All The Grocer articles in 5 May 2001 – Page 3
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The Grocer focus on soft drinks: flavoured carbonates: this
Traditional flavours are fighting for space in the chiller with exotic newcomers that don't depend purely on price. Karen Dempsey reports The forecast for flavoured carbonates in 2001 is upbeat but only if the sun shines often enough and long...
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Table talk: Dierdre Hutton, chair, National Consumer Council
Consumer confidence in food production and farming is in crisis. A recent survey of ours showed that, in the light of the foot and mouth crisis, almost two-thirds of consumers believe their health could be at risk from the way in which animals are...
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Pigmeat; Cheaper Danish on way as herd grows
Other countries likely to grow capacity and push EU market into surplus Cheaper pork and bacon next year is the message to UK buyers from Denmark, where latest farm census results show an astonishing increase in pig numbers. Although the Danes...
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Ramsden's chills out
Young's Bluecrest aims to do for chilled fish what it's done for frozen with a new product drive under the Harry Ramsden banner. Two new products about to hit the chiller cabinet are the dual branded Young's Harry Ramsden's Cod Fillets and Haddock...
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Jersey milk: Graham's Dairy Company
Graham's Dairy Company has secured a £1m contract to supply Jersey milk to more than 400 Sainsbury supermarkets across the UK. The Bridge of Allan based company will supply Sainsbury with premium milk under the Gold Top Jersey and Guernsey Milk...
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DAIRY: Record rain hits milk compositional quality
In past 12 months average butterfat content of milk fell The compositional quality of milk has fallen as a result of the rainfall Britain is enduring. As every good dairy farmer knows, cows are just like humans in that they prefer sun on their...
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Meat Consumption data: Public FMD fear confirmed
Sharp reductions in household meat purchases in March were due in part to consumers eating from the freezer, after buying heavily in response to warnings of shortages due to FMD. However, MLC research confirms traders' belief that demand has also...
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Convenience store multiples: Nisa-Today's takes over T&S fro
T&S Stores has dropped Palmer & Harvey McLane subsidiary Snowking as its frozen foods supplier and signed up with Nisa-Today's in a £75m deal. T&S buying and marketing director Geoff Purdy would not comment on the specific reasons for the switch,...
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Convenience stores: No standalones for Shell
Shell has finally pulled the plug on its stalled bid to develop a chain of standalone Shell Select stores, and will close the only one, on The Strand in London, at the end of the month. A spokesman denied its first foray into pure convenience...
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The Grocer focus on soft drinks: Still, cool water keeps the
ACNielsen MMS Summer is the indisputable peak selling period for soft drinks. But what do consumers buy? What factors make them purchase more of one type of product than another. And by how much do sales rise? ACNielsen Homescan has evaluated...
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COSTCO FINE' IN UK
UK MD Jim Murphy insisted "everything is chugging along just fine" at Costco on this side of the Atlantic, in the wake of last week's profit warning from its parent company. "It's a case of so far so good on this side of the pond. The UK business is...
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Retail spotlight: Londis' new creation
Londis is showing off its state-of-the-art "Genesis" format in an area rather more upmarket than your average location. Anne Bruce reports When the strategists at Londis head office chose Raj Chandegra's award winning store to showcase its lighter,...
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Cumbrian Spar
The Spar in the high street of Cleator Moor in Cumbria is run under management. The latest accounts show turnover of more than £610,000, with gross profits approaching £125,000. Christie & Co is quoting £100,000 for a new lease on terms to be agreed...
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The Grocer focus on soft drinks: trends and developments
Ty Nant Natural Mineral Water's distinctive cobalt blue glass bottle sets it apart from other mineral waters and is one reason why this premium brand has seen a dramatic 45% increase in sales in the last 12 months. Its crimson red version Ty Nant...
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Flippers in flap for Dipper push
McVitie's has teamed up with kids' channel Cartoon Network to stage an interactive campaign for Penguin Flipper Dipper. The aim is to get kids on to the Cartoon Network web site (via on air spots and an ad in the Cartoon Network comic) which leads...
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The Grocer focus on soft drinks: new product monitor - energ
Everyone knows the energy drink bestsellers - Red Bull, Lucozade Energy and Sport - to name but three. But what about the newcomers? The last 12 months has seen the market flooded with new brands. ACNielsen gives the lowdown on the top 10...
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The Grocer Focus on soft drinks
COLA: FINALLY UNDER THREAT The naked truth is that the cola market is in difficulties. What are the suppliers doing to reverse the decline? No product, however iconic, is invincible. This is the hard lesson that everyone in the cola market, from...
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The Grocer Focus on soft drinks
Water margin: price is the crucial issue As the premium branded water market grows, will price become the major factor? Sue Barnard reports I'll stock purified water as soon as it becomes as cheap as own-label lemonade." Such words these were...
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The Grocer Focus on soft drinks
PACKAGING: THE ART OF THE RIGHT PROPOSITION Suppliers are all too aware of how vital it is to send out the right signals to a highly brand literate and image conscious public, says Nicola Gordon-Seymour Soft drinks manufacturers are looking to...
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The Grocer Focus on soft drinks
Adult soft drinks: innovation is the key Adult soft drinks are now a well established market, but are they starting to run out of steam? Sue Barnard investigates Orchid Soft Drinks marketing controller John Vincent is indignant. He is not...