All The Grocer articles in 4 July 2009

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  • FRUIT PICKER
    News

    Fruit giant S&A in low wage controversy

    2009-07-10T09:46:01.530Z

    One of the UK’s biggest fruit suppliers is paying its foreign fruit pickers less than half minimum wage, according to press reports.

  • ABSOLUT VODKA
    News

    Absolut refuses to be labelled in ‘naked vodka’ stunt

    2009-07-09T10:22:20.133Z

    Absolut Vodka will appear in a ‘naked’ label-free bottle as part of a new campaign entitled ‘In An Absolut World There Are No Labels’.

  • ROBERT WISEMAN
    News

    New contracts boost Robert Wiseman

    2009-07-09T10:06:08.873Z

    Robert Wiseman Dairies has reported improved sales for the quarter on the back of a number of new contracts starting.

  • KINGSMILL
    News

    Weak pound helps ABF to revenue surge

    2009-07-09T09:59:53.480Z

    The weakness of sterling has helped Associated British Foods to a 19% increase in revenue in the first three quarters – even as the tough UK market continues to put pressure on margins.

  • PUSH BACK THE TAX
    News

    Push Back The Tax: Your comments

    2009-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Add your voice to the growing debate

  • COFFEE REPUBLIC
    News

    Coffee Republic eyes swift sale after administration move

    2009-07-08T09:41:32.493Z

    Administrators for Coffee Republic are looking for an instant sale of the business after reporting significant interest from third parties.

  • SAINSBURYS
    News

    Sainsbury’s completes UK flour conversion

    2009-07-08T09:29:01.480Z

    Sainsbury’s has claimed it has become the first supermarket to source all flour for its in-store bakeries from UK farms.

  • TESCO
    News

    Tesco share option plan survives AGM rebellion

    2009-07-06T10:22:07.370Z

    Tesco suffered the biggest protest vote against a FTSE 100 company for more than a decade over proposed changes to its share option scheme at its AGM.

  • News

    Sainsbury's takes up suggestions by staff

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury’s staff have suggested more than 20,000 improvements that could be made to the retailer and more than 2,000 have been implemented in the past four years, according to CEO Justin King. The ideas were put forward for Sainsbury’s Tell Justin…

  • News

    Scandinavian Tobacco presents natural RYO

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Henri Wintermans owner Scandinavian Tobacco is hoping to enter the flourishing roll-your-own market with a new chemical-free brand called Crossroad.The recipe used honey to retain the tobacco's moisture and would appeal to smokers who wanted...

  • News

    Tesco and Sainsbury's vie for Merseyside site

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Tesco and Sainsbury's are squaring up for a battle over a site in north Liverpool that forms the centrepiece of a large regeneration project. Sainsbury's signed a deal with developer St Modwen this week to build a 110,000 sq ft supermarket at the...

  • News

    The store manager of the year

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    He has triumphed over delivery curfews, troublesome traffic lights and fluctuating demand to increase sales by 150% in three years. His staff respect him, head office praises him - and The Grocer thinks he's pretty good, too. Mike Toth, winner of our first Store Manager of the Year award, tells ...

  • News

    JTI updates Mayfair with modern look

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    JTI has given its leading cigarette brand Mayfair a more stylish pack design. All the brand's cigarette packets will be modernised to give Mayfair a more contemporary look, with features such as a fine silver stripe on the margin and a...

  • News

    Netto's interceptor

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Netto's Claus Juel-Jensen and Charles Kay tell Nick Hughes how they'll get the UK's forgotten discounter back on track

  • WISPA GOLD
    News

    Wispa Gold to return, and possibly for good

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Cadbury is expecting the majority of its relaunched Wispa Gold bars to be sold out by Christmas - and if the launch is successful could make them a permanent line. The confectioner announced yesterday that it was going to introduce the...

  • RED SQUARE MULE
    News

    Halewood's Mule gives Red Square a new kick

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Halewood International has introduced a female-friendly RTD under the Red Square banner and revamped its original Reloaded RTD, in a bid to rejuvenate the brand.

  • Comment & Opinion

    Third Party: To fix in or not to fix in - that is the question

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Importers have been hit hard by volatile currency markets and need help with risk management, says Richard Arundel

  • News

    Falling milk production to level off within three years

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    UK milk production will stop declining by 2012, a new report has predicted.Milk production has fallen for five consecutive years and currently stands at a 40-year low, and there are fears the UK will have to resort to importing milk in...

  • Comment & Opinion

    Our man from the DRIP

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing

  • CLIVE-BLACK
    Comment & Opinion

    Second Opinion: Discounter revolution? Hmm...

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    The deep discounters are doing well but their growth isn't sustainable, says Dr Clive Black