All The Grocer articles in 4 December 2004 – Page 3

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    Ireland opens up a route for Costco

    2004-12-04T00:00:00Z

    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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    n co-op’s a good egg

    2004-12-04T00:00:00Z

    The 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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    Consumer Insight: tomatoes

    2004-12-04T00:00:00Z

    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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    christmas orders

    2004-12-04T00:00:00Z

    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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    Heinz chills soup

    2004-12-04T00:00:00Z

    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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    Taylor chief exec of combined Musgrave

    2004-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Budgens’ commercial director Mike Taylor has been promoted to chief executive of the newly combined Musgrave/Budgens/ Londis business following a senior management reshuffle.He will take up his new post on January 1, reporting to Musgrave UK...

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    Calls for simpler EU regulation

    2004-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Calls are mounting for the wave of environmenal legislation currently bombarding the UK from Europe to be simplified.The calls come as The Grocer highlights some major problems with the raft of the rules now hitting the industry. Some, such as...

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    Palestinian brew targets the UK

    2004-12-04T00:00:00Z

    The world’s only Palestinian beer is coming to the UK after winning a wholesale listing.Taybeh Beer is a 5.2% abv hoppy lager brewed in a village near Ramallah. It is produced for the UK market under licence in Belgium because it cannot be...

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    Safeway’s NPD director takes on Sainsbury Brand

    2004-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Safeway new product development director, Judith Batchelar, will join Sainsbury as director of Sainsbury Brand early in the new year. Batchelar joined Safeway in 2001 and was responsible for growing the Safeway brand. In 2002 she headed its...

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    Binge drinkers turning to wine

    2004-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Suppliers have drafted a social responsibility code for marketing and selling wine in response to a growing trend among binge drinkers to consume wine The guidelines have been produced by the Wine Trade Action Group, which has 33 members who...

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    Johnson signs with Bic

    2004-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Budget shaving brand Bic has revamped its packaging, introduced a new twin blade offering and extended its contract with former England rugby captain Martin Johnson to act as brand ambassador.It is also aiming to simplify its offering by...

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    The people behind Caravan

    2004-12-04T00:00:00Z

    >>The first of three features on the trade’s welfare charityTwo years ago Gillian Barker was a high flier at Safeway but she made the decision to get out and do some good for the retail industry she has worked in all her...

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    Bovril takes out the beef

    2004-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Unilever UK Foods has taken the beef out of its Bovril hot food drink and replaced it with a vegetarian-friendly yeast mix.The £9.3m brand has seen volume sales in the UK slump by between 1-2% annually over the past four years. Export markets...

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    The likeliest of bedfellows

    2004-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Corporate takeover activity is often fuelled by synergies between former executives and finance vehicles. Glynn Davis looks at the names that are set to pounceFebrile speculation over the future of the legacy retailers Marks and...

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    Heinz chills beans in a fresh sausage

    2004-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Heinz is rolling its Baked Beanz brand into fresh sausages as it continues its assault on the chilled sector. The new sausages, branded Heinz Pork & Baked Bean Sausages, are being made under licence by sausage specialist Manor Born and...

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    Backs into it

    2004-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Supplier of cooked bacon products TMI Foods has appointed Alan Peterson as production director and Nigel Richmond as sales director.Peterson was previously a general manager at Roach Foods. Richmond joins from his position as business...

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    Austin Reed expertise for Tesco

    2004-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Chris Holmes, managing director of Austin Reed Group, is quitting the company to join Tesco’s international non-food division early in the new year.Holmes will be reporting to international support office director Dido Harding. He will be...

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    Almost famous

    2004-12-04T00:00:00Z

    A small industrial estate in rural Yorkshire houses a band of local suppliers who are realising their big ambitions, thanks to the regional food group. Liz Hamson reportsThey are small companies that produce innovative luxury products...

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    Aldi soup launch

    2004-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Discounter supermarket group Aldi is launching a new range of low calorie fresh soups.Available in three varieties – Tomato & Red Pepper, Spicy Parsnip and Chicken & Sweetcorn – all the soups contain less than 3.4g of fat and 53 calories...

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    Don’t discount their advantage

    2004-12-04T00:00:00Z

    The discount chains are tightening their grip on continental Europe. Could the same happen here? John Wood and Siân Harrington reportFor mainstream retailers operating in the UK, Aldi’s announcement...