All The Grocer articles in 5 December 2009 – Page 4

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    Tomato crisis looms as tuta absoluta hits UK

    2009-12-05T00:00:00Z

    The tomato industry is facing its "most serious ever threat" in the form of a potentially devastating pest.Tuta absoluta, which is also known as the South American tomato moth, has been found in the UK this year for the first time. Tuta...

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    Grocer 33: Waitrose top thanks to its super service

    2009-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose's Food & Home branch in Salisbury was one of four retailers to offer strong availability, but its friendly staff went out of their way to assist our shopper, which helped it land our top store award.

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    Grocer 33 Online: Driver takes Sainsbury’s to first place

    2009-12-05T00:00:00Z

    This quarter's G33 Online contest was a close call. All the retailers' websites were easy to use and all had friendly drivers, while four boasted strong availability.

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    KPMG rejects bid by Chatha to purchase 200 Threshers stores

    2009-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Raj Chatha has slammed Threshers' administrators after his bid to buy 200 stores was rejected.The CEO of European Food Brokers claimed price and "horse trading" had stopped him striking a deal with KPMG, whose hopes of selling large...

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    Jersey replaces semi-skimmed with 1% fat milk

    2009-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Jersey Dairy is ditching semi-skimmed milk in favour of a 1% fat alternative in a nod to the growing demand for lower-fat dairy. It has begun rolling out half and one-litre bottles of 1% milk and will no longer be producing milk labelled...

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    World News 5/12/09

    2009-12-05T00:00:00Z

    China Resources Enterprise, the retail and food & drink manufacturing conglomorate, has revealed it is considering opening supermarkets in Shanghai for the first time.