All The Grocer articles in 4 December 2004 – Page 2
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Heinz chills soup
Heinz is throwing its soup brand into fridges for the first time with the launch of a range of chilled offerings in Tesco.The new range compromises four varieties, all packed in 500g transparent pots, which will retail at £1.49.The...
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christmas orders
Budgens has launched a festive food ordering service so customers can order seasonal products to collect from their local store in the run-up to Christmas.The range of turkey and savoury foods will be supported by a brochure and...
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Consumer Insight: tomatoes
When fresh tomatoes are eatenIn the last year there were 2.7 billion occasions of fresh tomato consumption in the homeThat represents a 1.5% decrease on last year 2% of all fresh tomatoes consumed are...
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n co-op’s a good eggThe Co-operative Group has won a Good Egg Award for increasing free range egg sales.The British Free Range Egg Producers Association praised the retailer for increasing the free range share of its total egg sales from 11% to 60% in six years....
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Ireland opens up a route for Costco
An urban renewal initiative by Ireland’s environment minister Dick Roche could pave the way for Costco’s entry into the Republic. Roche wants to exempt an economically depressed Dublin suburb, Ballymun, from the 6,000 square metre cap on retail...
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New functionality from Danone
Danone Dairies is planning to extend its healthy yogurt and drink portfolio in the UK into new functional areas, one of which is likely to be energy.At the moment the company’s four key brands – Actimel, Activia, Shape and the recently launched...
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Tisserand ops manager at Délifrance
French bakery and patisserie manufacturer Délifrance UK has announced the promotion of its quality manager Anne-Claire Tisserand to operations manager as the brand moves into the retail sector. Tisserand takes over from Jim Parr, who has moved...
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NI is eating more lamb
Lamb is becoming increasingly popular in Northern Ireland, according to TNS data.Researchers have found that volume purchases have risen by 17% year-on-year to 3,407 tonnes with expenditure on lamb up by 34% to £18.8m. Frequency of...
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essential nutrients, enjoyable form
from Nigel White, secretary, British Cheese BoardSir; The recent White Paper on Health (‘DoH: you act – or we will’, The Grocer, November 20, p4-5) contained some interesting ideas in relation to food labelling upon which it is...
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Tesco enters JC’s Kitchen
Fine foods distributor Petty, Wood is entering new territory by introducing a range of low-carb foods into Tesco.The new offerings, branded JC’s Kitchen, are being developed and manufactured by UK-based Natural Balance Foods and exclusively...
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The Saturday Essay
>>plans to reduce landfill must not overlook existing success stories. Tony Lowe, CEO, FareShareThe government’s announcement last week of £284m to help business make the most of its waste should be welcomed. This is good news...
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Moto expands Simply Food
Six Simply Food stores will be opened at motorway service stations in the next 18 months as a result of Marks and Spencer’s extension to its franchise contract with Moto, part of Compass Group.The number of Simply Food motorway stores will...
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The forgetfulness factor
It has been described as the biggest change to hit British retailing since decimalisation 34 years ago. So why are fears mounting that Chip and PIN is going to be a disaster that could cost retailers millions? From January 1, all in-store...
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Heinz fingers Farley’s for toddler snacks
Heinz is extending its Farley’s brand beyond rusks with a new range of finger food for toddlers.The new infant offerings include Mini Cheese Biscuits, Mini Fruit Bears and Fruity Cereal Bars.Heinz claims the Mini Cheese Biscuits (rsp:...
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PepsiCo’s Kuzio moves up to global sales role
PepsiCo UK vice president sales Tom Kuzio is leaving the UK to spearhead global sales initiatives across all categories as senior vice president sales PepsiCo International. Andy Williams, currently the regional vice president for Pepsi, will...
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Transparency’s the goal
Relationships between suppliers and wholesalers have improved dramatically, according to the chairman of the Federation of Wholesale Distributors, and they should now seek to introduce more transparency in their dealings.Speaking at the FWD’s...
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Good taste guidelines
Guidelines on how to produce the best possible flavoured beef have been issued to the red meat industry.The English Beef and Lamb Executive has released a report containing 11 recommendations based on research conducted by the University of...
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Retaining the Halo
Niche food group Glisten has confirmed it intends to maintain the customer base for own label manufacturer and specialist snack bar maker Halo Foods after its acquisition.The company pledged no supply contracts would be scrapped and that it...
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Welcome to regulatory hell...
The government increasingly believes codes of practice can win it votes, but is failing in its basic duty to tell food and drinks firms how they can comply with imminent legislation. Liz Hamson reportsThe industry is about to be hit...
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Hopes for urchin trials
A Shetland project aims to develop the farming of sea urchins.Sea urchin roe is regarded as the most expensive seafood in the world.Ben Wilcock of UK Scallops wants to moor two 10-metre cages in the bay of Hillswick, in Northmavine, to...
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