boost its presence in the US.
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NewsABF hails Kingsmill's Little Big Loaf for profits boost
Kingsmill maker Associated British Food’s pre-tax profits rose 4% to £655m for the year to 12 September.
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Jimmy hits mainstream with premium sausages
TV star Jimmy Doherty has followed celebrity pal Jamie Oliver into the multiples with a new range of premium sausages.
The Jimmy’s Range branded classic pork sausages contain cracked black pepper and sea salt and have gone into 235 Tesco… -
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Yoghurt sales soaring as shoppers opt for health
The yoghurt category has seen huge growth over the past year as a marketing push coupled with growing demand for healthier snacks brought new consumers to the fixture.Sales value has risen 10.4% to a record £1.2bn over the past year,...
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Focus On Petcare: Small pets are the new superheroes
This summer's blockbuster kids' movie was G-Force the story of secret agent guinea pigs dispatched to thwart a power-crazed billionaire intent on world domination.
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Turkey giant hails first step towards recovery
Bernard Matthews has hailed "modest progress" in its turnaround strategy as it unveiled full year results showing a small increase in operating profits.Announcing its results for the year to 28 December 2008, it reported that a £9.6m...
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Fade to grey
No retailer really wants to use the grey market, but as as they battle to keep their prices low in the recession, more of them are doing so. Ronan Hegarty reports
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Waitrose eyes plan to grow in Glasgow
Waitrose has lodged plans for its largest Scottish store yet, which could open in East Renfrewshire by February 2011. Spanning 36,000 sq ft with a 25,000 sq ft sales area, it would create 200 jobs in Newton Mearns. If approved, it would...
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Euro Garages lays out plans to keep growing
Forecourt retailer Euro Garages has vowed to continue its rapid expansion after posting an impressive 26% rise in full-year profits.Pre-tax profits for the year to 31 July leapt to £9.1m, compared with £7.2m the year before, on sales up...
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JJ engineers its way to success
Mustafa Kiamil and his son Rifat are proof of what can happen when an electrical engineer and an IT whizz manage a foodservice wholesaler. Peter Cripps meets them
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Introducing ‘eBay for the grocery industry’
The UK's first online marketplace for the grocery industry is set to launch early next month. Emarket will provide a neutral platform for manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers across the globe to trade in real time in what is being...
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Comment & OpinionDon Pumsey on greasy palms and the Lord of the Lies
It's not often the Batphone rings at DRIP these days. In the past you could count on Darling Alistair to place a call late on a Friday; partly to issue a hatful of asinine orders for the weekend but mostly to check whether anybody could be arsed to hang around ...
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Mars pulls PurAsia due to disappointing sales
Mars has axed its PurAsia brand after the ethnic meal kit range - its first new brand in nine years - failed to win over its target 'gastrosexual' market.